Uber’s Sexual Assault Problem, and ICE’s $50,000 Signing Bonus

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<p>Plus, the shark bite club. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode: </strong></p><p><a href="http://nytimes.com/2025/08/06/business/uber-sexual-assault.html" target="_blank"><strong>Uber’s Festering Sexual Assault Problem</strong></a>, <i>by Emily Steel</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/health/rfk-jr-vaccine-funding.html" target="_blank"><strong>Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts</strong></a>, <i>by Apoorva Mandavilli</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/trump-russia-grand-jury-investigation.html" target="_blank"><strong>Officials Move to Open Inquiry on Trump’s ‘Russia Hoax’ Grievance</strong></a>, <i>by Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer, Devlin Barrett and Maggie Haberman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/us/politics/ice-bonuses-immigrants-deportations.html" target="_blank"><strong>ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants</strong></a>, <i>by Hamed Aleaziz and Nicholas Nehamas</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/middleeast/un-israel-gaza-war-hostages.html" target="_blank"><strong>Israel, Facing Anger Over Starvation in Gaza, Tries to Shift the Focus</strong></a>, <i>by Aaron Boxerman</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/world/australia/shark-attack-bite-club.html" target="_blank"><strong>Bite Club: The Fraternity That Awaits You After a Shark Attack</strong></a>, <i>by Victoria Kim</i></p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>