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NEW THIS DIGEST:

Virus Outbreak-NYC-Motley Masks: AP PHOTOS: Faces meet fashion in New Yorkers’ mask choices. By Mark Lennihan. SENT Wednesday.

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HEALTH

Virus-Outbreak-Viral-Questions-Mask-Etiquette: How do I politely ask someone to wear a mask? SENT Tuesday.

Virus Outbreak-Viral Questions-Superspreader Events: What do we know about superspreader events in the pandemic? SENT Wednesday, 400 words, photo.

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GARDENING

Most Popular Seeds: In a big year for vegetable gardening, tomatoes and turnips ruled. By John Raby. SENT Thursday, 700 words, photos.

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HOLIDAYS

Virus Outbreak-Holiday Shopping: Halloween is still a month away, but America’s biggest retailers are hoping you’ll put down your pumpkin spice latte and turn your attention to holiday shopping. Stores like Best Buy, Macy’s, and Target want to extend their Black Friday deals into October to avoid crowds in November and December. SENT Monday, photos.

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FOOD

Craft Cocktails at Home: Cocktails are having a moment, and because of the pandemic, that moment is happening mostly at home. Many restaurants offer cocktails to go, and liquor stores have cocktails in a can. There also are several new books out offering help to the home bartender. By Elizabeth Karmel. SENT Tuesday, 900 words, photos.

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FASHION

France-Paris Fashion Week: continuing daily coverage. Shows ended Tuesday. Photos, video.

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FRIENDS AND FAMILY

Virus Outbreak-One Good Thing-Family Ties: Lunisol Guzman was a big-hearted woman. As a single mother, she raised three children; in her late 40s, she adopted two more. Then, tragedy. Guzman died of COVID-19, and her 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl were motherless. Her adult daughters have stepped up to raise the children. SENT Monday, photos, video.

Virus Outbreak-One Good Thing-Tutu Girls: Four young cancer survivors who met while in treatment didn’t let the pandemic keep them from their annual reunion. The Florida girls, all 7 or nearly so, donned their matching tutus for a Zoom meetup instead. UPCOMING Thursday, photos.

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DOWN TIME

Virus Outbreak-Gyms: Small gyms devastated by coronavirus fear, restrictions. By Joyce M. Rosenberg. SENT Tuesday, 900 words, photos.

Cineworld-Closures: Hundreds of Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theaters will close temporarily in the US and UK after the owner said that delays to the latest James Bond film left it with few blockbusters to attract customers during the pandemic. The troubles reflect both Cineworld’s own heavy debt load as well as uncertainty around the wider industry. Its shares fell as much as 58% on Monday. SENT Monday, photos.

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TRAVEL

US-Virus Outbreak-Hawaii-Travel Testing: Starting October 15, Hawaii will welcome visitors who test negative for the coronavirus within 72 hours of their departure. The pre-travel testing program marks the loosening of months of economically crippling virus restrictions. By Caleb Jones. SENT Wednesday, 1,000 words, photos, video.

Monuments Project: The Mellon Foundation announces $250 million to pay to “create, contextualize and relocate” monuments. Organizers say the five-year project will transform the way history is told in public spaces. SENT Monday, photos.

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HOMES

NerdWallet-Liz-Weston-Homeowners-Insurance-Surprise: The price and availability of homeowners insurance may not be on your radar when you are shopping for a new home, but the cost of not knowing could be enormous. By Liz Weston of NerdWallet. SENT Monday, photo.

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LOOKING AHEAD:

Virus Outbreak-Walking Tours: For so many Americans, this is a time of being cooped up, of being unable to interact with fellow humans and, in many cases, with the landscape itself. Enter a decidedly unplugged alternative, a very concrete antidote to a suddenly more virtual life: the walking tour. Maybe not the most exciting outlet, but far better than being surrounded by the same four walls. UPCOMING Saturday: 800 words and photos. By Dan Sewell.

Virus Outbreak-Virtual School Rules: Toys that look like weapons, barefoot students and pets roaming the room: all a clear violation of rules inside most American classrooms. But how do those standards translate when everyone is logging on from home? Schools are struggling to figure it out. UPCOMING Monday, 800 words and photos. By Kathleen Foody.

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In case you missed it:

HEALTH: Virus Outbreak-The Recovery; Viral Questions-Aerosols; Viral Questions-Testing; Viral Questions-Vaccine Studies; Viral-Questions-Contact-Tracing; Virus Outbreak-Israel-Jewish Law.

PARENTING: Virus Outbreak-Schoolcations; Virus-Outbreak-Online-Learning-Complaints; Books-Misty Copeland.

HOMES: Better Lighting; On The Money-NerdWallet-Homes Upgrades Insurance.

FOOD: Virus Outbreak-Restaurants.

GARDENING: Planting trees.

FASHION: France-Obit-Takada; Rihanna; Paris Fashion Week.

TRAVEL: Ski Resorts-Visa Ban.

DOWN TIME: Snoopy at 70.

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