Trump Signs Pandemic Relief Bill After Unemployment Aid LapsesAfter blasting the $900 billion stimulus deal as a “disgrace,” President Trump abruptly signed the bill, ending the last-minute turmoil he had created.The measure extends expanded unemployment benefits and an eviction moratorium and includes billions of dollars to help states with vaccine distribution.Oliver Contreras for The New York Times
A Quiet Life, a Thunderous Death, and a Nightmare That Shook NashvilleDNA tests show that 63-year-old Anthony Warner blew himself up along with a chunk of downtown Nashville on Christmas morning.Terry Wyatt/Getty Images
People Are Dying. Whom Do We Save First With the Vaccine?With limited doses available, and a pandemic claiming more lives every day, a complex moral calculus has begun. Five thinkers weigh the choices ahead.
LIVE450 Million People, 27 Nations: Europe’s Vaccination Campaign Takes OffThe European Union’s campaign against the coronavirus started with older people and the workers who care for them. Here’s the latest on Covid-19.
N.Y. Investigates Whether Clinics Ignored Rules on Who Gets VaccinesNew York is examining whether a network of urgent care clinics provided shots to members of the public who were not yet entitled to have them.
She Offers a Break From the Media Maelstrom. It’s Working.Heather Cox Richardson, a star of the newsletter platform Substack, calmly situates the news of the day in the long sweep of history, Ben Smith writes.Tristan Spinski for The New York Times
Prince’s estate and his closest collaborators offer an exclusive look at how he made “Sign o’ the Times” in this installment of Diary of a Song.The New York Times
These British Orthodontists Became Celebrities to IncelsA father-son team have an unusual theory about the source of crooked teeth that has earned them a following in some of the internet’s darker corners.
Reginald Foster, Vatican Latinist Who Tweeted in the Language, Dies at 81One of the world’s foremost experts on Latin, Father Foster was a monk who looked like a stevedore, dressed like a janitor and swore like a sailor.Chris Warde-Jones
The Weekender: George Clooney Isn’t Worried About HollywoodA finger-food countdown to 2021. The rise and fall of the video game Cyberpunk 2077. An elixir from the French Alps, frozen in time. And more.
The Sunday Read: ‘Cher Everlasting’“Moonstruck” sustained many through the pandemic. Caity Weaver spoke with Cher about why.
Listen to ‘The Argument’Could the outcome in Georgia change the G.O.P.’s relationship with Donald Trump?
Joseph Rushmore for The New York TimesBrent StaplesThe Haunting of Tulsa, Okla.A recently unearthed mass grave may soon provide answers about what happened to victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.
Cristina SpanoNayeema Raza‘I Want to Be at the Table When the Next Donald Trump Shows Up’What’s your resolution for the next four years?
Sam Jones/Trunk ArchiveChadwick Boseman Played Great Men, and Created OneHe built his career portraying giants of American history. But it was a fictional character that transformed him into a kind of political figure.
Leon Neal/Getty ImagesCan Jeff Koons Teach Me to Paint?Jeff Koons has entered the classroom at 65, signing on as an instructor for MasterClass. An art critic tuned in to glean some of the master’s magic.
I Think Beethoven Encoded His Deafness in His MusicGabriela Lena Frank, a composer with high-moderate/near-profound hearing loss, describes her creative practice and her exploration of Beethoven’s work.
