THE AMERICA ONE NEWS
Jul 9, 2025  |  
0
 | Remer,MN
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET 
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge.
Sponsor:  QWIKET: Elevate your fantasy game! Interactive Sports Knowledge and Reasoning Support for Fantasy Sports and Betting Enthusiasts.
back  
topic
NYTimes
New York Times
28 Oct 2023
The New York Times


NextImg:The Weekender

Times editors have handpicked 10 stories (and one podcast) for you to enjoy. Welcome to The Weekender.

_____

Image
A street seller holding a Lionel Messi jersey in Rio de Janeiro.Credit...Dado Galdieri for The New York Times

The Stratospheric Rise of Lionel Messi’s Pink Jersey

In the span of three months, the soccer superstar has made Inter Miami’s eye-catching jersey the hottest piece of sports merchandise on the planet.

_____

Image
At first, the signs seemed to blend in with other campaign placards.Credit...Leslie Yager

Were the Fake Trump Signs a Prank? Or a Political Dirty Trick?

The placards were up in a wealthy town for less than a day. The fight over them lasted years.

_____

Image

From Serial Productions: “The Kids of Rutherford County”

For over a decade, one Tennessee country was arresting and illegally jailing hundreds of children. A new podcast series reveals how this came to be — and what it would take to stop it.

_____

Image
Credit...Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

Is Roz Chast ‘Terrible at Decorating’? You Decide.

The New Yorker cartoonist has trouble making decisions about décor. Anyone who has seen her art collection may not notice.

_____

Image
Credit...Yann Kebbi

Cities Foster Serendipity. But Can They Do It When Workers Are at Home?

Revisiting a theory about chance collisions and innovation.

_____

Image
Cher at the Christmas Came Early Event coinciding with the release of Cher’s Holiday Album “Christmas.”Credit...Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Cher on Her First Christmas LP, a New Beau and 25 Years of ‘Believe’

The superstar talks about finding her recording voice again and getting Stevie Wonder to appear on her new holiday album.

_____

Image
A replica of Monument 9, built years before its recent return, at the Museo Regional de los Pueblos de Morelos.Credit...Marian Carrasquero for The New York Times

Stone by Ancient Stone, Mexico Recovers Its Lost Treasures

In recent years Mexico has mounted an ambitious series of investigations to correct decades of theft and colonial plundering.

_____

Image
A family rides past a collection of Sun Group posters in central Sa Pa Town, promoting the Fansipan Legend Cable Car line, which holds a Guinness World Record.Credit...Justin Mott for The New York Times

If You Can Take the Cable Car to the Colosseum, You’re in Vietnam

The country is in the middle of a cable-car bonanza.

_____

Image
Credit...Charlie Riedel/Associated Press

The Taylor and Travis Fan Fiction That’s Tearing TikTok Apart

“Roughing the Princess,” an erotic e-book inspired by an actual relationship, veered too close to reality for many of Taylor Swift’s fans.

_____

Image
Gorée Island is considered a must-see for any visitor to Dakar. Its brutal history in the slave trade feels at odds with its natural beauty.Credit...Carmen Abd Ali for The New York Times

Baaba Maal’s Dakar

The Senegalese singer-songwriter known for the “Black Panther” films recommends sites to see.

_____

Image
A pumpkin carved by Adam Bierton at the New York Botanical Garden, where he has been doing weekend demonstrations since 2018.Credit...Amir Hamja/The New York Times

A Professional Pumpkin Carver Spills His Guts

Adam Bierton is allergic to pumpkins, but that doesn’t stop him from carving dozens each fall.

_____

Thanks for reading. I’ll see you next weekend.

This edition of The Weekender was edited by Jonathan Wolfe.