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increased 37 percent between the


first half of April and the second,


according to NPD Group, a market


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The music of Jon Batiste, the jazz


pianist and bandleader for “The Late


Show With Stephen Colbert,” will be


featured in the film “Soul,” the first


Pixar feature to center on a black


lead, slated for Nov. 20.


Jon Batiste Is Taking It to the StreetsC






Less than 4 percent of Facebook’s


work force is black.


Race Issues Grow Louder at AmazonB


In the United States, 94 percent
of soybean crops and roughly 90
percent of cotton and corn now come
from genetically altered seeds.
Roundup’s Maker Agrees to Pay
More Than $10 Billion to Settle Thousands
Of Claims That the Weedkiller Causes Cancer.
Monsanto’s Legacy to Bayer.B

A huge study in the Soviet Union
of 320,000 people, from 1968
to 1975, found reduced mortality
from flu in people immunized with
other vaccines, including the oral
polio vaccine.
Soviet-Era Studies Offer Possible Path
To VaccineA


  • The auto industry is the nation’s
    largest manufacturing sector.
    Automakers Pulling Out of a SkidB


  • Nursing home deaths have
    accounted for more than
    60 percent of the fatalities from
    the coronavirus in Massachusetts.
    Inquiry Finds ‘Nightmare’ at a Home
    For VeteransA




Of Interest


NOTEWORTHY FACTS FROM TODAY’S PAPER


CLAY HICKSON

“I’m a Catholic and a lesbian, an engineer and an artist, and


a pacifist who works for the Army. I live in the middle of a


paradox, so I’ve always got one foot out the door, period.”
TERRY GONDA,a music director who was fired from her church job because she is married to a woman.

Quote of the Day


UNITED IN MUSIC, FAITH AND
MESSAGING, EVEN AFTER
A FIRING A


Biden Takes Dominant Lead as Voters Reject Trump


On Virus and Race


A New York Times/Siena College poll of registered voters
nationwide found that Joe Biden is ahead of President Trump
by 14 percentage points and cutting into the president’s sup-
port. This was Wednesday’s most read article.


E.U. May Bar American Travelers as It Reopens Borders,


Citing Failures on Virus


The European Union is set to reopen on July 1, and members
of the bloc are completing their border policies. Travelers
from countries who do not have control of the coronavirus
could be denied entry, and in a draft of the agreement, the
United States is one of those nations. This article received
larger-than-normal readership from European countries.


Madison Cawthorn, 24, Upsets Trump-Endorsed Favorite


In North Carolina


Mr. Cawthorn will turn 25 before November’s elections, and if
he wins, he would be the youngest lawmaker in the modern
history of Congress and one of the youngest ever elected. He
will be on the ballot to fill the congressional seat vacated by
Mark Meadows, President Trump’s chief of staff.


Live: New York State Primary Election Results 2020


The final results of many primary elections around the coun-
try will take weeks to determine because of an increase in
absentee voting.


The Conversation


FOUR OF THE MOST READ, SHARED AND DISCUSSED POSTS
FROM ACROSS NYTIMES.COM


VICTOR MORIYAMA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Times journalist Katie Van Syckle was due to deliver her
first baby on Wednesday. In the final days leading up to her
due date, she reported an article about other women’s experi-
ences giving birth during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York
City, “which has reshaped and added tension (and whole lot of
fear) into an already uncertain (and bonkers) time,” as
Ms. Van Syckle put it on Twitter. A selection of her tweets
about the story follows.

Spotlight


ADDITIONAL REPORTAGE AND REPARTEE
FROM OUR JOURNALISTS

Read Ms. Van Syckle’s article at nytimes.com/metro.

I learned hospital policies vary widely between
institutions in NYC, which women say contributes to
their anxiety. But if you’re preparing to give birth in NYC
or elsewhere, there are a few things you can do to ease
your nerves.

In New York, the policies vary by each hospital system,
but generally, doulas are now allowed and your partner
must be able to stay throughout labor/delivery and
postpartum — per Gov. Cuomo’s executive order. If you
are not in NYC, ask your hospital what their latest rules

The pregnant-during-Covid-19 group on Facebook
is active, and women across the country are sharing
notes. You can also call the maternity ward directly
by dialing a hospital’s main line and asking to be
transferred to labor and delivery.

Katie Van Syckle @KatieVanSyckle

For example:


  • Will you be tested? When?

  • Can you get tested early if you’re being
    induced or having a C-section?

  • How long do tests take to come back?

  • Will you have to labor in a mask?

  • What happens if you test positive?

  • Will your baby be isolated from you?


Travel is gradually returning, but not with-
out disruptions. And they go beyond just
airports and travel bans. Here’s what to
expect when applying for or renewing a
passport or Global Entry membership.
TACEY RYCHTER

U.S. passports. About 1.7 million Ameri-
cans in need of passports were facing se-
vere delays earlier this month because of
processing center closures. Fifteen centers
had reopened for limited service as of June


  1. Pending applications will be addressed
    on a first in, first out basis, beginning with
    the oldest applications received — some
    going back as far as February. Officials
    have said it could take up to eight weeks to
    cut through the backlog. That means if
    you’re applying for a passport now, you
    should expect delays of at least two
    months.
    Expedited services, barring life-or-death
    circumstances, have been suspended until
    the final phase of reopening the passport
    offices (no timeline has been announced for
    this). If you’re considering using a private
    expediting company, remember that they
    charge additional fees and cannot help you
    get your passport faster than if you apply
    in person at a passport agency.


Global Entry. This U.S. Customs and Border
Protection program lets preapproved mem-
bers skip customs lines when returning to
the United States from abroad. Enrollment
centers that process Global Entry applica-
tions have suspended operations until at
least July 6. You can apply for conditional

approval at the Department of Homeland
Security’s website but will be unable to
schedule an interview until after July 6.
The fastest way to get Global Entry now
is to apply for conditional approval online
and complete the enrollment process upon
arrival from abroad at a participating air-
port. You won’t need to pre-schedule an
interview for this. Conditional approval can
take from 15 days to more than five months.
Global Entry applicants who are condi-
tionally approved have a year to complete
their enrollment interview. The C.B.P.
recently extended this grace period to 485
days. Members who apply for renewal
before their expiration is up will have an
18-month extension, instead of the usual six
months.
New Yorkers are currently not eligible to
apply for or renew Global Entry member-
ship because of a freeze by the Trump
administration earlier this year.

For more on the pandemic and travel, visit
nytimes.com/travel.

Here to Help


HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS AFFECTED PASSPORT AND GLOBAL ENTRY APPLICATIONS

MICHAEL REYNOLDS/EPA, VIA SHUTTERSTOCK

The Mini Crossword


BY JOEL FAGLIANO


6/25/2020 EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ


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