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Major European drug companies GSK and Sanofi say they're starting clinical trials of their coronavirus vaccine. / BBC News
How a fast vaccine approval might play out, if all goes well—and some warning signs that a science-based process is being skipped. / STAT
Since the start of the pandemic's travel restrictions, only two Americans have tried to join terrorist groups abroad. / Lawfare
A small wedding in Maine, in a town with no COVID cases, led to over 100 people getting sick and at least one death. / The Boston Globe
Louisiana's Lake Charles was destroyed by Hurricane Laura. The mayor worries it'll be forgotten among so many national crises. / NPR
Four midwestern states are seeing worrying COVID spikes. At the same time, an Iowa Senator indulges the conspiracy theory that deaths are being overcounted. / Vox, The Courier
A cognitive scientist explains coronavirus death skepticism. / Vox
Related: Delusion often takes root “in minds confronted by unusual and traumatic experiences.” / Aeon
As businesses shutter due to the pandemic, a tribute to a British butcher’s shop that lasted 300 years. / The Guardian
France announces a €100 billion stimulus package. / The Economist
Germany confirms that Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent. / CNN
The latest fires in Brazil's Amazonas, likely to continue until October, are “a tragedy foretold.” / The Guardian
A spate of new polls show a largely unchanged US presidential race: Biden remains in the lead nationally by about 7 to 10 percentage points. / Wake Up to Politics
Among 16 states likely to be closely contested, all but two have seen a decline in Trump's base: whites without a college degree. / NPR
Facebook will ban new political ads a week before Election Day. / Axios
More than half of young Africans do not regard Facebook as a trustworthy source of news. / Quartz
Amazon drivers stick their smartphones in trees to get the jump on the competition. / Bloomberg
Larry Ellison, who can’t seem to figure out how to give away his Oracle fortune, shuts down his foundation to focus on pandemic efforts. / Silicon Valley Business Journal
And for your neighborhood billionaire, how about a swan-shaped mega yacht? Estimated to cost half a billion dollars to construct. / Lazzarini Design Studio
Actors Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett approve the Berlin Film Festival’s removal of gender categories in prizes. / The Guardian
Policing of speech may seem to be more common, but thanks to the internet, discourse itself is vastly greater in scope. / Bloomberg
In the Norwegian Championships of Standstill, less than four millimeters sway per second is enough to win the crown. / Medical Xpress
Finally! Coming this October, all the winners from the Tournament of Books compete for a prize that’s 16 years in the making: the Super Rooster, presented by Bookshop. / The Morning News
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