An otherwise healthy 25-year-old man from Nevada was reinfected with Covid-19, and the second bout was worse than the first. / BBC News
Johnson & Johnson pauses its Covid vaccine study due to unexplained illness in a participant. / STAT
Sean Penn has created the United States’ largest coronavirus testing program. Somebody had to. / GQ
A maskless Donald Trump tells supporters in Florida, many of them also without masks, that he wants to give them “a big fat kiss.” / The Washington Post
Early voting kicks off in Georgia with some people arriving at four in the morning. / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
California’s Republican Party admits it placed misleading ballot boxes around the state. / The New York Times
New restrictions but no national lockdowns yet as a second wave of the coronavirus hits Europe. In the United States, it’s a third wave. / The Union Leader, New York Magazine
Health officials in California and Oregon worry about contaminated water systems following the recent wildfires. / STAT
More humans are growing an extra blood vessel in their arms, up 30% from people born in the mid-1880s. / Science Alert
Energy produced by solar panels is now cheaper than that produced by coal- or gas-powered plants in most nations. / Bloomberg
One-fifth of the world’s countries—including the US, Australia, South Africa—are at risk of their ecosystems collapsing. / The Guardian
Facebook will start banning posts that deny or distort the Holocaust. / The Associated Press
The new model of a New York Times reporter—able to spot stories that will explode on social media—is in trouble. / The New York Times
In Oregon, after getting regularly tear gassed, a cook develops a new hot sauce inspired by the riot control agent. / Eater
Art made from things we used to say in restaurants, like “can I do the salad instead of the fries?” / It’s Nice That
Dolly Parton is everywhere: a new book, a new documentary on Netflix, a big profile. The best take is from last fall, in Dolly Parton’s America. / The Morning News