Early Addition: People Can't Stop, Won't Stop Arguing About Masks In Public

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Published Jul 1, 2020

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Accurate summation of America in 2020 in a headline: "Fighting Over Masks in Public Is the New American Pastime."
Accurate summation of America in 2020 in a lede: "Most Presidents would try to stop the United States from barreling toward disaster. But Donald Trump has nothing to say and no answers to mitigate a calamity unfolding on his watch that he seems resolved to ignore."
A group of women who sued Harvey Weinstein for alleged sexual misconduct have agreed to an $18.875 million settlement.
America has nearly 800 billionaires, a record high that accounts for more than a quarter of the world’s megarich.
For 82 days straight, a group of musicians have made their way to a stoop in Flatbush to play jazz for the neighborhood.
Fox News has fired host Ed Henry after a complaint involving "willful sexual misconduct in the workplace."
A trio of Manhattanites have bonded over their ownership of pigs.
New research suggests that a national mask mandate would slow the growth rate of new coronavirus infections and prevent a 5% GDP loss caused by additional lockdown measures.
The Times spoke to some people who supported Trump in 2016 and aren't planning to do so in 2020.
Happy Bobby Bonilla Day, Mets fans!
Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk And Rock & Roll Steakhouse has sued the "communist" Nashville government for the COVID-19 restrictions.
And finally, it's a bear cub tussle:

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