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<p><a href="https://apple.news/AYmAbL0lRRFSijibepywVhA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight</a> surveys economists about their predictions for the U.S, without a federal stimulus bill.</p> <p>At the start of the pandemic, grocery-store employees were called heroes. The <a href="https://apple.news/AqqyH2Ge4Qi-vM1pqPF1T0Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> talks with workers about what has changed since then.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A49RQPv1sS3SZ5JwPjc9CJg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> has the latest on the environmental emergency off the coast of Mauritius, where a Japanese cargo ship has leaked over 1,000 metric tons of oil into the surrounding waters. And <a href="https://apple.news/Auv7rn5c8SAOJGfIFMhresA">Al Jazeera</a> explains how this accident relates to ongoing debates about protections for the most vulnerable parts of our ecosystem.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A4QCZsvfqS1ugR9U8Sq6vBg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> analyzes the video of Gen Z twin brothers discovering &ldquo;In the Air Tonight&rdquo; by Phil Collins and explains why their reaction so perfect.</p><p><a href="https://apple.news/AYmAbL0lRRFSijibepywVhA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight</a> surveys economists about their predictions for the U.S, without a federal stimulus bill.</p> <p>At the start of the pandemic, grocery-store employees were called heroes. The <a href="https://apple.news/AqqyH2Ge4Qi-vM1pqPF1T0Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> talks with workers about what has changed since then.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A49RQPv1sS3SZ5JwPjc9CJg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> has the latest on the environmental emergency off the coast of Mauritius, where a Japanese cargo ship has leaked over 1,000 metric tons of oil into the surrounding waters. And <a href="https://apple.news/Auv7rn5c8SAOJGfIFMhresA">Al Jazeera</a> explains how this accident relates to ongoing debates about protections for the most vulnerable parts of our ecosystem.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A4QCZsvfqS1ugR9U8Sq6vBg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> analyzes the video of Gen Z twin brothers discovering &ldquo;In the Air Tonight&rdquo; by Phil Collins and explains why their reaction so perfect.</p>