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Opinion | The People Who Actually Had a Pretty Great Year – The New York Times

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Opinion | The People Who Actually Had a Pretty Great Year – The New York Times:

“With the ability to work from wherever, scores of college-educated middle class people are fleeing metropolitan congestion for calmer, more affordable pastures.”

 

According to the Pew Research Center, the number of adults ages 18 to 29 living with a parent has increased by 2.5 million since February — meaning that for the first time since the Great Depression, a majority of young adults are living with their parents.

Anthony Carter’s Agent Cost Him $3 Million. The Agent Paid Him Back. – The New York Times

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Anthony Carter’s Agent Cost Him $3 Million. The Agent Paid Him Back. – The New York Times:

“Carter’s agent, Bill Duffy, failed to notify the Heat by the June 30 deadline that Carter was coming back. Instead of locking in another season in Miami, Carter accidentally became a free agent.”

 

As criticism rained down on Duffy, the agent offered to make it right. He would pay Carter $3 million out of his own pocket — through an agreed-upon payment schedule — to make up for the mistake, essentially the difference between his Spurs contract and the Heat salary he had forfeited. It was an unusual and virtually unprecedented move.

Alzheimer’s Researchers Study a Rare Brain – The New York Times

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Alzheimer’s Researchers Study a Rare Brain – The New York Times:

“No one expected to have this brain so soon, and Aliria would likely have lived much longer if not for her cancer. Aliria’s daughter Rocío Villegas-Piedrahita said that her mother was aware that her brain would be donated to science, ‘and she was fine with it. We even joked that it was the ‘golden brain.’’”

Covid-19 Live Updates: Plans to Ship Vaccine Are Underway – The New York Times

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Covid-19 Live Updates: Plans to Ship Vaccine Are Underway – The New York Times:

“With Pfizer’s vaccine cleared for emergency use on Friday, states eagerly began their own preparations to receive the vaccine within days. Up to 300,000 cases have been traced to a Boston Biogen conference in February.”

*This is an important next step.

Secret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms

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Secret Service Bought Phone Location Data from Apps, Contract Confirms:

“A myriad of smartphone apps, from weather predictors, to games, to flashlights, collect location data. Sometimes this may provide some benefit to the app’s operation itself, such as being able to route directions from a users’ current location, but many of these apps often sell that information as well to data brokers or other companies who incorporate it into their own products.”

an agency does not need to seek a warrant when it simply buys the data instead.