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May 2, 2021 Hello. Every day, we’ll send you stories we think you’ll love. Let us know what you’re interested in to improve your recommendations. Choose your interests From World Lucha Libre, Yoga, Dancing: Welcome to Mexico City’s Vaccination Sites To calm Mexico City’s elderly, who were arriving “really scared” at vaccination sites, officials cued up the bands and masked wrestlers. From Business & Technology Has Online Retail’s Biggest Bully Returned? Outraged customers of Eyeglassesdepot sound like the victims of a man who’s already spent years in prison for terrorizing consumers. From Sports Denied a Season, Some Ivy League Athletes Craft a Baseball Gap Year The Ivy League, unlike most Division I conferences, decided against spring sports. That has led some athletes, like baseball players at Brown, to find outside ways to train. From U.S. & Politics In South Texas, Hispanic Republicans Try to Cement the Party’s Gains Conservative Hispanic leaders, especially women, are ascendant in the Rio Grande Valley, where Republicans are trying to forge lasting bonds with voters who swung sharply to the right in 2020. From Space SpaceX Makes First Nighttime Splash Down With Astronauts Since 1968 Crew-1, which launched to the space station in November, left the space station in the capsule called Resilience. IMPROVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS Smarter Living Helping you make the most of the world Modern Love The joys and tribulations of love Books to Read Suggested reading from Times editors COLUMNS AND SERIES The latest updates for you From Metropolitan Diary ‘Once Aboard, We Noticed Some Groups of People Sticking Together’ A ride on the Circle Line, picking out produce and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. From At Home Be It a $10 Wine, or Much More, the Judgments Come Free Inexpensive wines can be just fine. They also illuminate the harsh opinions that some people seem to cherish about the preferences of others. From At Home Got Rags? Weave a Rug It’s easy to turn unwanted pieces of cloth into fun home décor. TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT From Business & Technology Brie Larson Pivoted to Video The Oscar-winning actress has found therapeutic refuge on YouTube. From Sports Mets Rally to Beat Phillies After Squandering Lead A win over Philadelphia came with help from the umpires. The Yankees, meanwhile, got Jameson Taillon’s first win since 2019. From Education Opinion | There’s No Classics ‘Catastrophe’ at Howard University Our students will still be studying Plato and Aristotle, but we can't afford a whole department. From Smarter Living Make a Card That Blooms A card decorated with pop-up flowers can serve as a perfect spring greeting. (Just in case you forgot, Mother’s Day is around the corner.) From Books to Read An Ambitious Novel Takes Flight In “Great Circle,” Maggie Shipstead crosses centuries and time zones to deliver an epic story of women whose lives are up in the air. THAT’S IT FOR TODAY Help us find the best stories for you. Choose your interests To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to the Times | Get the NYT app Change Your Email | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise | California Notices The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018