France’s coronavirus test positivity rate, at 11.1 percent, is nearly four times that of New York City. And yet schools across France have remained open…
Business
Biden and His Economic Team Urge Quick Action on Stimulus as Risks Mount
Mr. Powell, who told lawmakers that the Fed would have preferred to keep those lending programs going while acknowledging that it was Mr. Mnuchin’s place…
Long-Term-Care Residents and Health Workers Should Get Vaccine First, C.D.C. Panel Says
“So very quickly, we start having more than 150 million doses a month in March, April, May,” he added. He and other federal officials have…
Virus May Have Arrived in U.S. in December, but Didn’t Spread Until Later
The coronavirus may have infected a small number of people in the United States as early as Dec. 13, more than a month earlier than…
Even with vaccines, a global recovery will be slow, the O.E.C.D. says.
The world will start to recover only gradually next year from a devastating global recession brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, but the revival is…
Federal prosecutor fired by Trump will lead firm’s white-collar practice.
Geoffrey S. Berman, the former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York who was fired by President Trump in June, has joined the…
Fashion & Style
Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Sex Is Still Spectacular’
17 Years Later A posh Westchester County girl and a poor Mississippi farm boy meet in Jiu-Jitsu class. At university, she studies operational meteorology; he…
Ray Davies on 50 Years of ‘Lola’
In 1970, homosexual acts were still outlawed in parts of the United Kingdom and would remain so for more than a decade. Yet two years…
The Best-Kept Fashion Secret of ‘The Crown’
Ever since “The Crown,” Season 4, bowed on Netflix, the stylesphere has been filled with strange declarations of desire for the pie-crust collars, novelty sweaters,…
That Home You Made With Your Ex? ‘Say Goodbye to Everything’
When Lindsay Weiss began renovating her home on the edge of Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, it wasn’t just an opportunity to give the place a…
Health
Erectile Dysfunction: The Foods You Eat May Affect Your Risk
A healthy diet may help reduce the risk for erectile dysfunction, a new study concludes. Researchers used data from a large study of male health…
Rapid Testing for Children Barrels Ahead, Despite a Lack of Data
In medicine, children are often “assumed to be just miniature versions of grown-ups,” said Jennifer Dien Bard, director of the clinical microbiology and virology laboratory…
A Shifting View on Telemedicine
Where just last year, communication with patients and families through a screen felt crass, now it’s the compassionate thing to do.
Who Will Get the Coronavirus Vaccine First?
After months of deliberation and debate, a panel of independent experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is set to decide on Tuesday…
Sports
Ravens and Steelers Face Off in Rare Wednesday NFL Game
If the N.F.L. schedules a game for a Wednesday, it is a safe bet that something went wrong. From a presidential speech to Pennsylvania’s restrictive…
USWNT and US Soccer Settle Workplace Claims
The United States Soccer Federation and its World Cup champion women’s team said Tuesday that they had resolved the players’ outstanding claims about working conditions,…
Can the Giants’ Tenuous Grasp of the N.F.C. East Hold?
The Giants are riding a three-game win streak and seem banded behind first-year Coach Joe Judge. In a shaky division, that just might be enough…
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As a Black cyclist from South Los Angeles, Justin Williams says he has frequently been written off by managers. That hasn’t slowed him down as…
San Francisco 49ers Will Make Arizona Their Home in December
The San Francisco 49ers will play their next two home games in Glendale, Ariz., the team announced in a statement on Monday. The relocation came…
NFL Week 12: What We Learned
With the coronavirus sweeping through the N.F.L. at a greater extent than it had all season, Week 12 had an uneasy edge to it, and…