French Chef Loses Legal Battle Over a Lost Michelin Star

Marc Veyrat was outraged when La Maison des Bois, his restaurant in the French Alps, was stripped of the guide’s top rating.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/world/europe/marc-veyrat-maison-des-bois-michelin-guide.html
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Hong Kong Protest: Thousands Expected to March on New Year’s Day

A holiday tradition in Hong Kong — a pro-democracy rally — could inject new momentum into the protest movement after weeks of calm.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/world/asia/hong-kong-protest.html
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Kevin Spacey Accuser’s Estate Drops Sexual Assault Lawsuit

A Los Angeles County massage therapist, who died in September, had accused Mr. Spacey of groping him and making improper advances during a 2016 massage. The filing, in Federal District Court in California, said the lawsuit against Mr.

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Chinese Scientist Is Accused of Smuggling Lab Samples, Amid Crackdown on Research Theft

Zaosong Zheng, a promising cancer researcher, confessed that he had planned to take the stolen samples to Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, and publish the results under his own name.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/us/chinese-scientist-cancer-research-investigation.html
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F.D.A. Plans to Ban Most E-Cigarette Flavors but Menthol

The tobacco and vaping industries and conservative allies intensively lobbied against a ban on popular flavored e-cigarettes.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/health/e-cigarettes-flavor-ban-trump.html
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Science Under Attack: How Trump Is Sidelining Researchers and Their Work

WASHINGTON — In just three years, the Trump administration has diminished the role of science in federal policymaking while halting or disrupting research projects nationwide, marking a transformation of the federal government whose effects, experts say, could reverberate for years.

from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/28/climate/trump-administration-war-on-science.html
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The Extremely Online Decade of ‘Get Out,’ Fake Meat and Crystals

The 2010s, reviewed. Mr. Bokat-Lindell is a writer in The New York Times Opinion section.

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