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El papa Francisco, la homosexualidad y la hipocresía de la Iglesia

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La iglesia de Roma pierde terreno frente a la secularización, el ateísmo y el avance de otras religiones. Para sobrevivir y actualizarse necesita mostrar compasión. By Guillermo Osorno from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3mEHLyL via IFTTT

Their First Try Backfired, but Giuliani and Allies Keep Aiming at Biden

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The former New York mayor’s dirt-digging effort on Hunter Biden in 2019 ended with President Trump’s impeachment. Now he is back with new associates. So far it is not going exactly as planned. By Kenneth P. Vogel, Jim Rutenberg and Maggie Haberman from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3oHkL41 via IFTTT

Americans Surge to Polls: ‘I’m Going to Vote Like My Life Depends on It’

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Anxious but determined, Americans are pushing through challenges like the pandemic and long lines to cast their ballot. The country is on course to surpass 150 million votes for the first time. By Nick Corasaniti and Stephanie Saul from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2HIbet7 via IFTTT

Vehicles flying Trump flags try to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas.

Vehicles flying Trump flags tried to force a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas. Trump chuckled about it at a rally later that evening. By David R. Montgomery and Maggie Haberman from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/35QAHIK via IFTTT

How Are Americans Catching the Virus? Increasingly, ‘They Have No Idea’

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New outbreaks used to be traced back to crowded factories and rowdy bars. But now, the virus is so widespread not even health officials are able to keep up. By Sarah Mervosh and Lucy Tompkins from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jIPeLp via IFTTT

Republicans, Not Biden, Are About to Raise Your Taxes

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President Trump built in tax increases beginning in 2021, for nearly everyone but those at the very top. By Joseph E. Stiglitz from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3eboZfD via IFTTT

James Bond Actors Say Sean Connery ‘Defined an Era and a Style’

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Other actors who have portrayed Agent 007 remembered Mr. Connery, who died at 90, for his charm, screen presence and golfing. By Christina Morales from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/3oSwjBR via IFTTT

After Trump accuses doctors of profiteering, medical professionals push back.

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By Jacey Fortin from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/34H0SSD via IFTTT

Kendrick Lamar’s Welcome Return, and 11 More New Songs

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Hear tracks by Tierra Whack, Gillian Welch, Xenia Rubinos and others. By Jon Pareles, Giovanni Russonello and Lindsay Zoladz from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3edkVew via IFTTT

Sean Connery, Who Embodied James Bond and More, Dies at 90

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To legions of fans who have watched a parade of actors play Agent 007, none played the part as magnetically or as indelibly as Mr. Connery. By Aljean Harmetz from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/2TMBNPT via IFTTT

Our Beautiful, Wet Blue Moon Is Full

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It’s first blue moon visible in every time zone since 1944 on Halloween. Let’s learn more about the moon! By Sandra E. Garcia from NYT Style https://ift.tt/31QkqSH via IFTTT

Friends Since Eighth Grade, Married With a New Urgency

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David Rhoades and Nicole Weiss have been a couple since high school. A diagnosis brought them even closer together. By Tammy La Gorce from NYT Fashion https://ift.tt/3kNprmQ via IFTTT

Virus Hospitalizations Are Up in N.Y.C. But This Time, It’s Different.

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Patients with serious cases are spending less time in the hospital on average and are less likely to be put on ventilators. Fewer are dying. By J. David Goodman and Joseph Goldstein from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3e8Dq42 via IFTTT

At End of Bitter Campaign, Joe Biden Anguishes Over ‘My Only Surviving Son’

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Hunter Biden’s business dealings have provided President Trump with plenty of political ammunition, while making an already complicated father-son relationship even more so. By Mark Leibovich from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37TJtby via IFTTT

Women Converge on Warsaw, Heightening Poland’s Largest Protests in Decades

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Outraged by a court decision to ban nearly all abortions, tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Poland’s capital on Friday, culminating a week of big protests across the country. By Anatol Magdziarz and Marc Santora from NYT World https://ift.tt/3mDtMJy via IFTTT

Who Will Win Florida? What Polls Say About an Eternal Mystery

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Joe Biden has cut into President Trump’s edge among suburbanites and older voters, but his support from Latino voters appears weaker than Hillary Clinton’s was. By Giovanni Russonello from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31Ug650 via IFTTT

Lil Wayne, Latest Rapper in Trump’s Orbit, Sees Backlash Over Photo

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Following Kanye West, 50 Cent and Ice Cube before him, the rapper faced criticism on social media after posting a seeming endorsement of the president. By Joe Coscarelli from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3oPMfEX via IFTTT

In Turkey, a Frantic Rescue Effort After a Deadly Earthquake

The quake, centered in the Aegean, killed at least 24 people in Turkey and two in Greece. Ten hours after it struck, rescue workers were still pulling people from rubble in the Turkish city of Izmir. By Megan Specia and Matina Stevis-Gridneff from NYT World https://ift.tt/2GaAXt8 via IFTTT

In Trump and Biden, a Choice of Teetotalers for President

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Spirits may be low around the country, but don’t expect them to be raised in the White House after the election; neither President Trump nor Joseph R. Biden Jr. partakes in alcohol. By Adam Nagourney from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TEA1Al via IFTTT

In Michigan, a Suburban County That Flipped Blue Isn’t Looking Back

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Oakland County, Mich., a Republican stronghold 12 years ago that is now solidly Democratic, is a prime example of the political evolution taking place in many of the nation’s suburbs. By Kathleen Gray from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2GbaV9c via IFTTT

Where Cruise Ships Are Sent to Die

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At a shipyard in Turkey, the boats, including some from Carnival’s Fantasy fleet, are being turned into scrap, even as the industry hopes to find a way to start sailing. By Ceylan Yeginsu from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/34Hfqlk via IFTTT

Travis Roy, Who Inspired Millions After a Hockey Tragedy, Dies at 45

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After an awkward fall 11 seconds into his first Boston University game left him a quadriplegic, he dedicated his life to advocacy for similarly disabled people. By Azi Paybarah from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3mzxsMr via IFTTT

The Friendships Trump Pulled Apart

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His corrosiveness has caused friends to lose trust. By Nicholas Kristof from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3oEgGOb via IFTTT

Michael Skakel, Kennedy Cousin, Will Not Face 2nd Murder Trial

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The announcement came exactly 45 years to the day Martha Moxley was killed in Greenwich, her body discovered under a pine tree on her family’s estate. By Daniel E. Slotnik and Kristin Hussey from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3jGhSgb via IFTTT

Late Night Is Too Nervous to Believe in Biden-Leading Polls

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“It feels like we’re all Charlie Brown going to kick the football, but we know at the last second Lucy’s gonna give us coronavirus,” Stephen Colbert joked on Thursday. By Trish Bendix from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3oDKHxu via IFTTT

After bitter debate in Georgia, Senator David Perdue cancels third face off with Jon Ossoff.

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By Glenn Thrush and Neil Vigdor from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TEvq0Y via IFTTT

Lies, Damned Lies and Trump Rallies

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Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes? By Paul Krugman from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3jzxBh6 via IFTTT

40 Dead, Now 40 Laid Off: Inside a Nursing Home in Crisis

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They came to work when death counts were horrific and the risks enormous. Now they fear for their jobs. At one home, they agreed to speak out. By John Leland and Christopher Occhicone from NYT New York https://ift.tt/37Rubny via IFTTT

Five Great Things Biden Has Already Done

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We’re learning not to underestimate the guy. By David Brooks from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/34CtOLD via IFTTT

Migrant Children From Other Countries Are Being Expelled Into Mexico

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Children from Central America are being sent by the U.S. to Mexico, where they may have no family to retrieve them. An internal email said the transfers violated the government’s own policies. By Caitlin Dickerson from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3jGhdvd via IFTTT

A Rap Star Agonizes About His Role in Poland’s Culture Wars

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Taco Hemingway became one of his country’s biggest rappers with tracks about partying. This summer, his focus changed and so did the kind of attention he got. By Alex Marshall from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3oDfkmJ via IFTTT

The Day After Election Day

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Current and former Trump administration officials are worried about what might happen on Nov. 4. By Ron Suskind from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3e7XDqs via IFTTT

As Coronavirus Surges, Chastened Dutch Wonder, ‘What Happened to Us?’

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They have long prided themselves on an efficient government, some say to the point of smugness. Ranking high in the rate of daily infections is forcing a reckoning. By Thomas Erdbrink from NYT World https://ift.tt/2HKnLfp via IFTTT

Biden and Cunningham Hold Slim Leads in North Carolina, Poll Finds

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Joe Biden and Cal Cunningham both led their Republican rivals by three points, a Times/Siena College survey found. Perhaps most notably, 64 percent of respondents said they had already voted. By Trip Gabriel and Isabella Grullón Paz from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3kGTkVA via IFTTT

16 New Books to Watch for in November

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Barack Obama’s memoir is landing. So is a biography of Adrienne Rich and buzzy fiction from Jo Nesbo, Nicole Krauss and Susie Yang. By Joumana Khatib from NYT Books https://ift.tt/329Ft39 via IFTTT

New Terror Attacks Leave France Embattled at Home and Abroad

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A man with a knife killed three people at a church in Nice, in an assault that bore similarities to the recent killing of a schoolteacher, which has shaken the country. By Norimitsu Onishi and Constant Méheut from NYT World https://ift.tt/3e6OQoG via IFTTT

Rooster Kills Police Officer in Covid-19 Lockdown Raid

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The Philippine lieutenant was slashed by a razor-sharp spur attached to the bird’s leg during a raid on an illegal cockfighting den. By Jason Gutierrez from NYT World https://ift.tt/31U3T09 via IFTTT

Texas Is a Tossup. So Why Won’t Trump or Biden Campaign There?

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A victory by the Democrats would herald the arrival of a formidable multiracial coalition in the country’s largest red state. By Jonathan Martin from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/31U36fQ via IFTTT

U.S. Coronavirus Cases Surpass 9 Million With No End in Sight

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Covid-19 cases are rapidly increasing in more than 20 states in a dangerous surge one governor described as an “urgent crisis.” By Mitch Smith, Simon Romero and Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/34Cbmmr via IFTTT

How Will I Ever Look at America the Same Way Again?

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What I lost in the Trump years was a kind of innocence. By Frank Bruni from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/37PLXHP via IFTTT

New York Nightmare: Man Falls Through Sidewalk Into Rat-Filled Chasm

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“Rats crawling on him, he can’t move,” said the brother of the man, who was rescued after about 30 minutes and remains hospitalized in stable condition. By Mihir Zaveri from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2GaY32R via IFTTT

Death Rates Have Dropped for Seriously Ill Covid Patients

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Survival rates have improved with medical advances and less crowded hospitals, studies say. But the latest record-breaking surge in infections could reverse the gains. By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/34DCT7a via IFTTT

The Wine World’s Most Elite Circle Has a Sexual Harassment Problem

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The Court of Master Sommeliers confers high honors, but many women candidates say they’ve paid a steep price. By Julia Moskin from NYT Food https://ift.tt/3oycoI9 via IFTTT

Jimmy Fallon: ‘Even Trump Supporters Are Turning Blue’

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The “Tonight Show” host joined his late-night colleagues in chastising President Trump for stranding supporters in near-freezing temperatures after a Tuesday rally in Omaha. By Trish Bendix from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/35C9V6A via IFTTT

In Azerbaijan, a String of Explosions, Screams and Then Blood

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Caught in an Armenian rocket attack, a New York Times reporting team captures the agony of an expanding, dirty war. By Carlotta Gall from NYT World https://ift.tt/31OXCTm via IFTTT

Cecilia Chiang, Who Brought Authentic Chinese Food to America, Dies at 100

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With her famed Mandarin restaurant in San Francisco, she enticed diners with the dishes she grew up with, leaving the American chop suey and chow mein era far behind. By William Grimes from NYT Food https://ift.tt/3kE8B9Q via IFTTT

Kavanaugh Fixes Error in Election Opinion After Vermont Complaint

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Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh made a correction to a concurring opinion after Vermont officials pointed out that he mistakenly said the state had not changed its election rules. By Maria Cramer from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3oCPejD via IFTTT

Facing Gap in Pennsylvania, Trump Camp Tries to Make Voting Harder

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Trailing in the polls, President Trump and his campaign are pursuing a three-pronged strategy that would effectively suppress the mail-in vote in the critical state of Pennsylvania. By Nick Corasaniti and Danny Hakim from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3mvx9Cn via IFTTT

Turkish Bank Case Showed Erdogan’s Influence With Trump

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New details of the Justice Department’s handling of the accusations against Halkbank reveal how Turkey’s leader pressured the president, prompting concern from top White House aides. By Eric Lipton and Benjamin Weiser from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/37R0ALa via IFTTT

Wedding and Birthday Party Infect 56, Leaving Nearly 300 in Quarantine

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“This kind of blatant disregard for the well-being of others is not only extremely disappointing; it will not be tolerated,” a Long Island official said. By Ed Shanahan from NYT New York https://ift.tt/31TuM4l via IFTTT