Dr. Atlas, Trump’s coronavirus adviser, resigns.
By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT World https://ift.tt/3mkEYLv
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Quotation of the Day: U.S. Faces a New Crisis: ‘An Extreme Level of Teacher Burnout’
By Unknown Author from NYT Today’s Paper https://ift.tt/36mmHb0
On Pandemic Schooling, de Blasio Is Actually Leading
By BY MICHELLE GOLDBERG from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36oH07N
Coronavirus: MPs to vote on tougher tiers for England
Some Conservative backbenchers are threatening to vote against the plans, but Labour will abstain. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3fQObbU
Immigration: Visa applications open under UK's post-Brexit system
Applications open for points-based visas to work in the UK from 1 January, when free movement from the EU ends. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KMTRIw
Covid-19: Lung damage 'identified' in study
Researchers are to investigate whether young people and those not in hospital could be affected. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2HStAaC
Justice Dept. asks judge to ‘immediately’ dismiss Flynn case, citing Trump’s pardon.
By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3q9unoW
Biden’s Inauguration: Expect Smaller Crowds and More Social Distancing
By BY MICHAEL D. SHEAR AND NICHOLAS FANDOS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/36nWPeO
As Senate runoffs approach, Trump’s attacks on Georgia Republicans have worried some in his party.
By BY LISA LERER, RICHARD FAUSSET AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3fPi9x6
As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races
By BY LISA LERER, RICHARD FAUSSET AND MAGGIE HABERMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37r84ml
Citing Pardon, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to ‘Immediately’ Dismiss Flynn Case
By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3liIuVq
A Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan
By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/39txG4t
Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses
By BY ASHLEY SOUTHALL from NYT New York https://ift.tt/39t2sun
The Papers: Tory revolt over tiers and Scotch eggs with beers
Tory MPs preparing to rebel over Covid rules and the PM's attempts to stop them lead several papers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/37hrwSk
Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Wins: ‘The System Is Strong’
By BY REID J. EPSTEIN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37koa0Q
How Will Biden Deal With Republican Sabotage?
By BY PAUL KRUGMAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3mvpVyQ
Black Teenager Is Fatally Shot in Argument Over Music, Police Say
By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37t22Se
Restrictions push the San Francisco 49ers to Arizona for December.
By BY KEN BELSON from NYT World https://ift.tt/2JqNz0O
Let This Festive Brandied Fruit Lift Your Holidays
By BY YEWANDE KOMOLAFE from NYT Food https://ift.tt/3mofRaM
Why School Districts Are Bringing Back Younger Children First
By BY ELIZA SHAPIRO AND KATE TAYLOR from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2Jqsx2a
Coronavirus: How do you vaccinate 7.7 billion people?
Five challenges of distributing a Covid-19 vaccine to billions of people. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3o8y8Jq
Black Lives Matter founders: We fought to change history and we won
The founders of the Black Lives Matter movement tell the BBC's 100 Women season they are optimistic. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3mlthEm
A 70-year-old photographic mystery
Collector William Fagan finds 70-year-old photographs in a camera. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2HQfpD9
Nagorno-Karabakh: The boy who swapped his piano for a gun
The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan is over, but some are still waiting for news of missing relatives. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KLFUKR
Italy's Calabria has two pandemics: Covid and the Mafia
Calabria was not hit by the first wave of the pandemic but its fragile health system is buckling now. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/39r5Gyr
The Grand Tour stars on pirate treasure, cycle lanes and electric cars
Clarkson, Hammond and May discuss their recent hunt for pirate treasure and their TV future. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JvjbCs
Why 2020 has been good for England's beavers
Homes for these "ultimate environmental engineers" have been set up in enclosures across England. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3fM7GT0
The tech allowing thousands of students to sit exams at home
Machine learning is helping firms across many industries more quickly solve difficult challenges. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3qmLST0
Viewpoint: Why Kenya's giant fig tree won over a president
The campaign to save a 100-year-old tree shows cultural fears can make politicians listen in Kenya. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3o5rALI
Why India can't stop farmers burning stubble
The toxic fumes from stubble burning affects hundreds of millions - but curbs to stop it keep failing. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36jhz7s
The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It
By BY BEN SMITH from NYT Business https://ift.tt/2VhZDEc
What We Learned From Week 12 of the N.F.L. Season
By BY BENJAMIN HOFFMAN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/39spilM
Ransomware Attack Closes Baltimore County Public Schools
By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3q6qBgd
Biden’s doctor says president-elect has hairline fracture after twisting his ankle playing with dog.
By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/33uTYyX
Biden team wants to tackle child care, elder care, preschool in one overarching plan.
By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3mpUdCU
The Papers: Vaccine 'celebrity drive' and PM's call for resolve
Boris Johnson's attempts to quell a Tory revolt over England's new tiers continue to dominate the papers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3ljNpFD
Biden names all-female communications team with Jen Psaki as press secretary.
By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3qcrTGs
Jennifer Psaki to Be Press Secretary as Biden Names All-Female Communications Team
By BY ANNIE KARNI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3fPLBmM
Republicans and Democrats Need to Work Together. Earmarks Can Help.
By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/36l8BGM
What’s Going On in This Picture? | Nov. 30, 2020
By BY THE LEARNING NETWORK from NYT The Learning Network https://ift.tt/3fUpzPB
Gary Barlow: 'I'm not as confident as I was at 21'
The star discusses writing Back For Good in 15 minutes, and how Morecambe and Wise inspired a new song. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2KQla4P
Serbia coronavirus: The Church losing its leaders to the pandemic
Few organisations have taken a bigger hit from coronavirus than the Serbian Orthodox Church from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3o4Yj3H
Liverpool: How one city took on the Covid-19 crisis
The inside story of how Liverpool got to grips with soaring infection rates and pioneered mass testing. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36hjFov
This fight is all about nostalgia, which is fitting for sports in 2020.
By Unknown Author from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3lhItB5
An underground New York club with 400 people was shut down for violating coronavirus restrictions.
By BY JOHN ISMAY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Vay5QW
One of the warm-up bouts was canceled after a fighter tested positive for the coronavirus.
By BY OSKAR GARCIA from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3fJq3Il
A Cat Is Said to Be Joining the Bidens in the White House
By BY ALLYSON WALLER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2Jp9tBc
Durham van traveller Esther Dingley missing in Pyrenees
Esther Dingley disappeared on a solo hike during a six-year journey through Europe in a campervan. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/33qU3DR
The Papers: Tory MPs' hospital anger, and PM 'in retreat'
Sunday's papers are dominated by the new tier system, which has divided the Conservative party. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2VfObIZ
Your pictures on the theme of 'monochrome'
A selection of pictures from our readers on the theme of "monochrome". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Vb6vmO
Khachaturyan sisters: A murder trial that shocked Russia
The case of the three Khachaturyan sisters accused of killing their father sent shockwaves through Russia. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3lbWro0
Leroy Logan: Who is the Met Police officer in Steve McQueen's Red, White and Blue?
Star Wars' John Boyega is set to star in the true story of a black police officer in 1980s London. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36f5LmH
TikTok: 'I didn’t know other LGBT Muslims existed'
Until she found her social media "safe space", Shaz says she didn't know there were others like her. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36ioZbc
The 'guerrilla girls' who changed the art world
How an anonymous group of female artists challenged the status quo in New York's art world from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nWEjjQ
In pictures: Hurricanes leave Hondurans homeless and destitute
Hurricanes Eta and Iota left more than 150,000 people in Honduras homeless and many lost everything. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/33HDow7
Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: 'Did air pollution kill my daughter?'
A new inquest into the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah could list air pollution as a cause of her death. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2VdmbWt
This could be quite popular. What’s that mean for boxing at large?
By BY MORGAN CAMPBELL from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2JgQpFK
Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond
By BY DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK, RONEN BERGMAN AND FARNAZ FASSIHI from NYT International Home https://ift.tt/2VhaxK4
How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas
By BY NICHOLAS BOGEL-BURROUGHS AND KAREN WEISE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37gG7gH
Covid: Free Vitamin D pills for 2.5 million vulnerable in England
There is no evidence that it protects against Covid-19 but it could boost the health of the vulnerable. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3mg7f5X
Covid: Road and rail changes planned for Christmas travel spike
Around 500 miles of roadworks are being cleared to ease congestion on motorways over the festive period. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3mfFKte
Surprise discovery of rare plant at Norfolk 'ghost pond'
A rare wetland plant has reappeared after not being seen for more than a century. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3q1psq2
Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap
The key missions recording the loss of thickness in glaciers and sea-ice won't last the decade. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Vd12vv
Week in pictures: 21-27 November 2020
A selection of striking images taken around the world this week. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3lifugm
Jane Fonda: 'It's much harder to be young than it is old'
As an 82-year-old Jane Fonda is still protesting - this time about climate change - and getting arrested. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3o6DXr1
Climate change: The woman watching the ice melt from under her feet
For thousands of years Inupaiq people have relied on the land in Alaska but now climate change is threatening their entire way of life. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/39lxeFm
Kaavan, the world's loneliest elephant, is finally going free
For decades, Kaavan performed from his lonely enclosure. Now, with a hand from Cher, he's retiring. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/37cu3Ny
'My eyesight might be deteriorating - but my determination never will'
Elin Williams writes a blog to help other people with sight loss, but it has become her own "survival tool". from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3lnuM3L
Coronation Street: Pandemic sees soap scrap 60th anniversary stunt
The soap has been forced to "go back to brass tacks" to mark its birthday, its producer says. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2JpGfCc
The Kraken: What is it and why has Trump's ex-lawyer released it?
How a lawsuit from an ex-Trump lawyer full of baseless voter fraud claims went viral. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36eqHKB
Let's give politicians a chance to speak human
Today presenter Nick Robinson on why the political interview is in need of a rethink. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3fGtShg
Getting 'crushed' on Melbourne's path to coronavirus success
By one measure the city has just eliminated the virus, but relieved locals also fear a hidden cost. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3q6RLU8
Coronavirus lockdown sees share of women on India's stock market rise
With more time and flexibility, thousands of women are trading in the stock market for the first time. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2J5whXd
Tigray crisis: Ethiopian soldiers accused of blocking border with Sudan
Families fleeing the conflict in Tigray tell the BBC they have been cut off from relatives. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3fGppvb
US election: Appeal court dismisses Trump camp's lawsuit in Pennsylvania
The three judges said no specific allegations or proof of election fraud were given by Trump's team. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3fG5Jrj
Covid-19: Mass testing a 'distraction' from vaccine rollout - health leaders
Public health leaders question whether it is possible to expand mass testing schemes in England. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3lfNRVp
The Papers: Arcadia 'faces collapse', and plea to rebel MPs
Several of Saturday's papers report that Sir Philip Green's retail empire could enter administration. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3nXLtEg
The Donut King who went full circle - from rags to riches, twice
Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy made a fortune in doughnuts then lost it all to gambling. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/3lfA3de
For the World Economy, a Grim Slog Tempered by New Hopes
By BY PETER S. GOODMAN from NYT Business https://ift.tt/3miLHFC
Los Angeles County urges residents to stay home and bars gatherings of mixed households.
By BY JOHN ISMAY from NYT World https://ift.tt/36iKqcp
An N.F.L. game is postponed again, and other sports news.
By BY KEN BELSON AND ALAN BLINDER from NYT World https://ift.tt/2V9RyRP
Coronavirus: When can I get the COVID-19 vaccine?
Excitement over the vaccine has turned to questions on the reality of when we can get it. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2V8BFey
Searching 80,000 miles for the American dream
Photographer Ian Brown travelled around the US in search of people's American dreams. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/33mI229
Death of England: The former prisoner turned leading man
Michael Balogun stars in Death of England: Delroy at The National Theatre. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/39hn5td
Lamar Jackson, Ravens Quarterback, Tests Positive for Coronavirus
By BY NEIL VIGDOR AND KEN BELSON from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2JbGQYE
U.N. Panel: Technology in Policing Can Reinforce Racial Bias
By BY NICK CUMMING-BRUCE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2JeVu0U