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My Weekend Binge Online at Frieze

The virtual art fair tries to condense 160 galleries onto your phone screen. Can art hold your attention amid the infinite scroll?

Employers Can Let Workers Change Health Plans Without Waiting

The I.R.S. is giving companies flexibility to allow those decisions, and on pretax accounts for medical expenses and child care, outside an enrollment period.

McConnell, With Majority at Risk, Returns to an Old Target: Obama

Allies of the former president say any attempt to silence him will fail.

Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

Top U.S. health officials testified before Congress and warned that the country was a long way from containing the outbreak.

A Spaniel, a Mute Button and Profound Matters of State

American democracy in the coronavirus era has gone digital or at least more distant, however fitfully and incompletely, as all three branches of government struggle to adapt to a new reality.

House Democrats Unveil $3 Trillion Pandemic Relief Proposal

The proposal was immediately rejected by Senate Republicans, who called it too large and far-reaching.

Autopsy Shows Ahmaud Arbery Was Shot Twice in the Chest

The autopsy report, which also showed Mr. Arbery had no drugs or alcohol in his system, came as activists renewed their protests against prosecutors’ handling of the investigation into his death.

U.F.C.’s Coronavirus Plan Is Careful. Its Enforcement Has Been Spotty

In violation of the U.F.C.’s written guidance, there were interviews in the octagon, a lack of social distancing and missing masks.

Wuhan Tests, Modi Rescue Package, Reopenings: Your Wednesday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know.

Ahmaud Arbery and the Ghosts of Lynchings Past

As a black man living in Georgia, I am all too aware of the state’s history of lynching.

The Coronavirus Mental Health Crisis Hits Home

A journal of the Plague Year: Week 9.

Coronavirus Will Keep Cal State Classes Online in the Fall

The move by the nation’s largest four-year public university system comes as many other schools insist they will find a way to bring students back to campus despite the coronavirus.

When the Campaigns Have Your Digits

A text from the Trump campaign usually LOOKS LIKE THIS, while Biden texts often go on and on and ….

Top Science and Health Officials Offer Sobering View of Reopening Readiness

Despite progress on a vaccine, there is no guarantee it will be effective, experts said, and testing and contact tracing are still short of the levels needed.

Trailing Women With a Camera Was Legal, Appeals Court Rules

David Eric Lambert, 40, lurked in stores and followed women around, pointing his phone at their breasts and buttocks, but because he was in public, he committed no crime, an appeals court concluded.