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Covid cases are rising in the US, with 23 states reporting increases, and Vermont setting a record case count. / USA Today
Amid rising infections across Europe, Austria will restrict unvaccinated people to leaving their homes only for essential shopping and work. / Reuters
Why do residents support Denmark's reintroduction of vaccine and immunity passports? Mainly because Danes have a high degree of social and institutional trust. / The New York Times
An FAQ on the new Covid pills from Merck and Pfizer. / STAT
UK police have arrested three suspected terrorists following a car explosion yesterday outside a Liverpool hospital. / BBC
The nine-year-old who was in a coma after being trampled at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival has died, bringing the total number of dead to 10 people. / ABC 13
Newly released emails and transcripts show the disturbing lengths to which the Trump administration went to undermine the CDC's pandemic response. / POLITICO
Suicide rates in the US decreased during the pandemic for various populations, and experts have various theories as to why. / BuzzFeed News
China's property market woes continue, with month-to-month new home prices declining the most since 2015. / BBC
Petra Meyer, a books editor on NPR's Culture desk, has died of a suspected pulmonary embolism. / NPR
Hackers broke into the FBI's email servers and, impersonating the FBI, spammed people, telling recipients their data had been stolen. / Bleeping Computer
Amazon is often able to deny culpability when its third-party drivers are in accidents, but a new lawsuit claims Amazon's driver monitoring makes the company liable. / Bloomberg
Astronomers have determined a rock orbiting Earth is actually a piece of the moon that was shorn off at some point, possibly by a meteor. / The New York Times
Criminals are stealing catalytic converters from cars and selling the materials back to carmakers to make more catalytic converters. / The Hustle
John Warner: To increase your odds of winning literary prizes by 49-fold, first graduate from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. / The Biblioracle Recommends
"I am holding on to their height and memories. Echoes of the growing season." Allan Jenkins on seed-saving before winter. / The Guardian
An Instagram account is documenting misaligned McDonald's burgers. / VICE
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