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Images From Four More Years of ‘What’s Going On in This Picture?’

Tokyo Stock Market Halts Trading, Citing Glitch

Twitter shuts down accounts from Iran that sought to disrupt debate dialogue.

Top companies pledge to get virus tests, treatments and vaccines to the developing world.

Trump’s Tax Avoidance Is a Tax on the Rest of Us

Can Mike Espy Make History, Again?

Facebook will forbid ads that undermine the legitimacy of the coming election.

Trump Calls on Extremists to ‘Stand By’

Brad Parscale steps away from the Trump campaign entirely after episode involving law enforcement.

N.B.A. Finals Live Updates: Lakers vs. Heat in Game 1

New top story on Hacker News: Industrial Literacy

New top story on Hacker News: An Elementary Introduction to Information Geometry [pdf]

New top story on Hacker News: Congressional investigation shows Celgene, Teva plotted to keep drug prices high

New top story on Hacker News: Amazon Timestream is generally available

New top story on Hacker News: Elements of Programmnig

New top story on Hacker News: NIST Pair of Atomic Clocks Reveal Einstein's Relativity at a Personal Scale

Anyone Else Want to See Trump ‘Shut Up’?

The Proud Boys, Who Trade in Political Violence, Get a Boost From Trump

A major Boston hospital has a cluster of cases among its staff and patients.

Trump Renews Fears of Voter Intimidation as G.O.P. Poll Watchers Mobilize

Hopeful Day in Queens: A Slice of Pizza, Served Indoors

Pennsylvania’s top election official casts doubt on fraud claims in Luzerne County.

Republicans Scold Trump on White Supremacy, Fearing a Drag on the Party

New top story on Hacker News: The visa woes that shattered scientists’ American dreams

New top story on Hacker News: Fortran Compiled to WebAssembly

New top story on Hacker News: The pace of environmental change can doom or save coral reefs

Watch Live: First 2020 Presidential Debate

Court Sets Up Showdown Over Outside Health Review of Guantánamo Prisoners

Trump Paid $750 in Federal Income Taxes in 2017. Here’s the Math.

Live Tonight: Watch the Debate With Fact Checks

Quebec brings back restrictions as cases rise again

Draymond Green Doesn’t Mind Missing the N.B.A. Finals. This Year.

Trump’s top intelligence official releases unverified and previously rejected Russia information.

Bad Call Sends Kristina Mladenovic Spiraling Again

The Facebook Pages With the Largest Share of Debate Conversation

Researchers say a Project Veritas video accusing Ilhan Omar of voter fraud was a ‘coordinated disinformation campaign.’

Meron Benvenisti Dies at 86; Urged One State for Jews and Palestinians

Trump Sent a Warning. Let’s Take It Seriously.

The Morning

Barrett told senators that Trump offered her the nomination much sooner than was previously known.

Top Intelligence Official Releases Unverified, Previously Rejected Russia Information

Watch Live Debate Stream: Trump vs Biden

Twins’ Playoff Misery Continues, Courtesy of the Depleted Astros

In the Breonna Taylor Case, a Battle of Blame Over the Grand Jury

Cuomo and De Blasio Need a United Front on Coronavirus Hot Spots

Chris Christie helped run Trump’s debate prep. He’ll also be a debate pundit for ABC.

A judge blocked an early end to the census. The administration moved it back — by only five days.

New top story on Hacker News: Google’s Search Preference Menu Eliminates DuckDuckGo

New top story on Hacker News: OpenBSD on the Desktop (Part I)

New top story on Hacker News: In Defense of XML

Talks on virus relief package resume in Washington.

Tax Records Reveal How Fame Gave Trump a $427 Million Lifeline

Biden maintains lead heading into debate.

For Trump and Biden, the first debate arrives with high stakes, and new drama.

Coronavirus Deaths Pass One Million Worldwide

Does Donald Trump Need a Bailout?

New top story on Hacker News: Uber Wasted $2.5B on Self-Driving Cars

New top story on Hacker News: RCT of Intermittent Fasting

New top story on Hacker News: The weight of buildings and the raising of Chicago

43 Student Journalists Quit N.Y.U. Paper After Dispute With Adviser

Behind the White House Effort to Pressure the C.D.C. on School Openings

Read the Presentation the White House Sent to the C.D.C. on Reopening Schools

Corrections: Sept. 29, 2020

Bipartisan House Bill Aims to Fix Boeing 737 Max Safety Lapses

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