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Headlines from The New York Times for Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021

Top News

  1. Pfizer Says Its Booster Offers Strong Protection Against Omicron

    By Sharon LaFraniere

    Page A1

  2. Ally, Member or Partner? NATO’s Long Dilemma Over Ukraine.

    By Steven Erlanger

    Page A1

  3. Where the Despairing Log On, and Learn Ways to Die

    By Megan Twohey and Gabriel J.X. Dance

Editors' Picks

  1. The Genius Behind the Weirdest Show on TV

    By Nitsuh Abebe

    Page MM44

  2. I’m an E.R. Doctor in Michigan, Where Unvaccinated People Are Filling Hospital Beds

    By Rob Davidson

Today’s Videos

  1. ‘She Made a Mistake,’ Potter’s Lawyer Says in Killing of Daunte Wright

    By Reuters

  2. U.K. Ministers Won’t Attend Beijing Winter Olympics, Johnson Says

    By The Associated Press

  3. Fox News Christmas Tree Catches Fire

    By The Associated Press and Storyful

World

  1. Merkel Departs, Opening a New Chapter for Germany and Europe

    By Katrin Bennhold and Melissa Eddy

    Page A4

  2. Defector Helps Build Case Against Belarus Over Ryanair Flight It Forced Down

    By Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus

    Page A12

  3. Amid new U.K. restrictions, the government is accused of flouting rules last Christmas.

    By Stephen Castle

U.S.

  1. Schools Are Closing Classrooms on Fridays. Parents Are Furious.

    By Giulia Heyward

    Page A13

  2. Manatees, Facing a Crisis, Will Get a Bit of Help: Extra Feeding

    By Catrin Einhorn

    Page A16

  3. Biden Orders Federal Vehicles and Buildings to Use Renewable Energy by 2050

    By Lisa Friedman

    Page A21

Politics

  1. How Tech Is Helping Poor People Get Government Aid

    By Jason DeParle

    Page A1

  2. Some Jan. 6 Rioters May Use Police Brutality as a Defense

    By Alan Feuer

    Page A20

  3. Supreme Court Seems Wary of Ban on State Aid to Religious Schools

    By Adam Liptak

    Page A16

Business

  1. The Achilles’ Heel of Biden’s Climate Plan? Coal Miners.

    By Noam Scheiber

    Page B1

  2. Elizabeth Holmes rests her case in her fraud trial.

    By Erin Griffith

    Page B3

  3. Congress gets a crash course on cryptocurrency.

    By Ephrat Livni

    Page B6

Technology

  1. Beijing Silenced Peng Shuai in 20 Minutes, Then Spent Weeks on Damage Control

    By Paul Mozur, Muyi Xiao, Jeff Kao and Gray Beltran

  2. Lawmakers urge the head of Instagram to better protect children.

    By Cecilia Kang

    Page B1

  3. Group Backed by Top Companies Moves to Combat A.I. Bias in Hiring

    By Steve Lohr

    Page B4

Sports

  1. A Diplomatic Boycott Is a Start. Sponsors Should Act Next.

    By Kurt Streeter

    Page B9

  2. Serena Williams Withdraws From Australian Open

    By Christopher Clarey

    Page B10

  3. Tiger Woods Set to Play the PNC Championship With His Son

    By Bill Pennington

    Page B8

Arts

  1. The Sublime Spectacle of Yoko Ono Disrupting the Beatles

    By Amanda Hess

    Page C1

  2. The Oscars Are Broken. Here’s How to Fix Them.

    By Kyle Buchanan

    Page C1

  3. ‘The Snowy Day,’ a Children’s Classic, Becomes an Opera

    By Javier C. Hernández

    Page C1

New York

  1. David Banks, Educator and Adams Ally, Is Next N.Y.C. Schools Chancellor

    By Eliza Shapiro

    Page A1

  2. De Blasio Fought for 2 Years to Keep Ethics Warning Secret. Here’s Why.

    By William Neuman

    Page A1

  3. School District Investigates Claims of Longtime Sexual Misconduct by Teachers

    By Sarah Maslin Nir

    Page A15

Media & Advertising

  1. The Key to Marketing to Older People? Don’t Say ‘Old.’

    By Corinne Purtill

    Page B2

  2. Brooklyn Museum Gets a New President and Chief Operating Officer

    By Robin Pogrebin

    Page C4

  3. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death

    By Michael Paulson

    Page C3

Fashion & Style

  1. A New Look for a New World

    By Rachel Strugatz

    Page D4

  2. Chanel, TikTok and the Beauty Advent Calendar Controversy

    By Vanessa Friedman

    Page D2

  3. The Era of the Celebrity Meal

    By Anna P. Kambhampaty and Julie Creswell

    Page D11

Obituaries

  1. Greg Tate, Influential Black Cultural Critic, Dies at 64

    By Clay Risen

    Page B11

Opinion

  1. The Pandemic Is Beating Putin

    By Alexey Kovalev

    Page A28

  2. Can the Press Prevent a Trump Restoration?

    By Ross Douthat

    Page A22

  3. Trump Won’t Let America Go. Can Democrats Pry It Away?

    By Thomas B. Edsall

    Page SR5