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Australia’s softball players are the first Olympic athletes to arrive in Japan. By Yan Zhuang from NYT World https://ift.tt/3p9kYxF internal-essential, Tokyo (Japan), Japan, Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee, Australia, Softball, Athletics and Sports, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)

Your Tuesday Briefing By Natasha Frost from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3i6OEtV

To Motivate Workers, Republican Governors Experiment With Pain By Binyamin Appelbaum from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3vGhxki Labor and Jobs, Wages and Salaries, Unemployment Insurance, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Recession and Depression, United States Economy

As Virus Toll Grows, Brazil’s Political Divisions Spill Onto the Streets By Ernesto Londoño and Flávia Milhorance from NYT World https://ift.tt/34ADl5g Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Bolsonaro, Jair (1955- ), Da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula, Brazil

Around the world, dogs are being trained to sniff out the coronavirus. By Hannah Beech from NYT World https://ift.tt/34B1VCM internal-essential

As Virus Toll Grows, Brazil’s Political Divisions Spill Onto the Streets By Ernesto Londoño and Flávia Milhorance from NYT World https://ift.tt/3vEthUE Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Demonstrations, Protests and Riots, Bolsonaro, Jair (1955- ), Da Silva, Luiz Inacio Lula, Brazil

Your Tuesday Briefing By Melina Delkic from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3uD0XAG

Peru says its true Covid death toll is almost triple its official count. By Andrés R. Martínez from NYT World https://ift.tt/3fAgywE internal-essential, Peru, World Health Organization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Medicine and Health

The Copa América soccer tournament will be played in Brazil instead of Argentina. By Andrés R. Martínez and Jennifer Jett from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/34ACgtX internal-essential, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Copa America (Soccer), Soccer, ARGENTINA, Brazil, Colombia

The Pandemic in the U.S. Has Vastly Improved. For These Families, the Worst Has Just Begun. By Sarah Mervosh from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3vFiXeS Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Funerals and Memorials, Deaths (Fatalities), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, GoFundMe, Michigan

Can I Ask Co-Workers if They’ve Had the Covid Vaccine? By Kwame Anthony Appiah from NYT Magazine https://ift.tt/2SJtuqO Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns, Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Workplace Hazards and Violations, Customs, Etiquette and Manners, Ethics (Personal)

On the Covid Front Lines, When Not Getting Belly Rubs By Hannah Beech from NYT World https://ift.tt/3fxZhUO Dogs, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Thailand, Chulalongkorn University, Service Dogs and Other Animals, Innovation

O.E.C.D. Raises Global Growth Forecast Sharply, Citing Vaccines By Liz Alderman from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/3p4aCiu Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Economic Conditions and Trends, Vaccination and Immunization, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, United States Economy

Key Question in Mayoral Race: Who Will Get Latino New Yorkers’ Votes? By Katie Glueck from NYT New York https://ift.tt/34z64Y8 Hispanic-Americans, Elections, Mayors, Voting and Voters, Politics and Government, Primaries and Caucuses, Democratic Party, New York City, Adams, Eric L, Garcia, Kathryn, Morales, Dianne, Wiley, Maya, Yang, Andrew (1975- )

On the Covid Front Lines, When Not Getting Belly Rubs By Hannah Beech from NYT World https://ift.tt/3uHNK9W Dogs, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Thailand, Chulalongkorn University

Why the Pandemic Was a Breakout Moment for the Cannabis Industry By Patricia Alfonso Tortolani from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/3c803Wx Marijuana, Shopping and Retail, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Small Business, Florida, Massachusetts, Las Vegas (Nev)

In a New York Prison, Covid Became a Death Sentence By Steven Paulikas from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3wJe4lh Prisons and Prisoners, Deaths (Fatalities), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Corrections Department (NYS), Fishkill Correctional Facility (Beacon, NY), Religion and Belief

Key Question in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race: Who Gets the Latino Vote? By Katie Glueck from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3wKfOKZ Hispanic-Americans, Elections, Mayors, Voting and Voters, Politics and Government, Primaries and Caucuses, Democratic Party, New York City, Adams, Eric L, Garcia, Kathryn, Morales, Dianne, Wiley, Maya, Yang, Andrew (1975- )

Yankees Are Swept in Detroit for First Time in 21 Years By The Associated Press from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3vD8ssK Baseball, New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers, New York Mets

The Veterans Who Bury Their Own By Jasper Craven from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3uz2dET Cemeteries, Veterans, United States Defense and Military Forces, Funerals and Memorials, Calverton National Cemetery, National Cemetery Administration, AFGHANISTAN

What Has Happened to Dominic Thiem? He Has No Idea By Matthew Futterman from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3fB5PC2 Tennis, United States Open (Tennis), Thiem, Dominic, Paris (France), French Open (Tennis)

Caught Between Two Countries, a Minnesota Resort Area Still Feels Lockdown Blues By Mitch Smith from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3uBgkta Minnesota, Canada, Travel and Vacations, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Coronavirus Reopenings, Vaccination and Immunization, Summer (Season)

Several automakers shut plants in India’s ‘Motor City’ after threats of strikes over coronavirus fears. By Emily Schmall from NYT World https://ift.tt/3p4djAu internal-essential, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Shutdowns (Institutional), Chennai (India), Ford Motor Co, Hyundai Motor Co, Nissan Motor Co, Renault SA, Tamil Nadu (India)

U.S. experts press calls for China to allow deeper inquiries into the pandemic’s origins. By William J. Broad from NYT Science https://ift.tt/34twXMW internal-essential, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Wuhan Institute of Virology (China), Hotez, Peter J, Biden, Joseph R Jr, McCaul, Michael T, Pottinger, Matthew, Wuhan (China), Meet the Press (TV Program), State of the Union (TV Program)

A Vaccine Side Effect Leaves Women Wondering: Why Isn’t the Pill Safer? By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3c4u0GJ your-feed-science, Blood Clots, Women and Girls, Estrogen, Birth Control and Family Planning, Lungs, Vaccination and Immunization, Social Media, Johnson & Johnson, Twitter

The U.S. inches closer to Biden’s vaccination goal, making gains among teenagers and the hard-to-reach. By Andrés R. Martínez from NYT World https://ift.tt/3yR7P0s internal-essential, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Drugstores, Hispanic-Americans, Motivation and Incentive Programs

Memorial Day, Capitol Hill, French Open: Your Weekend Briefing By Remy Tumin and Marcus Payadue from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/3uBHpg1

Boris Johnson Married in Stealth Ceremony By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/3p1MJbe Weddings and Engagements, Politics and Government, Marriages, Conservative Party (Great Britain), Roman Catholic Church, Johnson, Boris, Symonds, Carrie, Great Britain, London (England)

Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning. By Jason Horowitz from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3wIfexh Art, Restoration and Renovation, Bacteria, Sculpture, Tombs and Tombstones, Museums, Buonarroti, Michelangelo, Leo X (1475-1521), Florence (Italy)

‘On That Edge of Fear’: One Woman’s Struggle With Sickle Cell Pain By John Eligon and William DeShazer from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2R5lUXj Sickle Cell Anemia, Pain-Relieving Drugs, Chronic Condition (Health), Addiction (Psychology), Opioids and Opiates, Race and Ethnicity, Doctors, Pain, Blood, Black People, Blacks, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Nepal’s Covid Crisis Worsens as Workers Pay the Price By Bhadra Sharma and Mujib Mashal from NYT World https://ift.tt/3wJhiVX Politics and Government, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Immigration and Emigration, Medicine and Health

Plan Your Summer By Emma Grillo and Danya Issawi from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/2SztmKB Quarantine (Life and Culture)

A Nashville hat store sold ‘Not Vaccinated’ Star of David patches. By Bryan Pietsch from NYT World https://ift.tt/3hZrg1j internal-essential, Vaccination Proof and Immunization Records, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Nashville (Tenn)

A Nashville hat store sold ‘Not Vaccinated’ Star of David patches. By Bryan Pietsch from NYT World https://ift.tt/3i4IFWu internal-essential

Reset Your Boundaries, Online and Off By Katherine Cusumano from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/2SGzocx Quarantine (Life and Culture), Anxiety and Stress, Workplace Environment, Social Media, Computers and the Internet

Make The World Better With One Of These Nine Ideas By Unknown Author from NYT At Home https://ift.tt/3fvXKOT Quarantine (Life and Culture), Bicycles and Bicycling, Cooking and Cookbooks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Volunteers and Community Service, Waste Materials and Disposal, Flowers and Plants, Content Type: Service

Boris Johnson Married in Stealth Ceremony, Reports Say By Mark Landler from NYT World https://ift.tt/2R5jibZ Weddings and Engagements, Politics and Government, Marriages, Conservative Party (Great Britain), Roman Catholic Church, Johnson, Boris, Symonds, Carrie, Great Britain, London (England)

John Davis, a Voice Behind Milli Vanilli, Dies at 66 By Jesus Jiménez from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2SyS3qx Music, Grammy Awards, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Deaths (Obituaries), Milli Vanilli, Nuremberg (Germany)

Why the Lab Leak Theory Matters By Ross Douthat from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/3vAB2uP Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Conspiracy Theories, Wuhan Institute of Virology (China), Cotton, Tom, Wade, Nicholas, Trump, Donald J, Yglesias, Matthew, China, United States, Chait, Jonathan

‘If You Would Go Out on a Limb for Us, It Might Just Save Our Lives’ By Nicholas Kristof from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/34tiJvt Drug Abuse and Traffic, Child Abuse and Neglect, Anxiety and Stress, Income Inequality, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Children and Childhood, Domestic Violence, Alcohol Abuse, United States, Yamhill (Ore)

Ex-Priest Dies Just Before Facing Charges in 1972 Killing of an Altar Boy By Maria Cramer from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3uxaYzs Child Abuse and Neglect, Sex Crimes, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Roman Catholic Church, Springfield (Mass), Hampden County (Mass), Forensic Science

A Week of Big Blows for Big Oil By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/34uORik Canada, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Exxon Mobil Corp, Royal Dutch Shell Plc, ALBERTA (CANADA)

Hong Kong exempts corporate executives from its strict quarantine rules. By Mike Ives from NYT World https://ift.tt/3i33Qs2 internal-essential, Hong Kong, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines

‘Like a Dream’: Latin Americans Head to U.S. for Covid Shots By Ernesto Londoño, Daniel Politi and Santi Carneri from NYT World https://ift.tt/3wK152W Vaccination and Immunization, Travel and Vacations, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Travel Agencies and Agents, Asuncion (Paraguay), Brazil, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Colombia

How to Take a Break By Rob Walker from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/3wIvUVG Productivity, Labor and Jobs, Paid Time Off, Content Type: Service

Unleashed but (Mostly) Masked, British Tourists Return to Portugal By Daniel Victor from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/3yQkrFs Travel and Vacations, Quarantine (Life and Culture), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Curfews, AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES, Bars and Nightclubs, Restaurants, Hotels and Travel Lodgings, Great Britain, Portugal

‘What Do I Do Next?’: Orphaned by Covid, Two Teens Find Their Way By Corina Knoll from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3fUiq2b Families and Family Life, Content Type: Personal Profile, Coronavirus Reopenings, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Bushwick (Brooklyn, NY)

A Glut of Chinese Masks Are Driving U.S. Companies Out of Business By Andrew Jacobs from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2R39D5H Masks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Rationing and Allocation of Resources, Hospitals, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Factories and Manufacturing, Stockpiling, Prestige Ameritech, World Trade Organization

Eager Teens Give Needed Boost to U.S. Vaccination Campaign By Amy Schoenfeld Walker from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3p1hAol Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Teenagers and Adolescence, United States, Vaccination and Immunization

A Week of Big Blows for Big Oil By Ian Austen from NYT World https://ift.tt/3bZkJQw