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The Week

Rittenhouse verdict divides the country

Signs of new Covid wave as winter approaches

It wasn’t all bad

The Steele dossier: Was ‘Russiagate’ just a hoax?

Good week for:

Only in America

The U.S. at a glance…

The world at a glance…

Ratajkowski’s body politics

Rodman on the joy of drag

Etheridge’s grief for her son

In the news

The pursuit of longer life • How long can human beings live? That’s a matter of debate, but some scientists believe 125 or even 150 is possible.

Giving a mob control over schools

Press freedom isn’t just for professionals

A conspiracy theory that was right

Viewpoint

It must be true… I read it in the tabloids

FRANCE Chafing at a changing language

UNITED KINGDOM American inhumanity on display

Europe: Back into lockdown as Covid cases rocket

China: Silencing a tennis star over #MeToo accusations

ISRAEL Who owns a dead man’s sperm?

RUSSIA Slavs find brotherhood in gaming

Harris: At odds with the White House

Olympics: Should we boycott Beijing?

Noted

Gosar: The GOP’s defense of a violent video

Build Back Better: Will it get past Manchin?

Wit & Wisdom

Poll watch

Pick of the week’s cartoons

Electronics: Automakers try to solve the chip crunch

Bytes: What’s new in tech

Innovation of the week

American deer could become a Covid ‘reservoir’

Second HIV patient ‘cured’

Long Covid remarkably common

Climate change is shrinking birds

The benefits of tea and coffee

Book of the week The Transcendentalists and Their World

Novel of the week The Island of Missing Trees

Will

Best books…chosen by Shea Ernshaw • Shea Ernshaw is the award-winning author of the best-selling young adult novels The Wicked Deep and Winterwood. Her adult debut, A History of Wild Places, is a tale about a search for two people who’ve gone missing at an isolated commune.

Also of interest…in women making history

Author of the week Nikole Hannah-Jones

Adele’s return: Big feelings, fully mastered

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Raise the Roof

Trouble in Mind • Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City

Diana, the Musical • Longacre Theatre, New York City

Licorice Pizza

C’mon C’mon

Encanto

The Week’s guide to what’s worth watching

Streaming tips • What to watch after Get Back…

Show of the week Harlem

Filo pie: Cauliflower, cheese, and molten-gold results

Battle-tested: One website’s favorite new restaurants

Wine: Everyday sparklers

Gift guide: The season’s best toys

This week: Homes in Connecticut

Federal Reserve: Biden reappoints Powell

Autos: Ford-Rivian deal falls apart after IPO

The bottom line

Mortgages: A subsidy for million-dollar homes?

What the experts say

Charity of the week

Energy: Gas prices create political strain for Biden

A sentence at a time, AI is getting real

Amazon is going to war against Visa

The maverick photographer who shot rock icons

The professor who helped artists escape the Nazis

The novelist who wrote best-selling tales of African adventure

The day the staff walked out • Fast-food workers have long put up with dismal pay and casual disrespect from management, said Greg Jaffe in The Washington Post. With jobs plentiful, some of them are deciding they...