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Friday night bytes: Can analytics revolutionize high school football?

November 5, 2020 at 9:37 a.m.

The hidebound sport of football has been slower than most to accept the findings of the data army, with longtime coaches and executives generally distrustful of those who didn't play...

Cori Bush, a progressive who toppled a member of the Democratic Party establishment during her primary, cruised to victory over Anthony Rogers, a Republican, and became the first Black woman elected to represent Missouri in Congress. "To the Black women, the Black girls, the nurses, the essential workers, the single mothers — this is our moment," Bush said in her victory speech. (Associated Press)

These candidates made history in the 2020 election

November 4, 2020 at 2:33 p.m.

The 2020 election saw a diverse set of candidates in races across the country, even though the presidential contest was between two septuagenarian white men. Votes are still being tallied,...

A ‘country grappling’ with just about everything seeks answers

November 4, 2020 at 9:46 a.m.

On Tuesday, this abiding conflict — over which vision of America will endure, over whether this president is more protector or destroyer — was put to the voters at last....

Vienna reels from a rare terrorist attack

November 4, 2020 at 9:36 a.m.

He was armed with an automatic rifle, a pistol, a machete and a dummy suicide belt. For nine minutes, the 20-year-old gunman turned the cobbled streets of central Vienna into...

How long is this going to take? Americans settle in to wait

November 3, 2020 at 7:55 p.m.

"This has been the slow-moving election from hell with all the early voting," Drew McKissick, chair of South Carolina's Republican Party, said on Monday, eagerly anticipating its end. "It's been...

In ‘knife’s edge’ Pennsylvania, Trump’s fortunes rely on his rural base

November 3, 2020 at 6:07 p.m.

As voters cast ballots Tuesday, Pennsylvania loomed large as the potential tipping point for the presidency, and perhaps Trump's best hope to maintain his hold on one of the so-called...

If restaurants go, what happens to cities?

November 3, 2020 at 3:35 p.m.

By Aug. 31, over 32,000 restaurants and 6,400 bars and nightspots that had been openMarch 1 were marked closed on Yelp. In New York City — perhaps the nation's dining-out...

In Russia’s idyllic wine country, dark tales of dreams dashed

November 2, 2020 at 4:53 p.m.

Many of Russia's smallest and most innovative winemakers, with the informal approval of local officials, long operated without licenses, considering them prohibitively cumbersome and expensive. Then, about two years ago,...

How J Balvin made his trippy, eye-popping Halloween concert in Fortnite

November 2, 2020 at 11:44 a.m.

Balvin's Halloween-themed appearance was the latest high-profile music event on Fortnite, the hugely popular video game that has taken on a new importance to the entertainment industry during the pandemic.

Close out 2020 with a look at portraits of the year’s biggest newsmakers

November 2, 2020 at 8:45 a.m.

As the year 2020 comes to a close, look back at the well-known newsmakers captured by The New York Times.

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