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Headlines from The New York Times for Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021

Top News

  1. Biden Bolsters Virus Fight, Offering Aid to Hospitals and Free Tests

    By Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Michael D. Shear

    Page A1

  2. Are Schools Ready for the Next Big Surge?

    By Dana Goldstein

    Page A1

  3. A Retired Colonel’s Unlikely Role in Pushing Baseless Election Claims

    By Alan Feuer

    Page A1

Editors' Picks

  1. They Lost Three Daughters to Sickle Cell. Can They Save a Fourth?

    By John Eligon, Ismail Alfa and KC Nwakalor

    Page D1

  2. The Year in 41 Debates

Today’s Videos

  1. Biden Outlines Plan to Fight Omicron as Cases Surge

    By The Associated Press

  2. N.Y.C. Mayor Announces $100 Booster Incentive Before New Year

    By Mayor Bill De Blasio Via Youtube

  3. Britain Unveils $1.3 Billion in Aid for Hospitality and Leisure Businesses

    By The Associated Press

World

  1. How the Kremlin Is Militarizing Russian Society

    By Anton Troianovski, Ivan Nechepurenko, Valerie Hopkins and Sergey Ponomarev

    Page A1

  2. In India’s Water-Stressed Villages, Modi Seeks a Tap for Every Home

    By Mujib Mashal, Hari Kumar and Saumya Khandelwal

    Page A10

  3. At an Abandoned American Base, a Notorious Prison Lies Empty

    By David Guttenfelder and David Zucchino

    Page A12

U.S.

  1. Omicron Is Just Beginning and Americans Are Already Tired

    By Patricia Mazzei

    Page A20

  2. ‘A Blessing and a Relief’: How Four Families Used the Child Tax Credit

    By Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Cornell Watson

    Page A14

  3. 2 Are Arrested After Brawl With Police at Miami Airport

    By Johnny Diaz

Politics

  1. The Policy Debate at the Heart of the Biden-Manchin Standoff

    By Emily Cochrane

    Page A15

  2. McConnell to Manchin: We’d Love to Have You, Joe

    By Carl Hulse

    Page A15

  3. John Thune, a Likely Successor to Mitch McConnell, Weighs Retirement

    By Jonathan Martin

    Page A16

Business

  1. Why a Chinese Company Dominates Electric Car Batteries

    By Keith Bradsher and Michael Forsythe

    Page A1

  2. Lingering Virus, Lasting Inflation: A Fed Official Explains Her Pivot

    By Jeanna Smialek

    Page B1

  3. Omicron Is Turning Europe’s Busy Season Silent

    By Patricia Cohen and Melissa Eddy

    Page B1

Technology

  1. How the Copycats Came for Clubhouse

    By Kate Conger

    Page B1

  2. Lawmakers Urge Big Tech to ‘Mitigate Harm’ of Suicide Site and Seek Justice Inquiry

    By Gabriel J.X. Dance and Megan Twohey

    Page B3

  3. The Tech I Want in 2022

    By Shira Ovide

    Page B5

Sports

  1. N.H.L. Players Will Skip Beijing Olympics

    By Alan Blinder and Andrew Das

    Page B9

  2. Running Backs Are System Players. Jonathan Taylor Is a System.

    By Mike Tanier

    Page B9

  3. The N.B.A.’s Early Story Lines: Missing Stars, Big-Time Bulls, Jokic

    By Tania Ganguli, Scott Cacciola and Sopan Deb

    Page B10

Arts

  1. Best of Late Night in 2021: Trump’s Never-Ending Swan Song

    By Trish Bendix

    Page C1

  2. Lucille Ball on the Big Screen, the Small Screen and Offscreen

    By Tom Gilbert

    Page AR24

  3. Metropolitan Museum of Art Limits Attendance Amid Virus Surge

    By Zachary Small

    Page C4

New York

  1. The $1 Pizza Slice Becomes Inflation’s Latest Victim

    By Nicole Hong

    Page A1

  2. Adams Cancels Inauguration Gala in Latest Sign of Omicron Surge

    By Emma G. Fitzsimmons

    Page A21

  3. How to Find a Coronavirus Test in New York City

    By Lola Fadulu

    Page A20

Media & Advertising

  1. That Fun TikTok Video? It’s Actually an Ad.

    By Sapna Maheshwari

    Page B1

  2. Man Sentenced to 3 Years Over Threats to Journalists and Politicians

    By Mike Ives and Maria Cramer

  3. Fox tightens its vaccine rule, removing a test-out option for N.Y.C. office workers.

    By Emma Goldberg

Food

  1. A Holiday Feast, Cooked in the Cab of a Truck

    By Priya Krishna

    Page D1

  2. To Eat Oysters Better, Treat Them Like Wine

    By Melissa Clark

    Page D1

  3. Coquito, the Puerto Rican Holiday Drink, Available in Frozen Form

    By Korsha Wilson

    Page D2

Obituaries

  1. Alexander Garvin, Who Reimagined Ground Zero, Is Dead at 80

    By Paul Goldberger

    Page B11

Opinion

  1. The Year in Charts

  2. Facts Alone Aren’t Going to Win Over the Unvaccinated. This Might.

    By Anupam B. Jena and Christopher M. Worsham

  3. How Do We Avoid the Next Debt Limit Debacle?

    By Todd Gibbons