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- This horrifying footage shows the toll of wildfires devastating a Greek island as residents flee on a ferry.
- Some 700,000 people are coming to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota despite the more contagious delta variant lurking about.
- Some people who refuse to get vaccinated also don’t want to inform their coworkers and friends and become pariahs.
- If the newly expanded child tax credit, which gave more financial assistance to most American families, doesn’t become more popular, it may not come back.
- The Guardian US profiles Anna Sacks, who walks around Manhattan documenting the sheer volume of wasted food and consumer goods.
- American sprinter Allyson Felix has won her 11th Olympic medal at the Tokyo Olympics, the most medals of any track athlete in U.S. history.
- Equestrian Jessica Springsteen -- daughter of "The Boss" -- also won silver in the Olympics with the rest of the U.S. show jumping team.
- The Wall Street Journal says the pandemic has led to a greater use of takeout bags at McDonald's restaurants, leading to supply shortages and new employees unsure how to serve food on trays.
- And finally, this is one attentive listener:
Published Aug 7, 2021
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