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- A devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Saturday morning about five miles from the town of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes in the west of the country, with an estimated 227 dead.
- Germany now requires travelers from the U.S. to quarantine for 10 days if they can't show proof they've been vaccinated.
- Even hermits living in Serbian caves get vaccinated against COVID-19 because it’s the wise thing to do.
- A State Department bureaucratic backlog may jeopardize the visa applications for tens of thousands of immigrants hoping to come to America.
- BuzzFeed News discovered the co-founder of Snopes plagiarized dozens of stories that he published on the website, including some stories under a pseudonym of Jeff Zarronandia.
- Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, currently under investigation for an alleged sexual assault in California, was also served a temporary order of protection in a case in Ohio last year, the Washington Post reported.
- A viral video of a white ASL interpreter at Lollapalooza signing Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP has raised questions about cultural competence in the realm of sign language.
- Diet Coke fans are coming out of the woodwork and confessing their love all over the place.
- And finally, given the heat this week, this pool party is bear-y enticing:
Published Aug 14, 2021
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