CLEANING UP
It acts like the virus isn’t dangerous, then turns around and sells decontamination stations.
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‘THIS VIRUS IS NOT A JOKE’
How Adeline Fagan, who as a girl toted around a toy stethoscope, died on the front line in a pandemic.
WHAT THE…?!
Hot on the heels of the superspreading Sturgis rally, South Dakota’s governor has announced an indoor country show. But this time, Sanford Health is joining her as sponsor.
opinion
PIPE DREAM
Not only did New York City’s mayor fail to apologize for his second last-minute reopening delay, he seemed to still be imagining himself as a savior rather than a screw-up.
opinion
True Non-believer
The mere mention of climate science triggers him.
ABOUT TIME
The FDNY is finally stripping the name of the newspaper publisher James Gordon Bennett from its highest honor—and renaming it after a man who embodied true valor.
opinion
DOUBLE STANDARDS
He threatened Democrats who pushed absentee ballots. Meanwhile, the state GOP is doing the same thing.
STAGGERING
A new study finding the rally responsible for a quarter-million new COVID-19 cases was deemed “plausible” by a virologist and epidemiologist who spoke to The Daily Beast.
A THING CALLED KINDNESS
“This man is pathologically ill. Mentally ill.”
opinion
TOTALLY INSANE
The school is ranked 23rd in college football and No. 1 in recklessness.
