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- President Trump, who previously promised a coronavirus vaccine by election day, now says all Americans will get the vaccine by April — contradicting the mid-to-late 2021 projections of his own administration.
- How Mayor de Blasio's schools debacle stacks up to NYC's Tammany Hall-led efforts during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic (hint: not good).
- The ultra-rare plant craze has created a bubble that's about to burst, according to the Wall Street Journal.
- An Alaskan dentist who extracted a patient's tooth while riding a hoverboard was sentenced to 12 years in prison this week — for the hoverboard thing and also Medicaid fraud.
- Biggie Small's famous crown sold for $594,750, and more jaw-dropping stats from the Sotheby’s Hip-Hop Auction.
- The Times reports on how the world's most famous Rwandan ended up a political prisoner in his own country.
- An email announcing the extension of New York's eviction moratorium apparently went out in error, and has now been walked back by the state.
- New York deserves a more interesting rap villain than Tekashi 6ix9ine.
- And finally, here's just part of what we'll lose if TikTok disappears forever:
Published Sep 18, 2020
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