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This Recession Is a Bigger Housing Crisis Than 2008

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Body Found At Lake Piru Days After Naya Rivera Went Missing

The Glee star is presumed dead.
Coronavirus Deaths Are Catching Up to the Case Surge

As New York City has its first day in months without a COVID-19 death, the country’s new hotspots are seeing deaths spike
Republican National Convention Becoming a Dumpster Fire

Options for safely holding a big Trump celebration in Jacksonville are shrinking as it becomes a major COVID-19 hotspot.
One-Year-Old Shot and Killed at Brooklyn Cookout

The 22-month-old was shot in the stomach while sitting his stroller at the end of another violent New York City weekend.
Chait: Trump Warns That Biden Presidency Would Be Disaster (for Ratings)

Finally, a second-term agenda Trump can credibly commit to.
Benjamin Keough, Lisa Marie Presley’s Son, Dead at 27

Keough was the grandson of Elvis Presley and brother to Zola actress Riley Keough.
Trump Administration Transitions From Ignoring to Undermining Anthony Fauci

For the last month, the White House has disregarded the NIAID head. But over the weekend, the administration began to bad-mouth their own expert.
Actress Kelly Preston Dead at 57 After Two-Year Battle With Breast Cancer

Writes husband John Travolta, “Kelly’s love and life will always be remembered.”
Polls Raise Hopes of Biden Turning Texas Blue

New polls, including one that has Trump down by five points, suggest the Lone Star State may not be off the table for the Biden campaign.
Florida Sets New U.S. Record With Over 15,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases

The previous record of 12,274 daily cases was set by New York on April 4.
99 Days Later, Trump Finally Wears a Face Mask in Public

It only took more than three months, 3.2 million COVID-19 infections, and 134,000 deaths for Trump to follow and model CDC guidance a single time.
Disney World Releases Chilling Reopening Video

It has been widely compared to a horror-movie trailer.
COVID-19 Is Changing Many Things — But Not Apartment Rents

Even during this extremely unstable time, the cost to rent a home has so far remained surprisingly stable.
A Bunch of Celebrities Broke Up This Weekend

(Or, at least three…so far.)
America’s Record Setting Coronavirus Surge Is Still Getting Worse

And deaths from COVID-19 are beginning to spike in multiple states.
What Is Going on With Jada Pinkett Smith and August Alsina?

Pinkett Smith has confirmed her relationship with the singer, after her reps initially denied it.
State and Local Budget Shortfalls Adding to Potential Election Chaos

Congress needs to act to keep November’s pandemic-hampered election from becoming an epochal disaster.
Trump Commutes Sentence of Roger Stone, Who Refused to Testify Against Him

The president has made sure that his loyal friend and longtime collaborator will not face justice after he was convicted of obstructing justice.
Trump Likes Tweet Praising ‘Stripper’ Vibes in New Summer Walker Song

The president baffles with another late-night Twitter “like.”
Can the Trump Administration Really Ban TikTok?

Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway parse over the administration’s potential ban of the wildly popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app.

4:43 P.M. Will We Get a Second Round of COVID-19 Stimulus Checks? As the coronavirus roars back and Trump’s reelection prospects drop, odds of a second check are rising, but perhaps with tighter eligibility.
2:36 P.M. This Recession Is a Bigger Housing Crisis Than 2008 Roughly 10 million Americans lost their homes to the foreclosure crisis. More than twice that number are at risk of eviction by October.
2:21 P.M. Coronavirus Deaths Are Catching Up to the Case Surge As New York City has its first day in months without a COVID-19 death, the country’s new hot spots are seeing deaths spike.
1:57 P.M. Republican National Convention Becoming a Dumpster Fire Options for safely holding a big Trump celebration in Jacksonville are shrinking as it becomes a major COVID-19 hotspot.
10:25 A.M. One-Year-Old Shot and Killed at Brooklyn Cookout The 22-month-old was shot in the stomach while sitting his stroller at the end of another violent New York City weekend.
8:59 A.M. Trump Warns Biden Presidency Would Be Disaster (for Ratings) Finally, a second-term agenda Trump can credibly commit to.
7:00 A.M. Can Trump Make the Supreme Court a Campaign Issue Again? Trump-appointed justices didn’t give conservatives everything they hoped for. That only raises the stakes in November.
12:25 A.M. Polls Raise Hopes of Biden Turning Texas Blue New polls, including one that has Trump down by five points, suggest the Lone Star State may not be off the table for the Biden campaign.
July 12, 2020 Trump Admin Transitions From Ignoring to Undermining Fauci For the last month, the White House has disregarded the NIAID head. But over the weekend, the administration began to bad-mouth their own expert.
July 12, 2020 How Ski Resorts Hope to Operate Under COVID-19 This Winter Skiing is a naturally low-risk activity, but concerns about sudden lockdowns and traveling to, getting up, and eating on the mountain remain.
July 12, 2020 Coronavirus Hot Spot States by the Numbers A rundown of states — like Arizona, Florida, and Texas — facing alarming summer outbreaks, including closures, caseloads, and hospitalizations.
July 12, 2020 Florida Sets New U.S. Record With Over 15,000 COVID-19 Cases The previous record of 12,274 daily cases was set by New York on April 4.
July 11, 2020 99 Days Later, Trump Finally Wears a Face Mask in Public It only took more than three months, 3.2 million COVID-19 infections, and 134,000 deaths for Trump to follow and model CDC guidance a single time.
July 11, 2020 State and Local Budget Shortfalls May Add to Election Chaos Congress needs to act to keep November’s pandemic-hampered election from becoming an epochal disaster.
July 11, 2020 The Biden-Trump Race Is a Tale of Two Populisms One speaks to the temporarily embarrassed millionaire, the other to the proud laborer.
July 10, 2020 Trump Commutes Prison Sentence of Roger Stone The president has made sure that his loyal friend and longtime collaborator will not face justice after he was convicted of obstructing justice.
July 10, 2020 COVID-19 Is Changing Many Things — But Not Apartment Rents Even during this extremely unstable time, the cost to rent a home has so far remained surprisingly stable.
July 10, 2020 Disney World Is Reopening. Some Workers Are Worried. The Disney’s flagship theme park reopens this weekend. But has the company done enough to protect workers from the coronavirus?
July 10, 2020 When (and How) Sports Are Returning Amid the Pandemic In the next few weeks, the MLB, NBA, and NHL will start playing again — but they’ll look wildly different.
July 10, 2020 The Pandemic Is Putting Parents in an Impossible Situation A conversation about New York City’s haphazard school-reopening plan.

3:15 P.M. When Will Schools Reopen? Many states plan to resume in-person classes in the fall, with notable modifications — but some say it’s still too dangerous.
3:03 P.M. Is L.A.’s Trendiest Brunch Spot Serving Horrible Moldy Jam? Sqirl employees say the eatery has been hiding a mold problem. The restaurant insists that it’s just part of the jam-making process.
1:40 P.M. What Will College Be Like in the Fall? Most universities say they plan to resume in-person classes, but life on campus will be a lot different.
1:35 P.M. Everything Is Cake Now A viral video showing people cutting into household items to reveal they are in fact cake has many people questioning their grip on reality.
1:30 P.M. There’s a Divide in Even the Closest Interracial Friendships Including ours.
1:12 P.M. This Strategist-Favorite Natori Underwear Is Under $10 The chosen pair of both readers and contributors.
11:52 A.M. How’s Disney World’s Reopening Going? The self-proclaimed “happiest place on earth” is opening its gates amid a massive spike in COVID-19 cases.
11:40 A.M. The U.S.’s Daily Coronavirus Cases Have Doubled Since June The country is now seeing around 58,000 new cases every day.
11:15 A.M. How I Get It Done: Cultural Critic Rebecca Carroll “We can talk about dismantling systemic racism, but the main thing that we have to do is dismantle the way people are thinking.”
9:40 A.M. Kelly Preston Dies at 57 After Struggle With Breast Cancer The ‘Jerry Maguire’ actress was married to John Travolta for 28 years.
8:00 A.M. I Think About Ed Sheeran’s Game of Thrones Cameo a Lot Watching it, I felt plucked from the show’s elaborate fantasy world and dropped back into the real one.
July 12, 2020 Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of July 13 Mercury retrograde is finally over, thank goddess — but now we’re in the post-retrograde shadow period.
July 12, 2020 The Social Worker Missing Her Active Sex Life This week’s sex diary.
July 12, 2020 A Bunch of Celebrities Broke Up This Weekend (Or, at least three … so far.)
July 12, 2020 Disney World Releases Chilling Reopening Video It has been widely compared to a horror-movie trailer.
July 12, 2020 What Is Going on With Jada Pinkett Smith and August Alsina? Pinkett Smith has confirmed her relationship with the singer, after her reps initially denied it.
July 12, 2020 Naya Rivera Is Missing After Going Boating With Her Son Authorities presume the Glee star has drowned.
July 12, 2020 New York’s Hottest Couple Splits Bill Hader and Rachel Bilson are no more.
July 10, 2020 Michelle Obama’s Tailor Has Pivoted to Zoom Fittings And it’s going surprisingly well.
July 10, 2020 Nothing Matters in Palm Springs A misfit romance in the multiverse makes for an entertaining — and existential — watch.

4:45 P.M. Chance the Rapper Gets Roasted for Trusting ‘Kanye 2020’ Chance is now toning down his praise of Kanye.
4:16 P.M. ‘Man of the Year’ Is a Fittingly Emo Coda for Juice WRLD It’s affecting to hear the rapper accept the profound impact he’s had on his audience.
4:00 P.M. Drag Race All Stars’ Alexis Mateo Isn’t Holding a Grudge After her elimination, the queen opens up about staying sickening, representing her Latino culture, and her drama with India Ferrah.
3:19 P.M. Netflix Swipes Emily in Paris From Paramount Network Darren Star’s new dramedy completed filming its first season before the coronavirus pandemic.
2:05 P.M. Here Are All the Movies Scheduled to Hit Theaters in 2020 An ever-evolving guide to the year’s major theatrical release dates.
1:47 P.M. Body Found At Lake Piru Days After Naya Rivera Went Missing The Glee star is presumed dead.
1:13 P.M. Disney+ Orders Clone Wars Animated Sequel The Bad Batch The Bad Batch will hit the streaming service in 2021.
1:06 P.M. Rita Wilson, Others Mourn Kelly Preston’s ‘Beautiful Soul’ Preston died after a battle with breast cancer.
12:45 P.M. Sorry, Villanelle, Fiona Shaw Is My Killing Eve Fashion Idol The slacks! The blouses! And, my God, the coats!
12:40 P.M. Seventh-Grade Style Icon Claudia Kishi’s BSC Outfits, Ranked Claudia has a ton of wardrobe changes throughout season one, and, not surprisingly, all of them are good. But some are truly great.
12:20 P.M. Pop Smoke Joins Biggie and Tupac With Posthumous No. 1 Debut And the Hamilton cast album broke records by rocketing to No. 2.
11:59 A.M. What to Know About the Media’s Reckoning With Abuse of Power Black ESPN employees are now speaking out about racism at the company.
11:45 A.M. How Pose’s Mj Rodriguez Nailed a Whitney Houston Lip Sync And Blanca’s emotional hospital scene with Pray Tell in Pose’s season finale.
11:32 A.M. Marwan Kenzari on The Old Guard’s Big Gay Romantic Speech And yes, he’s flattered by the whole “Hot Jafar” thing.
11:29 A.M. The Old Guard Is Not a Superhero Story Comic author and screenwriter Greg Rucka is adamant that his “fiction of violence” stand apart from Marvel.
11:05 A.M. The Best Books of the Year (So Far) During a difficult year, fiction is rising to contemporary challenges and demands.
11:00 A.M. How Guillermo Found His Power on What We Do in the Shadows Making Staten Island’s sweetest and most loyal vampire assistant (who’s secretly great at killing vampires).
11:00 A.M. A Short History of The Old Guard Comic Universe All the character backstories you need.
11:00 A.M. Every Charlize Theron Movie Performance, Ranked With The Old Guard out on Netflix, we take a look back at Theron’s filmography.
10:22 A.M. This NSFW Family Feud Answer Nearly Killed Steve Harvey The survey was speechless.

12:17 P.M. The New Problems of Outdoor Dining Unpredictable weather, not enough tables, and the constant threat of COVID-19.
July 10, 2020 Playwright Katori Hall’s Grub Street Diet “Not actually burn stuff, but cook really good.”
July 9, 2020 From Quarantine Baking to a Full-blown Bread Business “I am in front of the oven for every baguette. I have to be really focused.”
July 9, 2020 The Mask ‘Debate’ Is What’s Wrong With Restaurant Customers By refusing to wear a mask, you say your comfort is more important than another person’s safety.
July 8, 2020 Living Through a Pandemic on an All-McNugget Diet “When restaurants are gone, you notice.”
July 7, 2020 Is the Uber-Postmates Deal Good for Restaurants? Operators tell Grub Street: It’s complicated.
July 7, 2020 A Few Things We Won’t Miss in a Post-COVID Restaurant World Farewell to obsessive napkin folding, complimentary bread baskets, and communal seating.
July 6, 2020 Uber Purchases Postmates The ride-hailing giant, which operates Uber Eats, had also tried to buy Grubhub.
July 6, 2020 The Underground Gourmet Tries Alternate-Side Dining With the reopening of New York restaurants, all food is street food.
July 3, 2020 Actress Rosalind Chao’s Grub Street Diet “I’m not one of those cooks who can just throw things together.”
July 2, 2020 Can New York’s Restaurants Survive on Outdoor Dining Alone? Owners are scrambling as they make just a fraction of what they need to stay in business.
July 1, 2020 L.A. Times Food Editor Leaves After Allegations of Abuse Peter Meehan had been at the paper since October 2018.
July 1, 2020 Indoor Dining Postponed Indefinitely in New York City It’s the only sensible thing to do.
July 1, 2020 Please, Tip 50 Percent At least that much.
July 1, 2020 How a Restaurant Reopens Before customers arrive, a million decisions must get made.
June 30, 2020 This Is Not the Time to Reopen New York’s Bars It would be a disaster.
June 29, 2020 I Lost My Dad to Coronavirus. I Have to Reopen For Him. Chef Leah Cohen remembers her father.
June 29, 2020 A New Culinary Collective Aims to Empower LGBTQ Makers Totes Gay is run by the people behind MeMe’s Diner and Queer Soup Night.
June 26, 2020 Food Media Must Work Harder to Fix Its Racism Problem It’s not enough to apologize.
June 26, 2020 Fort Defiance Won’t Reopen As a Restaurant Instead, owner St. John Frizell says the Red Hook institution will remain a grocery store.

1:05 P.M. 11 Things on Sale You’ll Want: From Dyson to COS Including a rarely-on-sale bucket hat and a pet-hair-busting vacuum.
12:32 P.M. With These Butt Patches, Mosquitoes Don’t Even Know I Exist I’ve actually watched a mosquito approach me, linger a while, and then buzz off.
12:04 P.M. This Strategist-Favorite Natori Underwear Is Under $10 The chosen pair of both readers and contributors.
11:07 A.M. Everything You Need to Picnic, According to Experts Including a gingham-toned granny cart and set of trash bags.
July 12, 2020 9 Products That Delighted Us Last Week on the Strategist Including a gadget that’ll turn your studio apartment into a SoulCycle studio.
July 10, 2020 11 Online Classes That’ll Make You a Better Photographer Whether you’re shooting family, pets, or street scenes.
July 10, 2020 How to Prevent Mosquito Bites, According to Experts It’s true: Some people are more susceptible to mosquito bites than others.
July 10, 2020 Everything You Need to Know About Buying an Aboveground Pool This summer’s most in-demand item.
July 10, 2020 Everything You Need for a Successful Road Trip “I’ve reported road-trip stories in North Iceland, Ireland, Tasmania, Alberta, Alaska, Colorado, and Texas Hill Country.”
July 10, 2020 In-Stock Hand Sanitizer, From Unlikely Sources With hand sanitizer from the usual suspects scarce, lots of unconventional brands have adjusted their production to meet demands.
July 10, 2020 Everything to Wear While Gardening, According to Experts From wide-brimmed straw hats to overalls with plenty of pockets.
July 10, 2020 What’s the Best Black T-shirt for Men? For the gym, for the weekend, and even for wearing with a suit.
July 10, 2020 This Foolproof Herb Garden Kit Is Over 50 Percent Off Just add water.
July 10, 2020 26 Things on Sale You’ll Want: From Uniqlo to Sunday Riley Including some picks from Macy’s just-launched Black Friday in July sale and Lululemon’s ongoing mega-sale.
July 9, 2020 What’s the Best Housedress? “My main goal in life is to be comfortable at all times, and a housedress is the absolute pinnacle of comfort.”
July 9, 2020 Where to Buy Face Masks for Kids We spoke to pediatricians to find the face masks both you and your kids will love.
July 9, 2020 These Shorts Are Everything My Baggies Weren’t They swim, they hike, and they’re Zoom appropriate.
July 9, 2020 Everything Worth Copping at Herbivore Botanicals Sale A dead-skin-buffing scrub, a facial oil that makes me shimmery, and a exfoliating facial-in-a-jar.
July 9, 2020 Lots of Strategist Favorites Are On Sale at Lululemon Including Navarro cheerleader-approved scrunchies and personal-trainer-recommended shorts.
July 9, 2020 This Mask Shrinks My Fabric Mask–Induced Pimples Instantly after using it, my weltlike breakout became less red, inflamed, and raised (without causing the rest of my skin to feel tight or dry).

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