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  • First lady Melania Trump apparently used private email accounts rather than her White House email to discuss official White House business.
  • The NY Times' Joe Coscarelli shows how to pull off a good, skeptical, even confrontational interview with a hostile subject: rapper and internet troll 6ix9ine.
  • Eater has a piece on mutual aid networks which are grappling with how to continue in the future.
  • Here's a powerful story about how a stranger stepped up to help after the author's son fell over a waterfall.
  • The CDC has notified public health officials around the country to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine to health care workers and other high-risk groups as soon as late October or early November, but the Times writes, "the possibility of a rollout in late October or early November has also heightened concerns that the Trump administration is seeking to rush the distribution of a vaccine — or simply to hype that one is possible — before Election Day."
  • Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will be a moderator of the first presidential debate; C-SPAN's Steve Scully and NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker will moderate the other two debates.
  • Nassau County has launched a “Taste Nassau Today” campaign to woo city diners over to Long Island to enjoy indoor dining.
  • Multiple women told CNN that comedian Chris D'Elia exposed himself to them on separate occasions without their consent.
  • What if all we're left with are chain restaurants? What then?
  • The Ringer has a list of the best TV bottle episodes ever that somewhat misunderstands what a bottle episode is.
  • Wilco are releasing a deluxe edition of their classic Summerteeth later this year, listen to an alternative take on the title track.
  • And finally, this dog knows you don't need opposable thumbs to blog: