Even as the House passed President Biden’s pandemic aid plan with a minimum wage increase included, Democrats were searching for a Plan B for the wage hike, which was ruled out in the Senate.

House Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus as Democrats Work to Salvage Wage Raise

“Now is not the time to relax restrictions,” the C.D.C. director, Rochelle Walensky, said, pointing to a leveling of coronavirus infections as governors move to lift pandemic restrictions.

Federal Scientists Plead for Pandemic Controls as Infection Declines Stall

The celebrated editor is ending his tenure at the helm of a very different newspaper than the one he originally signed on to run.

How Marty Baron and Jeff Bezos Remade The Washington Post

A year of pandemic restrictions has meant some friends are flush and others foundering.

They Were on Equal Footing. Then the Ground Shifted.

The Biden administration is trying to make the health care law more generous and closer to its original design, but may disappoint progressive allies hoping for more.

At Last, Democrats Get Chance to Engineer Obamacare 2.0

Republican legislators want big changes to the laws for elections and other aspects of governance. A fight over the ground rules for voting may follow.

In Statehouses, Stolen-Election Myth Fuels a G.O.P. Drive to Rewrite Rules

Temperature-taking robots, scanning codes for contact tracing, and generous refund policies are helping shows like “Frozen,” “Come From Away” and “Hamilton” get back onstage.

Broadway Is Dark. London Is Quiet. But in Australia, It’s Showtime.

At a federal compound in Connecticut, inmates in precarious health “are like sitting ducks,” one lawyer said.

Vulnerable Inmates Left in Prison as Covid Rages

The woman, 25, said that when they were alone in his office, Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked if she “had ever been with an older man.”

Cuomo Is Accused of Sexual Harassment by a 2nd Former Aide

New York’s rental market has been turned upside down by the pandemic, making it hard to tell a good deal from one that’s too good to be true.

How to Avoid Scams When Renting an Apartment

Adam Neumann was said to be selling $480 million of his shares to the Japanese conglomerate, which aims to take WeWork public.

WeWork’s Path to Markets Is Cleared as Co-Founder and SoftBank Settle Suit

Quotation of the Day for Saturday, February 27, 2021.

Quotation of the Day: States Itching to Open Up, to Dismay of C.D.C.

A once obscure financial maneuver becomes a celebrity flex.

Anyone Who’s Anyone Has a SPAC Right Now

After my wife was deployed, I found myself caring for four kids on my own — something my mother did for my whole childhood.

My 6 Months as a Solo Parent

By urging travelers to visit, the Maldives is reviving its luxury resorts. It’s also risking new outbreaks and courting controversy on social media.

Influencers Find Welcome in Paradise, While the Rest of Us Watch From Lockdown

Massachusetts is one of the first states to put legislative guardrails around the use of facial recognition technology in criminal investigations.

How One State Managed to Actually Write Rules on Facial Recognition

Readers are moved by Nicholas Kristof’s account of the struggles and death of a childhood friend. “It is too late to save Mike Stepp,” a writer says. “It is not too late to save millions of others.”

Helping Americans Left Behind

Economic growth is the primary corrective for unemployment, but targeted aid can help people find jobs more quickly.

Desperate Times, Creative Measures

High on Their Own Supply

From Andrew Cuomo’s scandals to the European vaccine disaster, after Trump the failures of his foils have been laid bare.

The Twilight of the Anti-Trump Idols

Letting nature take its course is getting harder to do.

I Will Not Rest Until This Garden Grows

Coach John Geddert drove young gymnasts to the point of injury, then sent them to Lawrence G. Nassar, the doctor who abused them sexually. Geddert killed himself on Thursday in the face of criminal charges.

Gymnasts’ Abusers ‘Were Buds and Protected Each Other’

Don Wakamatsu’s day job is bench coach of the Rangers, but his background in farming led to an interesting solution for how to help fans feel safe.

Want to Sanitize a Baseball Stadium? Send in the Drones

About one-third of the troops have declined to take the vaccine. Many say they worry the vaccines are unsafe or were developed too quickly. Others want a sense of independence, even in uniform.

Younger Military Personnel Reject Vaccine, in Warning for Commanders and the Nation

Covid cases are surging again in the West Bank amid a dispute over Israel’s obligations toward the Palestinians in the occupied territories.

February 27, 2021

Headlines from February 27, 2021

House Passes $1.9 Trillion Stimulus as Democrats Work to Salvage Wage Raise

Federal Scientists Plead for Pandemic Controls as Infection Declines Stall

How Marty Baron and Jeff Bezos Remade The Washington Post

They Were on Equal Footing. Then the Ground Shifted.

At Last, Democrats Get Chance to Engineer Obamacare 2.0

Billboard 200

Dangerous: The Double Album

After Hours

The Voice

Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

Shiesty Season

Historical Context for February 27, 2021