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Navy Won’t Repair Fire-Damaged Warship, Saying It Would Cost Billions

Scott Atlas, a Trump Coronavirus Adviser, Resigns

New top story on Hacker News: Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost 90% of Covid-19 Deaths

New top story on Hacker News: Dijkstra Was Wrong About 'Radical Novelty'

Dr. Atlas, Trump’s coronavirus adviser, resigns.

Corrections: Dec. 1, 2020

Quotation of the Day: U.S. Faces a New Crisis: ‘An Extreme Level of Teacher Burnout’

New top story on Hacker News: Why do I care the open web is dying?

New top story on Hacker News: South Korea's fusion device KSTAR runs for 20 seconds at 100M degrees Celsius

New top story on Hacker News: LuckysheetServer – Google Sheets-like realtime collaborative spreadsheet

On Pandemic Schooling, de Blasio Is Actually Leading

Justice Dept. asks judge to ‘immediately’ dismiss Flynn case, citing Trump’s pardon.

Thank You, Justice Gorsuch

Biden’s Inauguration: Expect Smaller Crowds and More Social Distancing

As Senate runoffs approach, Trump’s attacks on Georgia Republicans have worried some in his party.

As Trump Attacks Georgia Republicans, Party Worries About Senate Races

Citing Pardon, Justice Dept. Asks Judge to ‘Immediately’ Dismiss Flynn Case

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A Responsible Withdrawal From Afghanistan

Police Body Cameras Cited as ‘Powerful Tool’ Against Stop-and-Frisk Abuses

Arizona and Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Wins: ‘The System Is Strong’

How Will Biden Deal With Republican Sabotage?

Restrictions push the San Francisco 49ers to Arizona for December.

New top story on Hacker News: Show HN: Dicom Medical Image Library in Go (v1.0.0)

New top story on Hacker News: A System to Transparently Compress Hundreds of Petabytes of Image

Australia hopes a pilot program for international students can restart its crucial education sector.

‘Fargo’ Season 4 Finale Recap: Lessons Learned

For a Day, the N.H.L. Arena Moved to the Mountains

No Corrections: Nov. 30, 2020

New top story on Hacker News: Interpretability in Machine Learning: An Overview

Your Monday Briefing

A New Outbreak Leaves a Broncos Rookie in an Awkward Position: Quarterback

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to learn writing blog posts?

New top story on Hacker News: Recruiters and Human Traffickers

New top story on Hacker News: Notation as a Tool of Thought

Biden Fractures Foot Playing With His Dog, Putting Him in a Boot

New top story on Hacker News: William S Burroughs and the Cult of Rock’n’Roll by Casey Rae Review

The King of Trump TV Thinks You’re Dumb Enough to Buy It

What We Learned From Week 12 of the N.F.L. Season

Biden’s doctor says president-elect has hairline fracture after twisting his ankle playing with dog.

Biden team wants to tackle child care, elder care, preschool in one overarching plan.

For Trump, Past Is Prologue

Ransomware Attack Closes Baltimore County Public Schools

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Biden names all-female communications team with Jen Psaki as press secretary.

Jennifer Psaki to Be Press Secretary as Biden Names All-Female Communications Team

New top story on Hacker News: McKinsey: Friendly Neighborhood Spreadsheet Sociopaths Are Back in Town

Edward Vasquez won the first fight of the night.

A Scorched Earth Strategy on Iran

Virus Disruptions Hit 49ers and Broncos, as N.F.L. Crisis Grows

Trump could end up a part of this and it would actually make sense.

Quotation of the Day: Drugs, Guns and Cash: This Is ‘Cartel TikTok’

New top story on Hacker News: Video game lets you do nothing in particular in a suburban Russian tower block

This fight is all about nostalgia, which is fitting for sports in 2020.

An underground New York club with 400 people was shut down for violating coronavirus restrictions.

One of the warm-up bouts was canceled after a fighter tested positive for the coronavirus.

A Cat Is Said to Be Joining the Bidens in the White House

Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

New top story on Hacker News: Melting ice patch in Norway reveals large collection of ancient arrows

New top story on Hacker News: Openstreetmap Foundation board election: manifestos, official questions answers

New top story on Hacker News: Scion EPIC: a path-aware clean-slate internet architecture

New top story on Hacker News: How to Do What You Want: Akrasia and Self-Binding

This could be quite popular. What’s that mean for boxing at large?

Are these fights real?

Who’s bankrolling this spectacle?

Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

How Tony Hsieh Tried to Single-Handedly Transform Downtown Las Vegas

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