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One of Jeffrey Epstein's longtime pilots, Larry Visoski, told jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial that the cockpit door was always closed during flight and he "never saw any sexual activity" in the cabins of Epstein’s private planes.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art has secured the largest capital gift in its history, $125 million, from longtime trustee Oscar Tang and his wife, Agnes Hsu‐Tang. The museum said it will jump-start a plan to rebuild its Modern wing.
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NEW: The trial of Kimberly Potter, the former Minnesota cop facing manslaughter charges after seeming to mistake her gun for her Taser and killing Daunte Wright, begins today with jury selection.
I'll be covering the trial @nytimes for the next few weeks.
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As interest in the metaverse grows, investors are snapping up prime real estate in the new digital realm.
“Imagine if you came to New York when it was farmland, and you had the option to get a block of SoHo,” one investor said.
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In some churches, baptism is returning to its informal roots. Performing the age-old Christian ritual in a more relaxed or casual style "conveys this isn’t your grandmother's church," one pastor said.
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Here are the 10 Best Books of 2021, selected by editors at The New York Times Book Review.
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From bookstores to toy stores, supply chain woes and pandemic-related shortages are affecting thousands of small businesses around the US, leading some to make risky decisions.
@sapna and I asked store owners how they're dealing with the headwinds:
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Regeneron said its Covid-19 antibody treatment might be less effective against the Omicron variant, an indication that the popular and widely beneficial monoclonal antibody drugs may need to be updated in case the new variant spreads aggressively.
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Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, signaled that the central bank could end its bond-buying program sooner as inflation has persisted. "At this point, the economy is very strong, and inflationary pressures are high," he said.
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Today what are believed to be the first safe-injection sites in the US for drug users opened in NYC, where overdose deaths have doubled in 5 years. [1/3]
by @JeffCMays & me.
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NEW: In an attempt to curb a surge in overdose deaths caused by increasingly potent street drugs, New York City will allow two supervised injection sites in Manhattan to begin operating as soon today. W/@andylocal
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The discovery of the new Omicron variant, classified by the WHO on Friday as a “variant of concern,” has added an additional measure of urgency to European leaders’ efforts to curtail the continent’s surge in cases.
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Older age groups are generally better protected in Europe, but gaps persist in many countries. The European Medicines Agency on Thursday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
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It’s so far only in poorly vaccinated countries in Europe that deaths have reached the levels that followed similar surges last winter.
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Europe’s winter surge has highlighted the disparities in vaccination rates across the continent.
In several highly vaccinated countries, infection rates have surged to double those of last winter’s peak, but Covid-19 deaths have not been rising at the same rate.
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Even with highly effective vaccines, European health officials are still struggling to combat the highly contagious Delta variant, as colder temperatures bring more gatherings indoors.
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Europe is once again at the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic, with more cases being reported each day on the continent than at any previous point.
See where the virus is surging.
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Lululemon filed a lawsuit against Peloton on Monday, accusing it of patent infringement over the designs of a new line of leggings and sports bras. The suit is the latest escalation in a dispute between the two popular brands.
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Barbados became a republic on Tuesday, cutting ties with Queen Elizabeth II and ending nearly 400 years of British rule. The island swore in its first president, Sandra Mason, at a ceremony attended by Prince Charles and Rihanna.
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