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The clean-water crisis that huge new spending may not fix
9 nov 20219 min
Congress has approved major funding to fix aging water infrastructure. But frustrated people in Jackson, Mississippi, are skeptical their dilapidated systems will finally get the investment they need. The <a href="https://apple.news/AalOzA7pQQpKzVaI7DGHGEQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> tells their stories. U.S. hospitals are running seriously short of nurses, just ahead of flu season and a potential COVID surge driven by cold weather. <a href="https://apple.news/AhspA_hDUSxiAEJI07LDWoA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains why. The <a href="https://apple.news/Adl1ZoDXmTHma1enlcisoZA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on how the ultrarich could drive $1.6 billion in art sales in the next two weeks. The retirement-community sport of pickleball is winning celebrity followers including Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and the Kardashians. <a href="https://apple.news/A28ofv567QPmmbmfDMhP8Pw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vanity Fair</a> looks at what’s happening.
Experts fear Astroworld won’t be the last deadly concert
8 nov 20218 min
The deadly crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival was just the latest fatal concert incident. Safety experts tell the <a href="https://apple.news/AwhP8V4-bR9Oe3MaEZtkziw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> it won’t be the last. Without guaranteed paid federal bereavement leave, American workplaces aren’t prepared for the level of loss brought on by the pandemic, the <a href="https://apple.news/ANHPsBZ3MQTCTlMuEYOR0xQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> argues. Professional athletes are using new technology to compete for longer than ever before. <a href="https://apple.news/AN1dCRKm0Snu5K9FmJND0Tw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sports Illustrated</a> looks at how their success may have lessons on aging for the rest of us. There’s a possible new clue in the case of sightings of people flying jetpacks, reported by pilots in California. The <a href="https://apple.news/ATvGcT0DVRkOzwnJxw-ihzg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Miami Herald</a> lays out a new theory: What the pilots saw wasn’t human.
"Hooked" episode 1: The Fatal Funnel
6 nov 202142 min
Apple News Today: In Conversation is bringing you a special episode — the first installment of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hooked/id1592401710">Hooked</a>, a new podcast series from Apple TV+.   When Tony Hathaway was arrested outside of a KeyBank in Seattle, police and the FBI had been looking for him for months. Hathaway had robbed 30 banks in a single year. Before he became a notorious bank robber, Hathaway was a top design engineer at Boeing; he fit the profile of a loving family man, he made six figures, and flew around the world in business class. That all unraveled when he was prescribed OxyContin for a back injury and developed an addiction to opioids.   Journalist Josh Dean wrote an article for <a href="https://apple.news/Ai8o1blKaSBuWweKJ9xYVrQ">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> about Hathaway in 2019. His reporting is the basis of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hooked/id1592401710">Hooked</a>. Host Shumita Basu spoke with Dean about Hathaway’s story on <a href="https://apple.news/A9_W0FtB8SI-450cWaQvsUQ">Apple News Today: In Conversation</a>.
In Conversation: How an opioid addiction drove one engineer to rob banks
6 nov 202120 min
When Tony Hathaway was arrested outside of a KeyBank in Seattle, police and the FBI had been looking for him for months. Hathaway had robbed 30 banks in a single year. Before he became a notorious bank robber, Hathaway was a top design engineer at Boeing; he fit the profile of a loving family man, he made six figures, and flew around the world in business class. That all unraveled when he was prescribed OxyContin for a back injury and developed an addiction to opioids.   Journalist Josh Dean wrote an article for <a href="https://apple.news/Ai8o1blKaSBuWweKJ9xYVrQ">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> about Hathaway in 2019. His reporting is the basis of a new podcast series from Apple TV+, called <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hooked/id1592401710">Hooked</a>. Apple News Today host Shumita Basu spoke with Dean about Hathaway’s story.
Could your neighborhood be a cancer hot spot?
5 nov 20219 min
The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe high levels of carcinogens. <a href="https://apple.news/AC0lV-RZ3SPKKuWBwqzbloA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ProPublica</a> reveals where these places are, in a first-of-its-kind data analysis. The trial of three white men accused of killing Black Georgia jogger Ahmaud Arbery will have a nearly all-white jury. The <a href="https://apple.news/AsQAXLiTyQ3KU_ZnNOxpTmw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> breaks down how that happened. <a href="https://apple.news/A9JhuK3RUQDyVkL-EayJr9A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at the citizen’s arrest law at the heart of the case. Snowbirds are getting younger during the pandemic, as <a href="https://apple.news/AdnCjrsseTJC2I7fNXbuHyA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Money Magazine</a> explains. Now that many people are more able to work from home, a much younger demographic is buying second homes in more moderate climates. Turning back your clocks shouldn’t be too hard this weekend. But that’s not the case for the British royal family's staff. <a href="https://apple.news/Ad1VdDNc0QNSMYSr2G-J6Pw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Travel + Leisure</a> looks at the special challenge of setting hundreds of clocks manually.
Island nations, at risk of disappearing, urge climate action
4 nov 20218 min
Rising sea levels are an existential threat to island nations. <a href="https://apple.news/AYE0RHLDzTyK-qSZTGzWTpA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNBC</a> looks at how their leaders are stepping up the fight to get big countries to do more about climate change. <a href="https://apple.news/Abq2KMLl_TbCtWPoTVb45Dg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Axios</a> reports on how New York taxi drivers scored a victory after a two-week hunger strike, earning relief from debt that has brought many of them close to financial ruin. An investigation from the <a href="https://apple.news/AGwDidnLSSmOUfGQ1CMrqPQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Marshall Project</a> found that police hurt thousands of teenagers every year, including a striking number of Black girls. The <a href="https://apple.news/ArDY1R2j4QzqdJ2i2ru-Yrg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story of a marathoner aiming to finish her sixth marathon in six weeks. She’s running on two rebuilt knees.
Here’s what the GOP’s Virginia win could mean nationally
3 nov 20218 min
Politicians across America are studying Tuesday’s races for clues on how to win in next year’s midterms. <a href="https://apple.news/A4SzdLVOHTmWRoijPaEwGHg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> has key takeaways. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AtHEJm927T8GrnuAW7TJsnw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at how Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race in part by apparently pulling off a balancing act with Donald Trump that turned out both Trump supporters and moderate voters. Today the Supreme Court reviews a major Second Amendment case. <a href="https://apple.news/A5WvwiNvWRkShzG98Uxq0WA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">SCOTUSblog</a> previews what could be the biggest gun ruling in years. World leaders are announcing “net-zero” climate targets. <a href="https://apple.news/Ajl25BnKQSqytAhZplMo-ww?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains how that might be misleading when it comes to understanding progress on reducing carbon emissions. The Atlanta Braves crushed the Houston Astros in Game 6 of the World Series, taking home the title for the first time since 1995. <a href="https://apple.news/AgMoHNyU4QP2vYWZ1rLfL9Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> has a recap.
The people who clean up after climate disasters
2 nov 20218 min
Police reform is on the ballot today in Minneapolis, where George Floyd’s murder ignited a new debate over the role of law enforcement.<a href="https://apple.news/A-P4kdsQ8T0K-mHJgAG86dA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> FiveThirtyEight</a> breaks down what voters are deciding. And the<a href="https://apple.news/ADhIUOGj_TQGrBqliVEr_CQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> Washington Post</a> looks at how many Democratic mayoral candidates have moved from talking about reducing or reallocating police budgets to focusing on “law and order.” With natural disasters becoming more frequent and intense due to climate change, cleaning up after floods, wildfires, and hurricanes is a multibillion-dollar business. The<a href="https://apple.news/AYgmixPrMRXC1SrHycxmL5Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> New Yorker</a> tells the stories of some of the often-exploited workers who do that dirty work. Heterosexual married couples in the U.S. still almost always give their kids the father’s surname. The<a href="https://apple.news/Ab1TSwbO7QAi1fBW28KdTPw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> Atlantic</a> examines why. London cab drivers are famed for memorizing the city’s complicated streets. The<a href="https://apple.news/Ak54e648NQX2ABb8WXSla3w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> Washington Post</a> reports on new research that is scanning their brains for clues that may lead to better understanding of Alzheimer’s disease.
What to know as Supreme Court considers Texas abortion ban
1 nov 20218 min
Today the Supreme Court hears cases challenging the new Texas law that prohibits almost all abortions. <a href="https://apple.news/AT3rqktQzSqGdlPz6MBGoVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">SCOTUSblog</a> explains what to watch. The CDC is expected to recommend Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. But it’s a different dose than adults get, so rolling it out will require new steps. <a href="https://apple.news/ASiTBbnMARRGt_BUzjWs9Xw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has details. Concierge medicine promises better access to doctors for patients who pay a fee. Critics say it makes primary care harder to get for those who can’t pay. <a href="https://apple.news/AwWrfy41NTyGRzAlywEco1A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Scientific American</a> takes a look. Like to sneak in a quick snooze during your commute to work? The <a href="https://apple.news/AfEBZBeP2RqmvkMdOMo7JZA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at a new bus service that takes it to the next level: a five-hour route to nowhere, expressly designed for napping.
In Conversation: Kids were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. How could that happen?
30 oct 202127 min
Nashville Public Radio’s Meribah Knight speaks with Shumita Basu about her reporting for <a href="https://apple.news/ASGVG-243QVuJK_lQ6YaGZA">ProPublica</a> on the juvenile-justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Knight reveals a disturbing pattern in which hundreds of kids — some as young as 7 years old — were being locked up every year. In many of these cases, the adults responsible acted illegally and faced no consequences.
How China and the U.S. are falling short on climate action
29 oct 202110 min
Ahead of the global environmental summit in Scotland, <a href="https://apple.news/AtLeyHmzsRgaoeHoXg47Uog?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> looks at numbers showing that many of the world’s largest polluters aren’t on track to meet existing targets on cutting carbon emissions. <a href="https://apple.news/Aj-I_6F-zQqC7cU8LuJKrUw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> reports on the impact of China, the largest source of greenhouse gases. A <a href="https://apple.news/ASGVG-243QVuJK_lQ6YaGZA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ProPublica</a> investigation reveals how, in one Tennessee county, young Black children were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. The adults in charge faced few consequences. The trial of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes is around its halfway point. The <a href="https://apple.news/AaiwRbdyiRt-6hr5DzDcRkQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on where things stand. The <a href="https://apple.news/AKBqZZC8gShi0gFoVMEqQqQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explores how the popularity of a 12-foot-tall skeleton that retails for $300 has triggered something of a Halloween arms race among lovers of the bony lawn decorations.
Paid leave appears dead in Congress. Here’s what that means.
28 oct 202110 min
<a href="https://apple.news/AV8foUZeLRoalmADdUUHwRA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports on President Biden’s outreach to Democrats on Capitol Hill, as he works to push his economic and climate agenda forward. In the <a href="https://apple.news/AMjImHnn6T0ixz7cxcUU3gg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a>, three professors argue that a lot of people got things wrong about what census data says about the white population of America. After striking it rich through vaccination lotteries, some lucky winners tell <a href="https://apple.news/AN_42aHvzTYeBX70Rt5qhDA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> they have mixed feelings about cashing in. Several say they’re donating money to charity. <a href="https://apple.news/AycyZhqt_SgiR7drYefKXUw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Mel Magazine</a> introduces us to a California man who found an unusual path to financial security: seven years of meals at Six Flags Magic Mountain, scored with an annual pass to the park.
Democrats want billionaires to pay up in new tax plan
27 oct 20218 min
Democrats have tax proposals to raise money for big new spending. <a href="https://apple.news/ALtb80gJySIKM-CmO-v04Vw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> explains how one plan goes after billionaires. Thousands of American workers are on strike for better pay and working conditions. <a href="https://apple.news/AL7ZxFeOsTyWOQbSqnFGFzg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> reports on how some are not just fighting their employers, but also their unions. During the pandemic, many millennial women in America decided to get more involved in investing. The <a href="https://apple.news/AjrXWag_uQB2tgtLt7Zj0sw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> tells some of their stories. The <a href="https://apple.news/AHaOZAxm3Q-CB00ltsdR2BQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at a $5 million lawsuit questioning whether there are enough strawberries in strawberry Pop-Tarts, claiming they actually contain more apples and pears.
Here’s what to watch in next week’s governor’s races
26 oct 20218 min
Next week’s governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey will be watched for national implications. <a href="https://apple.news/ApnwTrzR6R7WKJoOnwSdKSg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains what to look out for, and why we should be careful not to read too much into the contests. A review of a migrant’s death by suicide raises questions about the treatment of people in American detention facilities. The <a href="https://apple.news/ANSDoZy8VTaG5Z62cog5OVw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Intercept</a> has been following the story. <a href="https://apple.news/AqpHptji8Sr-TU02Ov83FuA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports on why what’s happening in Sudan matters to the U.S. Even if you’re not a baseball fan, you might enjoy the World Series antics of Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale. The <a href="https://apple.news/APqAYK6PsSh-S6TC-6SeRyg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York Post</a> has details of his multimillion-dollar bet on the Houston Astros, his hometown team. And the <a href="https://apple.news/ARwIe3DfMSlCaz4c8Lb0TwQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Houston Chronicle</a> covers how he’s buying tickets for dozens of nuns.
What’s driving the extreme weather on the West Coast
25 oct 20218 min
<a href="https://apple.news/AdSwHs2_dSl-Ys6QchnTo0Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> reports on the furious storm unleashed from a “bomb cyclone” slamming the West Coast, bringing fierce winds and hazardous flooding. <a href="https://apple.news/AeR6QyG4lST2PbDh6Wq9j2Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC Los Angeles</a> explains how an “atmospheric river” is also drenching California and the Pacific Northwest with rain. <a href="https://apple.news/AQPWnHIh4Sm6GcA5cWZtcNQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> reports that top political leaders in Sudan have been detained in an apparent coup. A leaked U.S. government report documents how people with medical conditions and disabilities were forced into the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program. <a href="https://apple.news/Aqtr9l58NQK6BMyVtlQc9Dw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BuzzFeed News</a> has the story. The <a href="https://apple.news/A9nKzGlx0Ti2qhvysnPojgA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> reports on an analysis that finds only 14% of the COVID-vaccine doses promised to the poorest nations by wealthy ones have been delivered. The Washington Post looks into <a href="https://apple.news/AeaqtOrfIRGCiWsni1-_ZRg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Pfizer’s contracts with countries</a> and the <a href="https://apple.news/ASpZaW9QkR5O-KUQhDpPITA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">difficulty of donating vaccines abroad</a>. As Halloween approaches, <a href="https://apple.news/AxBM-gKafQyOUSp6klmWX6A">Vox</a> explains how concerns about ghosts can reduce a property’s value.
In Conversation: Think the stock market is rigged? You may be right.
23 oct 202115 min
Data shows high-level execs often get unusually good returns trading their own companies’ stocks. But regulators say insider trading is hard to prove under current law. For <a href="https://apple.news/AijUGHJk0QeK7vx1EUYf0yw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a>, Liam Vaughan explains why insider trading is more widespread than you might think — and why some experts argue the system is fundamentally unfair.
Why the world is watching Congress’s climate-change moves
22 oct 20219 min
World powers are watching to see if the U.S. can pull off major action on climate change ahead of a global summit, <a href="https://apple.news/AfHybN2UKQ1aYcpL_qu0JGQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> reports. Countless murders were covered up during the Jim Crow era. <a href="https://apple.news/AvxC2ZqQITRGG0lCNqaAY9g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Mother Jones</a> looks at a program that aims to help victims’ families and set records straight. A cinematographer is dead and a director is injured, shot by a prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin in what the actor’s spokesperson called an accident. <a href="https://apple.news/AFQ0Y1dffSRSv1rHt3HJyrA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ABC News</a> has the story. Vienna’s tourism board is posting images of explicit works from the city’s art museums on OnlyFans. The <a href="https://apple.news/ATDS0aNaRRAWyP-S-Pddn4Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains the thinking behind the unusual marketing campaign, devised after some of the museums ran into problems posting art containing nudity to social media.
Democrats ramp up unusual legal fight with Steve Bannon
21 oct 20218 min
Trump ally Steve Bannon has defied a subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Democrats are set to hold him in contempt. <a href="https://apple.news/ARJs_8e7STvCsH1MKpdlawA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> explains why things will get complicated from here. A new report lays bare the severe human toll of climate change, detailing how it is killing people and making them sicker. <a href="https://apple.news/ASeQF5KE_R-qELatIzRrF6g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has the key takeaways. Scammers on social media and dating sites swindled Americans out of a record $304 million as more people searched for love online during the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/Al1J3ORoUSxaAWaHOCCzTvA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> warns daters what to watch for. We now know who owns the sole copy of the Wu-Tang Clan album that recently sold for $4 million. <a href="https://apple.news/Aigr72JK3SMifT1wx8KnbRw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Rolling Stone</a> has the latest twist in the bizarre story.
The problem of cops who won’t get vaccinated
20 oct 20217 min
Police officers are dying of COVID at alarming rates, but some are pushing back hard against getting vaccinated. <a href="https://apple.news/AVQFViLD1R5aUmoQlnOi4xQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> looks at how communities around the country are dealing with the problem. The kidnapping of 16 Americans and a Canadian in Haiti highlights the country’s armed-gang problem. The <a href="https://apple.news/AzFec3ve7S9aizv-px71EKw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Miami Herald</a> reports. A breakthrough surgery that successfully attached a pig’s organ to a human offers live-saving hope to people on transplant waiting lists. <a href="https://apple.news/AZtGM1iywRw2hRkFCeOMUfg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> takes us inside an operation that was years in the making. Authorities have been struggling to save dogs trapped near a volcano in Spain’s Canary |slands. <a href="https://apple.news/Auv34sW8GQDaw8ztkgHSGcg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> explains how rescuers are preparing to try a new idea: using a drone to scoop the dogs up and fly them out.
Why time may be running out for Biden’s climate plan
19 oct 20218 min
President Biden’s climate agenda seems to be in trouble, the <a href="https://apple.news/AmUl75cX2TvCWR5XxblNuQQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> reports. The <a href="https://apple.news/AiunQiKCbS1Cd9BCQzSB-9w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> says he cannot declare victory on climate without one of two key policies, and the chances of passing either are getting slimmer. A Brooklyn apartment building was a peaceful home until residents started dying in brutal, mysterious ways. <a href="https://apple.news/ATV3z6HPPQ2O5qv5uaGX2NQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York Magazine</a> has the story. The <a href="https://apple.news/ABnoSU39dTyKSovdAdv3EVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> goes inside a new recruiting program for cybersecurity jobs that takes inspiration from the world of professional video gaming. Colombia is putting its hippos on birth control. <a href="https://apple.news/ApRQB_5AbRVaiGDuqCqMHhg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> explains the effort to manage the invasive species, which was originally brought to the country by notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar.
Murder trial begins in the killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery
18 oct 20218 min
Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was shot and killed while jogging in 2020. As the murder trial begins, <a href="https://apple.news/AA_HBCrhgRZyPJIU_5DCWyQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports from the Georgia community where his killing happened. Colin Powell, America’s first Black secretary of state, who shaped American foreign policy in recent decades, has died from complications from Covid-19, <a href="https://apple.news/AIvZwLjRcR3mzLTgXTCCnVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports. He was 84. <a href="https://apple.news/AiOkqYFWGRceTmkpPltO5bw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> has a trove of internal documents revealing how Amazon created knockoff goods and manipulated search results to boost its own product lines in India. Democrats in Congress are working to pass an ambitious spending plan to further their agenda. <a href="https://apple.news/AH9sNeRtRTiK7dlGwAJoRuA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> explains why the next few days are so important. The appearance of an Arctic walrus on European shores was fun at first. But scientists needed to convince him to head home, for his own sake and to stop the damage he’s been doing to boats. The <a href="https://apple.news/AA-m4bTHURGCvIuw0BTkzqg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story.
In Conversation: Delivery workers feel exploited. They’re fighting back.
16 oct 202120 min
Delivery workers are a vital part of New York City’s infrastructure, so much so that during the pandemic, they were hailed as heroes. But this class of workers is also abused, underpaid, exploited, and largely ignored. Now they’re fighting for protections and better working conditions — and making some headway. Investigations editor Josh Dzieza spoke with more than 20 delivery workers for this story, published by the Verge and <a href="https://apple.news/AMbESsOZNQra_Mq52cGFzfA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York</a> Magazine.   Thanks to Danilo Parra, New York Magazine, the Verge, and Vox Media for providing audio content for this episode. You can find their full video, “The Invisible 65,000,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgmC-OWnk_M">here</a>.
What’s holding up federal aid to renters?
15 oct 20217 min
Congress approved $47 billion to pay back rent and prevent evictions. <a href="https://apple.news/AjYozudqgQzm-zZgjh10ASA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> explains why so little of that money has made it to the millions of people who need it. The controversy over jokes about transgender people in Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special is reaching a critical point. <a href="https://apple.news/AXTa5lcgoQ7aGFPsB8jdIDg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> lays out some key facts. Supply-chain issues are still causing problems for the automobile industry. <a href="https://apple.news/AwBuvcGXEQKar-JrS6x84bw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Car and Driver</a> reveals how the car shortage is so bad that dealers are putting unfinished vehicles on the lot just to fill space. A shredded Banksy painting sold for $25.4 million, a record. <a href="https://apple.news/AJJBuBQOMTOm8l6R0lcPPig?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Quartz</a> reports on how a surprise move by the mysterious artist to destroy the work wound up making it far more valuable.
The latest moves in the Capitol-attack investigation
14 oct 20217 min
The House committee probing the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol subpoenaed a former Justice Department official described as having been at the center of then-president Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. <a href="https://apple.news/AKTIBMK0fQEmJQolanKvRXQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> has details. An investigation from the <a href="https://apple.news/AY1nBjvAPRF2QWC7fzZzUsw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Intercept</a> found that a network of right-wing health-care providers made millions selling bogus COVID treatments. America’s national parks are drawing huge crowds, and the National Park Service is making changes to balance access and preservation. The <a href="https://apple.news/ALBKTG0N4RA20ZYE8C0TCjA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Deseret News</a> reports from Arches National Park in Utah. Only 33 living people have been the son or daughter of a president. <a href="https://apple.news/A_LYUboVCQfS3aDj1l-MtLQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">People</a> talked to some about the quirks and perks.
Why so many American workers are on strike right now
13 oct 20218 min
Supply-chain issues and labor shortages mean companies are fighting for workers. <a href="https://apple.news/AiGZQPYPcQb2KVyYzYayJNQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> reports on how growing numbers of employees are testing their power, by striking to demand better pay and benefits. And the<a href="https://apple.news/AMSTNrXK-RfeA_Adpm5dwcA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> Washington Post</a> looks at the battle lines in the dispute between cereal-plant workers and Kellogg’s. Many therapists don’t take insurance. The ones who do are often booked. The<a href="https://apple.news/AzaDPxUq-QISDJXqP1iMbDA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> Wall Street Journal</a> shows you why, and what you can do about it. There’s a dark side to free return policies. The<a href="https://apple.news/AKKBZDPK8QfyT6ma_LA91zA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> Atlantic</a> details how when you send back something you bought, there’s a good chance it’s going in the trash. Major League Baseball games are getting longer and more boring. <a href="https://apple.news/AV5hDl7vvT66cne-K1uiexw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> goes behind the scenes of experiments the league is quietly running to help speed up games and add more drama.
NFL coach out after revelations of offensive emails
12 oct 20218 min
Jon Gruden is stepping down as Las Vegas Raiders coach following revelations of racist, antigay, and misogynistic emails. The <a href="https://apple.news/AcvxpRbFxREqUwrcR5d_NTA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has more. An interpreter who helped rescue Joe Biden in 2008 had trouble getting out of Afghanistan with his family. The <a href="https://apple.news/AARBEfbmXTuCijFN-vdmAfQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the exclusive story of their narrow escape. After decades of success at increasing police diversity, forces across America are having trouble hiring young Black citizens. The <a href="https://apple.news/AZ6WJQ2pRTnSNIlZU1yC7YA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains why. Matt Amodio finally lost on ‘Jeopardy,’ bringing to a close his 38-game run on the show, <a href="https://apple.news/ABACpViGlQzyln-zSU4bHjQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Variety</a> reports.
Why U.S. child care is in crisis and what to do about it
11 oct 20217 min
Day-care providers are struggling with a worker shortage while federal relief has been slow to help. <a href="https://apple.news/AiT5KqpuDRryk2Z20hEReMw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> looks at what’s happening, as well as possible solutions. Many of the smugglers who bring migrants into the U.S. are Mexican teenagers. One of them tells his story to the <a href="https://apple.news/A06LUDi9FTAa2ulfRoNoecg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a>. <a href="https://apple.news/AbuD1CKUYTwCuOB2Hi0ky4w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports on a Maryland husband and wife accused of attempting to sell U.S. nuclear secrets to another country in exchange for cryptocurrency. After nearly 80 years of marriage without a wedding photo due to World War II, a couple finally has one. <a href="https://apple.news/Ax8jPXcBzSemLb7lE1-j0BA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC News</a> shows how hospice workers decided to fix things.
In Conversation: Is bipartisanship dead?
9 oct 202119 min
For the past few decades, it seems like Congress has been stuck in a perpetual state of gridlock. Lawmakers may say they want to work together, but when push comes to shove, the party that’s in the majority often ends up going it alone. For FiveThirtyEight, Lee Drutman breaks down why bipartisanship in Congress is dying — and what that means for democracy. You can read Drutman’s article in <a href="https://apple.news/AbYLdFGnRSTWI5N0CLu-caw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight</a> now on Apple News.
Journalists share Nobel Peace Prize for press-freedom fight
8 oct 20216 min
The Nobel Peace Prize went to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their work fighting for press freedom under dangerous circumstances. <a href="https://apple.news/AIi-7_30mRNOr-iwffEJQqg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> has more. Divorced parents are going to court over whether their kids should be vaccinated against COVID. The <a href="https://apple.news/ASf1HnFRaSSi-zt3L5CE0hg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story. The <a href="https://apple.news/AIiXlv5sHQZS0bFAY6_xEZQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains how Trump’s trade war and the pandemic have driven cotton prices to sky-high levels. <a href="https://apple.news/A-HihTT7MTFy2EfZasRts9Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> reports on how a cameo in a James Bond film can increase a car’s value by 1,000 percent.
A new twist in the fight over the debt ceiling
7 oct 20217 min
A judge has the controversial Texas abortion ban on hold. The <a href="https://apple.news/AUcUCDpCbS4a2n41YQTnJGA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Texas Tribune</a> explains why it’s not clear the new ruling will actually increase access to the procedure. Senators seem to have become more optimistic about a deal to prevent the U.S. defaulting on its debt. The <a href="https://apple.news/AMqT89LBURIyek0Z4W46eag?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on the talks. The <a href="https://apple.news/ABoQpDMUYTnemhDMWZdnInw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story of a lawsuit that says computer outages from a cyberattack led hospital staff to miss troubling signs, resulting in a baby’s death. The hospital denies the allegations. If proven in court, it would be the first confirmed death from a ransomware attack. The <a href="https://apple.news/AseO_1BN2RCaKIJCoc45DYA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Verge</a> details how Taylor Swift fans are getting caught up in the Virginia governor’s race. Printed books are getting harder to find because of growing demand for reading material and pandemic-driven supply and labor shortages. <a href="https://apple.news/AFlc9uH9LTMq1eim7VBgdTQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> has details. Abdulrazak Gurnah is the latest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. <a href="https://apple.news/AvfCWbzmKQcCJKkiK9NxcjA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> has more.

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