Coronavirus, Democratic Primary, ‘Love Is Blind’
Your Tuesday Evening Briefing |
Good evening. Here’s the latest. |
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1. The total number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. is quickly approaching 1,000. Twenty-nine people have died. |
Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York announced a one-mile “containment area” around part of New Rochelle, a small city just north of New York City that is emerging as the center of the state’s outbreak. It’s the first American city under restricted orders. |
On the West Coast, after the deaths of 18 residents at a nursing home near Seattle, above, industry leaders made the unprecedented move to recommend strict limits on social visits at nursing homes and assisted living centers across the country. |
And a growing list of universities and colleges decided to suspend in-person classes, including Harvard and Ohio State. Some students were being sent home for the remainder of the semester. |
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2. Around the world, public events — from St. Patrick’s Day parades to major festivals and movie premieres — are being canceled or modified as organizers fear spreading the coronavirus. South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, above, was canceled this week. |
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3. Super Tuesday, part deux. |
Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders are competing fiercely over Democratic voters in Michigan, where 125 delegates are on the line. Washington State, Missouri, above, Mississippi, Idaho and North Dakota are also up for grabs. Mr. Biden has become the presidential race’s delegate leader, but Mr. Sanders is still within striking distance. |
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The legislation, which would allow Mr. Putin, 67, to run for a fifth term as president, still needs approval by the Constitutional Court and in a nationwide referendum in April. But in Russia’s tightly controlled political system, all signs point to Mr. Putin preparing to stay in the Kremlin for, perhaps, the rest of his life. |
Separately, secret grand jury evidence from Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference can be shown to House lawmakers, an appeals court ruled. The Trump administration is likely to appeal. |
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Several migrants said in interviews that they had been captured, stripped of their belongings, beaten and expelled from Greece without being given a chance to claim asylum or speak to a lawyer, in an illegal process known as refoulement. |
The extrajudicial center where they are being kept is one of several tactics the country is using to prevent a repeat of the 2015 migration crisis. |
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6. What would your last meal on death row be? |
Mr. Rayner found that of the 50 countries with the death penalty, the U.S. is the only one with robust research on the culinary choices of the condemned. Academics have found, for example, that 70 percent of prisoners requested fried foods, with the average meal clocking in at 2,756 calories. |
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7. The UConn women’s basketball team has found themselves in a familiar position, with a chance to win a 12th national championship. Above, Olivia Nelson-Ododa after winning the A.A.C. on Monday. |
But success in the N.C.A.A. tournament is no longer such a sure bet. They’ve lost by double-digits to the country’s three best teams — South Carolina, Oregon and Baylor — and the team has lacked its usual depth. |
We’re keeping an eye on how the coronavirus may affect the upcoming tournaments. So far, the Ivy League canceled its men’s and women’s basketball competitions, automatically advancing the Yale men and the Princeton women to the N.C.A.A. tournaments. |
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8. Two new, very different Netflix shows have created buzz among viewers. |
One of our Culture editors, Maira Garcia, writes that “Gentefied,” a comedy-drama that explores gentrification in a Latino enclave of Los Angeles, succeeds for its relatable portrayal of serious issues and characters’ personal challenges. As a Mexican-American, she found tensions “that a lot of first-generation Latinos, like myself, feel.” |
At the other end of the spectrum, the reality show “Love Is Blind” has hooked watchers not only for its absurd laughs, but also for the sincere emotions that break through despite the show’s pomp and circumstance, says Aisha Harris, an Op-Ed writer and editor. |
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9. Toor Dal, keema, roti, aloo masala, matar kachori. |
Our California restaurant critic, Tejal Rao, was born in London to East African and Indian parents before immigrating to the U.S. as a teenager. Growing up, her connections to these cultures were maintained in her family’s kitchen. |
After reading dozens of Indian cookbooks, and interviewing a number of home cooks outside of her family, she selected 10 essential recipes that celebrate the breadth of Indian home cooking. |
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“Take modern escapist fantasies like tiny homes, voluntary simplicity, forest bathing and screen-free childhoods, then place them inside a delicate, moss-filled terrarium, and the result will look a lot like cottagecore,” says Isabel Slone, who wrote about the budding online movement, where scenes of idyllic pastoral life meet ideas of rural self-sufficiency. |
Followers, mainly young women, consider the aesthetic lifestyle a form of self-care. They’ve created a universe on Instagram and TikTok in which men are an afterthought, optimism wins and a slow life is revered. |
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