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How Iowa's Governor Went From Dismissing Mask Mandates to Ordering One Herself
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Thursday, November 19, 2020

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New York City to Close Public Schools Again as Virus Cases Rise

New York City to Close Public Schools Again as Virus Cases Rise

By Eliza Shapiro

In a big setback for the city's recovery, the nation's largest district will return to all-remote learning.

How Iowa's Governor Went From Dismissing Mask Mandates to Ordering One Herself

How Iowa's Governor Went From Dismissing Mask Mandates to Ordering One Herself

By Sarah Mervosh, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio and Tim Arango

"I don't want to do this," Gov. Kim Reynolds said, joining a wave of Republican governors issuing new mask orders as her state faces a spiraling hospital crisis.

How the Out-of-Control Pandemic Is Speeding the Testing of Vaccines

How the Out-of-Control Pandemic Is Speeding the Testing of Vaccines

By Rebecca Robbins

The surge in coronavirus cases worldwide is helping researchers measure more quickly how well their vaccines protect against Covid-19.

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Editors' Picks

The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams's Fiction

Books | The Americans

The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams's Fiction

By A.O. Scott

In the third installment of "The Americans," his series on overlooked or under-read writers, A.O. Scott considers the idiosyncratic originality of an author whose influences extend from Hawthorne to Carver but whose imagination is wholly her own.

I Am Living in a Covid-Free World Just a Few Hundred Miles From Manhattan

Opinion

I Am Living in a Covid-Free World Just a Few Hundred Miles From Manhattan

By Stephanie Nolen

Welcome to Nova Scotia, the land that proves that beating back the virus is possible.

Today's Videos

'I'm Very Honored,' Pelosi Says of Nomination for Another Term

Video Video: 'I'm Very Honored,' Pelosi Says of Nomination for Another Term

By Reuters

Democrats nominated Representative Nancy Pelosi for another term of as speaker of the House, and she suggested it could be her last.

Police Break Up Protest Against Virus Restrictions in Germany

Video Video: Police Break Up Protest Against Virus Restrictions in Germany

By The Associated Press

Riot police in Berlin used water canons to disperse crowds at a demonstration against coronavirus restrictions organized by coronavirus deniers, vaccine skeptics and right-wing extremists on Wednesday.

Protests in Thailand Grow Bolder, Despite Little Change

Video Video: Protests in Thailand Grow Bolder, Despite Little Change

By The Associated Press

Antigovernment protesters pushed their way to the gates of Thailand's Parliament and spray-painted signs outside of police headquarters after demanding reforms from the government.

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