11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/arts/11-of-our-best-weekend-reads.html

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Welcome to the weekend. Snow in the Northern Plains, a superstorm in Japan, fighting in Syria and a fast-paced impeachment inquiry — so much to keep up with. Here are some other amazing stories you may have passed right by during this busy week.

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See driving-related emissions in your metro area, road by road.

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If they moved Monet, don’t despair. There are stimulating ideas and unexpected talents at every turn in the Museum of Modern Art — from Africa, Asia, South America, and African America. (And plenty of works by women.)

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Losing a pregnancy might be the loneliest experience that millions of women have faced.

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Many of the thousands of fires burning in Brazil’s Amazon are set by ranchers. A deal inked 10 years ago was meant to stop the problem, but the ecological arson goes on as the Earth warms.

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Hakki Akdeniz built a pizza chain and has 3.5 million followers on Instagram. But he was once homeless, and returned to the streets this week.

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Mr. Farrow writes that NBC tried to shut down his reporting about sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein.

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A seized phone. A stopped concert. A text from Rihanna. All are new fuel for a heated debate about theater etiquette in the digital age.

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With “Gemini Man,” about an assassin and his much younger clone, the actor was forced to confront his career choices — and his director’s view of his career choices.

[Also read: “‘Gemini Man’ Review: That Assassin Looks a Lot Like Will Smith.”]

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The biggest YouTuber in the world has been accused of being a closet white nationalist and even inspiring mass shootings. He says it’s all a misunderstanding.

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The critic A.O. Scott reflects on the outsize influence Sontag has had on his life as a critic.

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How Sleepy Hollow and the river towns of New York City went all in on Halloween.

[Also read: “Witches Are Having Their Hour.”]