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Despite telehealth's expansion in the past year and a half, it has largely failed to reach about 57 million people in rural parts of the United States. / STAT
Covid-19 is killing rural Americans at twice the rate of people in urban areas. / NBC News
Britain's government-funded furlough program ended yesterday, after subsidizing nearly 12 million jobs for 18 months. / The Wall Street Journal
In major metropolitan areas, the number of eviction filings has dropped or remained flat since the Supreme Court struck down the CDC's moratorium in August. / The Washington Post
California will return a historic piece of land in Manhattan Beach to the descendants of a Black couple who were robbed of it almost a century ago. / The Los Angeles Times
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy receives a one year sentence (to be served at home) for illegal campaign financing. / France24
China celebrates "National Day" as the government embarks on a social engineering project "on a scale unknown since Mao Zedong was China's supreme leader." / Al Jazeera
More than 350 American police officers convicted of felony crimes have already received pension payments or are eligible in the future, according to an analysis. / CNN
Among headlines we struggle to comprehend (well, we comprehend them, but you know): "Goldman Sachs Banker Turned Gen Z VC Launches TikTok Game." / Bloomberg Technology
When a plant barely exists in the natural world but lives on your windowsill, is it really endangered? / The Walrus
Related: Mick Jagger enters a dive bar in Charlotte and nobody recognizes him. / North Carolina Rabbit Hole
Profiles of Texas women who race lawn mowers. And what it's like to work full-time inside a virtual world. / Texas Monthly, Immersed
See also: A man serenades some geese with a harmonica. / YouTube
For much of the eighteenth century, Western intellectuals chased after mermaids, trying to pin down "humanity's marine origins." / The Public Domain Review
Behind-the-scenes pictures from the new James Bond film, from a longtime official Bond photographer. / GWP
For what it's worth, Daniel Craig just learned that his saying "ladies and gentlemen..." is a meme. / The Week
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