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What’s on TV Saturday: ‘Boys State’ and ‘Platonic’

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By BY LAUREN MESSMAN Arts https://ift.tt/3gTSDXb Catch this engaging political documentary, and a series about dating in pre-pandemic New York City. New York Times Television, Movies August 15, 2020 at 05:00AM

Friday

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By Unknown Author Briefing https://ift.tt/2CyZR44 Friday New York Times August 15, 2020 at 04:37AM

Postal Service Warns States It May Not Meet Mail-In Ballot Deadlines

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By BY LUKE BROADWATER, HAILEY FUCHS AND NICK CORASANITI U.S. https://ift.tt/3gUfIce The agency suggested allowing at least 15 days to request a ballot, fueling further criticism that it was making it harder to vote during the pandemic. New York Times Absentee Voting, Postal Service and Post Offices, Elections, Secretary of State, Politics and Government, Voter Fraud (Election Fraud), Voter Registration and Requirements, United States Politics and Government, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Presidential Election of 2020 August 14, 2020 at 11:32PM

Firm Running Coronavirus Database Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions

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By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG U.S. https://ift.tt/31UGaMI A private technology company managing a new coronavirus database said a nondisclosure agreement with the Trump administration blocks it from discussing its $10.2 million contract. New York Times Government Contracts and Procurement, United States Politics and Government, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Nondisclosure Agreements, Electronic Health Records August 14, 2020 at 10:44PM

Trump Officially Orders TikTok’s Chinese Owner to Divest

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By BY NICOLE SPERLING Business https://ift.tt/31WzLk7 The president, who last week gave ByteDance 45 days to sell its stake or else face U.S. restrictions, added a 90-day deadline under a national security law. New York Times Social Media, Executive Orders and Memorandums August 15, 2020 at 02:37AM

Corrections: Aug. 15, 2020

By Unknown Author Corrections https://ift.tt/2DX93Qn Corrections that appeared in print on Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. New York Times August 15, 2020 at 02:21AM

Quotation of the Day: Quietly, Greece Casts Refugees Adrift in Rafts

By Unknown Author Today’s Paper https://ift.tt/3apBQJb Quotation of the Day for Saturday, August 15, 2020. New York Times August 15, 2020 at 02:20AM

3 Mississippi Police Officers Charged With Murder of Black Man

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By BY MICHAEL LEVENSON AND MARIE FAZIO U.S. https://ift.tt/31ZzIUO A grand jury indictment accused the officers of pulling George Robinson, 62, from his car in Jackson, Miss. last year, slamming him head first into the pavement, and striking and kicking him in the head and chest. New York Times Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings, Police August 15, 2020 at 01:45AM

Bayern 8, Barcelona 2. El fin

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By BY RORY SMITH en Español https://ift.tt/2PSq68m Una paliza en los cuartos de final de la Liga de Campeones mostró a un Bayern Munich en la plenitud de sus capacidades y a un Barcelona en el ocaso. New York Times UEFA Champions League (Soccer), Soccer August 15, 2020 at 01:41AM

An Order Might Be One

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By BY CAITLIN LOVINGER Crosswords & Games https://ift.tt/2PXoVo8 Joe DiPietro marches us around on the weekend. New York Times Crossword Puzzles August 15, 2020 at 01:40AM

‘You’re a Warrior’: Vanessa Guillen Is Memorialized

By BY CHRISTINA MORALES U.S. https://ift.tt/31MnLRW The family of the Army specialist, whose remains were recovered after being reported missing for months from Fort Hood in Texas, remembered her on Friday at a service at her high school. New York Times Funerals and Memorials, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides August 15, 2020 at 01:33AM

Looking Behind Trump’s Latest Attack on Canada’s Aluminum Exports

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By BY IAN AUSTEN World https://ift.tt/3fW8D9F We spoke with an economist in Washington about the U.S. president’s latest trade salvo against his neighboring trade partner. New York Times Customs (Tariff), United States International Relations, Aluminum August 15, 2020 at 01:05AM

When Trump Calls a Black Woman ‘Angry,’ He Feeds This Racist Trope

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By BY MELENA RYZIK, REGGIE UGWU, MAYA PHILLIPS AND JULIA JACOBS Arts https://ift.tt/3aogVGr President Trump’s use of the word to describe Joe Biden’s vice-presidential pick, Kamala Harris, plays off a hurtful stereotype with a decades-long history. New York Times Black People, Discrimination, Women and Girls, Presidential Election of 2020, Television August 15, 2020 at 12:17AM

A Dictatorship in Belarus Is Shaken

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By BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD Opinion https://ift.tt/3kKVu79 It seems that those living under Aleksandr Lukashenko’s rule won’t abide him forever. New York Times Politics and Government, Elections, Voter Fraud (Election Fraud), United States Politics and Government, Embargoes and Sanctions, Demonstrations, Protests and Riots August 15, 2020 at 12:03AM

Mourners Remember Fort Hood Spc. Vanessa Guillen

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By BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS U.S. https://ift.tt/30ZHajs Services for Vanessa Guillen began Friday, with a nine-hour public memorial at her high school in Houston. New York Times Funerals and Memorials August 14, 2020 at 11:51PM

Postal Service Warns States It May Not Meet Mail-In Ballot Deadlines

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By BY LUKE BROADWATER, HAILEY FUCHS AND NICK CORASANITI U.S. https://ift.tt/3fXLJPr The agency suggested allowing at least 15 days to request a ballot, fueling further criticism that it was making it harder to vote during the pandemic. New York Times Absentee Voting, Postal Service and Post Offices, Elections, Secretary of State, Politics and Government, Voter Fraud (Election Fraud), Voter Registration and Requirements, United States Politics and Government, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Presidential Election of 2020 August 14, 2020 at 11:32PM

Billy Goldenberg, TV, Movie and Stage Composer, Dies at 84

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By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR Arts https://ift.tt/3aoXwFn He worked with Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand and Elvis Presley, wrote the theme music to many familiar series and accompanied Nichols and May and Bea Arthur on Broadway. New York Times Deaths (Obituaries), Music, Movies, Television, Theater August 14, 2020 at 11:30PM

‘Not What We Wanted’: Justice Dept. Accusation Stings Students at Yale

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By BY ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS AND GIULIA MCDONNELL NIETO DEL RIO U.S. https://ift.tt/3aoFOl8 The Trump administration’s charge that the university discriminates against Asian-American applicants was disputed by many Asian-American students and others. New York Times Admissions Standards, Discrimination, Race and Ethnicity, Colleges and Universities, Affirmative Action August 14, 2020 at 11:03PM

Canadiens Even Series With an Emotional Rout of the Flyers

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By BY CURTIS RUSH Sports https://ift.tt/2PUujsg Montreal’s coach, Claude Julien, had emergency heart surgery after losing Game 1 of their first-round series against Philadelphia. New York Times Hockey, Ice August 14, 2020 at 10:51PM