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14 Nov

Coronavirus cases continue to surge in the U.S. and experts warn the virus’s spread could accelerate as winter sets in.

We’re tracking the patchwork of restrictions that states are once again imposing on businesses and everyday life. nyti.ms/32IFAD4

Several states are adding new restrictions, including New Mexico, which will change its stay-at-home advisory to an order on Monday. It could signal what may be a second wave of significant measures to curb the ever-expanding pandemic. nyti.ms/32IFAD4

Without a federal policy, many states are weighing public health and the economy. Most business sectors remain open, but New York has imposed new restrictions on restaurants and gyms, and next week Oregon will close gyms, museums and other venues. nyti.ms/32IFAD4

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13 Nov

The official U.S. coronavirus death toll has passed 240,000, but our analysis of estimates from the CDC shows that the pandemic and its disruption have caused more than 300,000 more people to die than in a normal year. nyti.ms/32GV8Hp

Our analysis shows how many more people have died between March 15 and Oct. 24 than in a normal year.

That total, known as excess deaths, is 309,800 and is tens of thousands more than the official count of coronavirus deaths for that period. nyti.ms/32GV8Hp

Every state except Alaska is seeing people dying at higher-than-normal rates.

And all but five states have exceeded expected deaths by 10% or more.

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13 Nov

The mass resignation of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy lawmakers this week — after Beijing forced the removal of four opposition lawmakers — left the city with no opposition in one of its last bastions of legal dissent.

Here's a timeline of how we got here. nyti.ms/38F2krm

In May 2019, Hong Kong lawmakers clashed over a bill that would allow extraditions to mainland China. In the months that followed, street clashes became routine between the police and black-clad protesters. nyti.ms/36yXfxM

In September 2019, the protest movement claimed a major success: Hong Kong’s leader, Carrie Lam, withdrew the extradition bill. The concession did not end the protests, though, and some began getting more intense in their attempts to protect their rights. nyti.ms/2JSNHpN

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12 Nov

A pandemic that was once raging in New York and later across the Sun Belt is now spread so widely across the U.S. that any number of cities and states might now be considered the worst off, by different metrics.

Here's a look at places hit the hardest. nyti.ms/32DXlDv

Minot, North Dakota: The metro area with the most recent cases per capita.

Hospitals are overwhelmed with virus patients. “It’s very scary,” said a public health official. “One day my mom called and she said, ‘I lost three friends last night to Covid.’” nyti.ms/32DXlDv

Sioux City, Iowa: The metro area that may have faced the most prolonged suffering.

Other places have had bigger outbreaks, worse days and faster surges. But few have seen the sustained pain of the Sioux City metro area. nyti.ms/2UiQc6O

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12 Nov

FTI, a global consulting firm, was hired by some of the largest oil and gas companies in the world to help promote fossil fuels. The work is the latest chapter in a long history of campaigns by the oil industry to influence climate policy. nyti.ms/3eS2ZH2

FTI helped design, staff and run campaigns and websites that sometimes obscured the industry’s role, portraying pro-petroleum groups as grass-roots movements. Former FTI employees say they studied online influence campaigns and compiled strategies for affecting public discourse.

An FTI spokesman disputed the idea that the firm worked behind the scenes for the oil and gas clients. “We hide behind no one,” he said.

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11 Nov

The front page of The New York Times for Nov. 11.

Election officials in dozens of states from both parties told The New York Times that there was no evidence of voting fraud, amounting to a forceful rebuke of President Trump’s false narrative. nyti.ms/36oON4h

Beyond the president, Republicans in many states are engaged in a widespread effort to delegitimize the U.S. voting system. Some even lashed out at members of their own party who, in their eyes, did not show sufficient dedication to rooting out fraud. nyti.ms/3phZrm0

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