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- Take this with a huge grain of salt (perhaps a boulder of salt), but FiveThirtyEight simulated the election 40,000 times and has declared that Joe Biden is favored to win in real life.
- This New York resident has been painting portraits of healthcare workers and sending it to them.
- A Brooklyn man is suing the city after he says he was injured falling through a gap in the planks on the Coney Island boardwalk.
- Instagram's TikTok clone, Instagram Reels, is apparently a dud.
- Media mogul Sumner Redstone has died at 97.
- Oh no, there's a shortage of Dr. Pepper in certain parts of the country, but where will I get my daily dose of 23 flavors?!
- The Cherokee County School District in suburban Atlanta reopened to students at the start of the month; now over 900 students and staff members in the district have already been ordered to quarantine.
- You can now limit who is allowed to respond to your tweets, which Twitter says is helping reduce harassment.
- Dinosaur Jr. has announced a pair of socially distanced outdoor shows that will take place next month in Connecticut and New Hampshire.
- And finally, this sweet dog just wants you to take a break:
Published Aug 12, 2020
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