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Extra Extra: Life In A Serbian Cave Is Sounding Pretty Good Right Now


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Sophia Chang

Published Aug 14, 2021


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Published Aug 14, 2021


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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:

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Sophia Chang is a reporter on the NYC Accountability desk covering government policy, social structures and other issues that enable and complicate city life. Got a tip? Email schang@nypublicradio.org or Signal 347-688-7674.

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