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delta variant is fueling infection surges. The authors said the findings suggest the CDC's mask guidance should be expanded to include the entire country, even outside of hot spots.

CAPE COD, Mass. - The National Park Service is offering proposals from prospective lessees for eight historic dune shacks along the Cape Cod National Seashore in Provincetown and Truro, Massachusetts. And while the government has said the fair market value for the shacks is between just $2,000 and $16,000 a year, depending on the size of the dwelling. The shacks are extremely rustic, most with limited running water and electricity, and most of current lessees use outhouses. The remote buildings are open to all bidders "as-is with all faults" and the lessees are expected to maintain the shacks and pay for repairs. Maintenance often includes sand removal, as the shifting dunes can cover a shack. The shacks have an illustrious history and were used for decades as retreats for writers and artists like Jack Kerouac, Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams and Jackson Pollock.BEST PLACES TO BUY A BEACH HOUSE IN THE US RANKED NPS's release on the leasing opportunity adds: "The dune shacks are small, weathered, and often built on pilings to adjust for the ever-moving sand dunes surrounding these properties.

 is channeling her dark side in Starz's gritty new crime drama, as free-wheeling, drug-addicted, hard-partying investigator Jackie Quinones, whose journey to stay clean is riddled with sharp edges and numerous obstacles. Things take a dramatic turn when she discovers a body on a Provincetown beach, the latest victim of the opioid crisis. As the show unravels over eight episodes, Raymund's Jackie is forced to face her own personal demons — and, as one can imagine, it gets ugly fast.

The crime drama “Hightown,” set in Cape Cod, combines three unlikely topics — the opioid epidemic, the LGBT community and some good old-fashioned murder.

Add one more film festival to the growing list of events canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Provincetown International Film Festival on Monday confirmed that it will not be moving forward with plans for this year's edition, which was scheduled to run June 17-21.