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Biden’s big spending bill is still stuck. Here’s why.
17 dec 20218 min<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AfQmTHP4HSaCjz7pjFL9WBw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains why it’s looking unlikely that Democrats will pass the president’s nearly $2 trillion spending package ahead of the holidays.</p> <p>Waves of star athletes are testing positive for the coronavirus, disrupting games. ESPN reports on new COVID protocols being introduced by the <a href="https://apple.news/AaO3NDoUZRJuwcYKBO9czzw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NFL</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/A7HhY6c5iRTilHOQSB45lxw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBA</a>.</p> <p>Claudette Colvin was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white person — nine months before Rosa Parks’s act of defiance. Nearly 70 years later, Colvin’s record has finally been cleared. She talks to <a href="https://apple.news/Akmjbm0DFSO2UETFY9IFERg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a>.</p> <p>Are brain surgeons and rocket scientists smarter than the rest of us? Not necessarily, according to a new study. The <a href="https://apple.news/ACDwKNoBiSPmEbt42ZQA_iw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> has the story.</p>
Special Episode: Looking back on the making of 'Hooked'
16 dec 202120 min<p>The Apple Original podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hooked/id1592401710"><em>Hooked</em></a> tells the story of Tony Hathaway. He went from working as a design engineer at the aerospace company Boeing to robbing 30 banks in a single year after becoming addicted to opioids.</p> <p> </p> <p>In November, Shumita Basu spoke with <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hooked/id1592401710"><em>Hooked</em></a> host Josh Dean about the podcast when it was just getting started. Now that the final episode has aired, Basu and Dean are joined by Hathaway to reflect on the series as it comes to an end.</p>
Kamala Harris takes stock of a historic, turbulent year
16 dec 20219 min<p>One year into her history-making role, Vice President Kamala Harris reacts to recent controversies and looks ahead to 2022, in an extensive interview with the <a href="https://apple.news/AixEHynBbSDyiDek9s0nXfg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">San Francisco Chronicle</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AwCmIHVyHSFm1xc0qH1KeCQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> looks at the good and bad news about the Omicron coronavirus variant so far.</p> <p>Pandemic student-debt relief is set to end in a few weeks. <a href="https://apple.news/AUpHyw0o1T5y-s2EhXQOmHw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Business Insider</a> reports on how some Democrats say the Biden administration should do more to help. It also speaks to a <a href="https://apple.news/AtVh8dCocTvy0OVOP-3odrQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">woman with $163,000 in student debt</a> who says she feels “betrayed” by the president.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AeTj133nhS8mbfYBpps0iAw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story of the woman who traded a bobby pin up to a house in 28 steps — and documented the process on TikTok.</p>
Stories of hope and resilience after the deadly tornadoes
15 dec 20219 min<p>A tornado destroyed a Kentucky nursing home. <a href="https://apple.news/A0auUA02FT1u2880ZKv63lw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> has the story of how all its residents survived.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A1XferD1tRdOt2lmOSbKjnw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> looks at the major risks to the economy over the next year.</p> <p>Many people named Alexa say Amazon’s voice assistant with the same name is changing the way people interact with them for the worse. Some are fighting back. The <a href="https://apple.news/AQNzgbfK4RlWkz7zbwG4F3g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> talks to dozens of real-life Alexas.</p> <p>Steph Curry broke the NBA’s 3-point record. Along the way, he has transformed how basketball is played. <a href="https://apple.news/AncOWZUc7SharQcl2BFDk1A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> reports on the history-making moment.</p>
Why is the U.S. defense bill so large? No one seems to know.
14 dec 20218 min<p><a href="https://apple.news/Az3n7AO7BRy6lQOoSp6vgFQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Slate</a> columnist Fred Kaplan, a longtime observer of military spending, asks whether anyone actually looked at the $778 billion U.S. defense budget before passing it.</p> <p>The January 6 panel recommended holding Trump’s former chief of staff in contempt, on a day of big revelations about the Capitol attack. <a href="https://apple.news/A9SoqKPSfSdu1YiwuVOKX4g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNBC</a> has the key details.</p> <p>California plans to use a measure modeled on Texas’s controversial anti-abortion law to try to get guns off the streets. <a href="https://apple.news/A-jrMl4CJQEKH7gCJF2IqiQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains.</p> <p>When it comes to gift giving, is it really the thought that counts? Not quite, psychologists tell the <a href="https://apple.news/AhWOMF49HT9af2XphsTFHXA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a>.</p> <p>In the <a href="https://apple.news/ADdLA71rXRgKz0Ju9CagnUg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Players’ Tribune</a>, WNBA star A’ja Wilson shares a powerful message for young Black women.</p>
What we know about climate change and deadly tornadoes
13 dec 20218 min<p>Scientists are examining the role climate change may have played in the twisters that killed dozens of people in recent days. <a href="https://apple.news/A-ov0McRhSf6OHOc7Tz0pHg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">PBS NewsHour</a> looks at what’s known and what’s not yet clear.</p> <p>Many parents of school shooters ignore glaring warning signs. The <a href="https://apple.news/AUAI4tqKXRWGdXzEd9UQC8g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story of one grandmother who didn’t.</p> <p>NASA is sending its new telescope to a very special parking spot a million miles away. The <a href="https://apple.news/As5xrYEVxQmKlZvlM88C7fg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains why.</p> <p>A guy threw half a billion dollars in bitcoin in the garbage. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ak9tir9d9SUWZ3mNlrLU7VQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> speaks to him about his unusual quest to get it back.</p>
In Conversation: Inside the secret prisons where migrants are tortured and beaten
11 dec 202125 min<p>For the <a href="https://apple.news/A8A5W26CARauEzftK84qb-w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><em>New Yorker</em></a>, journalist Ian Urbina traveled to Libya to report on an EU-funded shadow immigration system that holds migrants in brutal detention centers. While reporting this story, Urbina was kidnapped, beaten, and detained himself. Now safely back home, he spoke with <em>Apple News Today</em> host Shumita Basu about how this shadow system works and the horrific conditions inside the detention centers.</p>
Why the Starbucks union vote is such a big deal
10 dec 20218 min<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A0pM90FdPTeyFHNcnJzeukA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on how the Starbucks union vote is about much more than Starbucks.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AfIRVca21RgWkPWIC7eVfDg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> is covering a deadly truck crash in Mexico that killed dozens of migrants from Central America trying to get into the U.S.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AYRkS01bXSDOW2RlracvpUg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> explains how President Biden’s massive spending bill would increase the credits available to electric-car buyers. And the <a href="https://apple.news/Av5B0CbrgSia-xE_g5rgvpQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at how Black and Hispanic communities worry they’re being left behind in the shift to electric vehicles because many of their neighborhoods have few charging stations.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AfPoWKqMsQv-Kv8si7jHw-Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vice</a> has the story of how New Zealand’s government is planning to ban the sale of cigarettes to all future generations.</p>
Why Biden’s spending plan may not solve the housing crisis
9 dec 20217 min<p>There’s a lot of money in Biden’s spending plan targeted at the affordable-housing crisis. <a href="https://apple.news/An5WDZkmgTJ6l6kA9wsiYhA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> looks at why it may not do much about skyrocketing real-estate prices.</p> <p>The Senate and White House are backing arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Critics say this could worsen the deadly conflict in Yemen. <a href="https://apple.news/A_4UEYIU9SBKTshadlEipwA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> has the story.</p> <p>Dozens of previously unrecognized U.S. soldiers will receive Purple Hearts after being injured in an attack in Iraq nearly two years ago. A <a href="https://apple.news/AvQa7qOIER9eVlq9rV6vcog?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a> investigation helped them finally get their awards.</p> <p>Cybercriminals can ramp up activity during the busy holiday season. The <a href="https://apple.news/ARUnBY833QyW9keCbcoEMxQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains how to avoid the latest scams online.</p>
Was Elizabeth Holmes’s testimony enough to save her?
8 dec 202110 min<p>The case of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes may turn on her testimony. The <a href="https://apple.news/AQi8Rj5gKTuyp4m3SdX6v-Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at the moments that might sway jurors.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AjniYN68gRE-s7Kxaxcka7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Forbes</a> explores how Biden’s massive spending plan would change tax policy. <a href="https://apple.news/AvE7JAWUkQfWS8VqnIv8e2A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Chalkbeat</a> reports on how the enhanced child tax credit has done a lot for families, but says Congress may not keep it.</p> <p>The recent Michigan killings are reigniting a debate over school safety. The <a href="https://apple.news/ASOL_NGnnSL-kppPEm4s52g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Intercept</a> has the story.</p> <p>Ballet companies are reinventing <em>The Nutcracker</em>. <a href="https://apple.news/Aa22Nv-6nSGmvsUwQDZZ_lA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS New York</a> reports on how Brooklyn Ballet is adding in new dance styles. And <a href="https://apple.news/AJDuNAjq2QGWGkBXmm3NPJA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC</a> covers how the Scottish Ballet is making subtle changes in a bid to erase old stereotypes.</p>
Here’s what happens if Biden’s immigration overhaul passes
7 dec 20219 min<p>The Build Back Better bill touches many areas. <a href="https://apple.news/A6bE9ctUyRBuM6bXgzZ22pw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Yahoo News</a> explains how it would change the American immigration system.</p> <p>In a crucial week for President Biden’s foreign policy, <a href="https://apple.news/Al35jseMQQc6qsnFXQ02LLg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at why the stakes are high for his call with Putin today. And <a href="https://apple.news/AgVa6QhENSkKbRADPUW26NA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> explains why he decided on a diplomatic boycott of China's Winter Olympics.</p> <p>A doctor shortage has made abortion services difficult to access for many people in the U.S., clinics say. The <a href="https://apple.news/AY_kqXmi1Tz-8CkeX9CGUsg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story of one physician who commutes 800 miles to provide them.</p> <p>Is your cat a psychopath? Probably, researchers say. <a href="https://apple.news/AAzkhzmcyRsevIV-DolcDDg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vice</a> has the story.</p>
How Biden’s spending plan could transform U.S. health care
6 dec 20218 min<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AjQvZQqr5Tn-4a8G5wLio8Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at how the roughly $2 trillion spending bill Congress is debating would overhaul U.S. health care.</p> <p>A jail term is the latest twist in the complicated story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Nobel Peace Prize winner who was later ousted as leader of Myanmar. <a href="https://apple.news/ABWzHGWAKQDmPcmVLcrIJUQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> reports.</p> <p>The pandemic turned Americans into super savers. The <a href="https://apple.news/A5BsT3Ab7QzmyhSbZmVdNYA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains what to consider if you’ve got extra cash saved up.</p> <p>The world’s first living robots can now reproduce, in a way unlike any known animal or plant. Don’t be afraid, scientists tell <a href="https://apple.news/AHZeHRx70QKGUaTK6OhiWoA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a>.</p>
In Conversation: America’s child-care system is broken. Can we fix it?
4 dec 202120 min<p>The pandemic exposed something every working parent in the U.S. already knew: This country’s child-care system is broken. Even after more than $50 billion in COVID-relief funding, the industry is still in crisis. <a class="" href="https://apple.news/AMJ0Ob3Y2SAyAR4rbSVwNFg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><em class="">Bloomberg Businessweek</em></a> reporter Claire Suddath talks with <em class="">Apple News Today</em> host Duarte Geraldino about the fundamental issues that exist in the U.S. child-care system today, some possible fixes, and how we got here.</p>
Why Delta is still dangerous as Omicron variant spreads
3 dec 20219 min<p>The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is getting lots of attention, but many hospitals are still struggling to deal with the effects of Delta. The <a href="https://apple.news/AEM4A9uQWTwSlQ7TItvdt2A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story.</p> <p>Alabama’s prisons are extremely dangerous and troubled. <a href="https://apple.news/AcOur6WjRRUq7L1dBTU2I7Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> reports on how the facilities are so unsafe that the federal government may take control.</p> <p>This week’s <a href="https://apple.news/AI5kwsQZJTjyYCUVLjUYwXA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">In Conversation</a> is with the Bloomberg Businessweek reporter who looked into how child care became the most broken business in America.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A7G8hEvIfTMiGRJgY9gIZQg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story of how a <a href="https://apple.news/AJBjQuFe9Q_uCvkfMBbeivQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Business Insider</a> report that MLB used two different kinds of balls is throwing a wrench into baseball’s bitter labor dispute.</p>
The untold story of Mississippi’s sole abortion clinic
2 dec 20219 min<p>The story of how Mississippi ended up with only one abortion clinic matters across America, regardless of how the Supreme Court rules in <em>Dobbs</em> v. <em>Jackson Women’s Health Organization</em>. The <a href="https://apple.news/ARpncIU4QRzyOGb2iuAjJag?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> visited the state to see what happened.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AchVLPmkwTV2GgUV2M6nTJg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> explains why the suspected Michigan school shooter has been charged with terrorism.</p> <p>A new California law aims to get people faster access to therapists. <a href="https://apple.news/Aj_waQeEmQWm_Sy-VEz5ZFg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Kaiser Health News</a> reports on concerns about how much it will actually help.</p> <p>A typo led some high school kids to a once-in-a-lifetime encounter with Tom Brady and his Super Bowl champion teammates. <a href="https://apple.news/AJGN0TMpYQDKBL1EDpOiLTg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> has the story.</p>
How activists are preparing for a post–Roe v. Wade America
1 dec 20218 min<p>As the Supreme Court hears a major abortion case, <a href="https://apple.news/AYniEDGAYSYC4rNyrnucMUg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> looks at how activists on both sides of the issue are already planning for a world where <em>Roe v. Wade</em> is overturned.</p> <p>New York City has introduced America’s first government-run drug-injection sites, in a new effort to reduce opioid-overdose deaths. <a href="https://apple.news/AWpBvIaoHRkKlcPFY4Sjgbw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A-SgHuyYPQN6bx7xADqCDMg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> reports on American librarians who say there’s a major rise in organized efforts to ban books in schools. The <a href="https://apple.news/AVPkM7EH-QaqG59uP_UsgTw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> explains why the battle over what kids read in class may not end anytime soon.</p> <p>Hiring a Santa Claus is a tough task this year, after COVID hit the Santa community hard. The <a href="https://apple.news/A9S1h57mxSFGRNAfq5bzyCg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> uncovers the lengths people are going to in order to find one.</p>
The brutal shadow system keeping migrants out of Europe
30 nov 20219 min<p>In an extensive investigation, the <a href="https://apple.news/A8A5W26CARauEzftK84qb-w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> takes a look inside the coastal patrols and brutal, secretive detention centers that Libyan forces use to keep migrants from Africa and the Middle East out of Europe.</p> <p>A little-known Supreme Court clerk quietly and single-handedly transformed American abortion law for decades. The <a href="https://apple.news/A6h4y7-TsQZKlp2YLx2Syow?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the untold story of <em>Roe v. Wade</em>.</p> <p>The market for starting pitchers is on fire, even as Major League Baseball heads toward a lockout. The <a href="https://apple.news/AwGb1KO6STsWbe26qCRqF1w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains.</p> <p>At midnight, Barbados cut its last remaining ties to the British monarchy, removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. <a href="https://apple.news/AAeA3ZoJSQh-PhEjuB5k2FQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> has the story.</p>
What we know — and don’t — about the Omicron variant
29 nov 20219 min<p>There are lots of questions about the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. The <a href="https://apple.news/AsZL_-NhVQY-_GWL_dxuzpg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> breaks down what we know so far. And <a href="https://apple.news/An_uIK9ufQhuG3Z4tLboNJw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Fox News</a> interviews National Institutes of Health director Dr. Francis Collins.</p> <p>Opening arguments begin today in the sex-trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. <a href="https://apple.news/Ad3_7c-KvRQyCJAc7mBV9dw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> previews what it may reveal.</p> <p>A new book looks into how changes at Boeing may have led to the design flaws implicated in the 737 Max crashes, which killed hundreds of people. <a href="https://apple.news/ASsvmG9vMT-iwSM3Az3YAEQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> has an exclusive excerpt.</p> <p>Canada’s maple-syrup cartel is tapping its reserves of the sweet topping amid supply issues and strong demand. The <a href="https://apple.news/A4TIsy2vIQpaWY8J8yMxRHw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story.</p>
Who gets to claim self-defense in fatal shootings?
23 nov 202110 min<p>Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of the three white men accused of killing Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was out jogging. The <a href="https://apple.news/AhzE6ofVxT5So7xYh8ryJVg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports that many people across the U.S. are viewing the jury’s decision as a test of the movement for racial justice.</p> <p> </p> <p>Teachers have experienced intense burnout during the pandemic. Unlike workers in many other industries, however, K–12 educators have not left their jobs in alarming numbers. <a href="https://apple.news/AF49ojq-2TGeJjHf2cX77Pg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight </a>explores why.</p> <p> </p> <p>With the TSA expecting the number of airline passengers traveling for Thanksgiving to reach pre-pandemic levels this year, <a href="https://apple.news/AlYUczNN9TZyaGtDCNy5vJw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> has a guide for any mishaps that may arise along your route. And be warned: Not all Thanksgiving food can fly in your carry-on bag. <a href="https://apple.news/A_lByq0fWS-2Ql-3EsWvcpQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Travel & Leisure</a> lists what you can bring.</p> <p> </p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AS92WUbyNR_iDv0U3XduBBw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at research showing that reconnecting with old friends can boost mood, self-esteem, and confidence.</p>
How a $2 trillion plan could transform the social safety net
22 nov 202110 min<p>House Democrats passed President Biden’s $2 trillion spending plan to revamp the country’s health-care, climate policy, education, and tax laws. The <a href="https://apple.news/AoM4WRXRFQPm0q0vBZtRAyw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> breaks it down.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AKLKCsL4tSHyGyqzO1IZZkw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> reports that more than 140,000 kids have lost a caregiver during the pandemic. Experts worry that the loss, combined with interruptions to social support systems, will result in a generation of traumatized children.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p>The U.S. has millions more job openings than people looking for work. The CEO of the world’s biggest job portal tells <a href="https://apple.news/Am5_iyc5vSdWVpoRlGTYC_A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Fortune</a> why he thinks killing the résumé could help address the issue.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p> </p> <p>We’re bombarded by notifications all day long — and it’s likely making us much less productive. The <a href="https://apple.news/ADiKn2GubQleyvUAElUG0OA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> offers tips on how to regain control.</p>
In Conversation: Jelani Cobb on the backlash to critical race theory
20 nov 202122 min<p>The <em>New Yorker</em>’s Jelani Cobb says conservatives weaponizing critical race theory aren’t acting in good faith. He speaks with <em>Apple News Today</em> host Shumita Basu about his recent piece for the <a href="https://apple.news/AqOnqIwHvSZS1XWSjwBAkig?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><em>New Yorker</em></a> about the founder of the concept, Derrick Bell. Cobb says that Bell could have predicted today’s backlash and that real critical race theory can help us understand today’s debate over false depictions of this term.</p>
Why it’s time to check in on Europe’s unusual border crisis
19 nov 20219 min<p>The House has approved a bill containing around $1.9 trillion in social spending. The key part of President Biden’s agenda faces obstacles in the Senate. <a href="https://apple.news/AaAnqU4xxRT6Qsxm5AZLyCw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports.</p> <p>There are big new developments in the unusual immigration fight playing out in Europe. The <a href="https://apple.news/ALtznWgEvRL-2gOKFYvMyUA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> breaks down what’s important to understand.</p> <p>There are new concerns about the safety of Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis star who accused a powerful leader of the Communist Party of sexual abuse then vanished. The <a href="https://apple.news/A8moAqFkjRZiEXC9bov_ROA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> looks at how women’s tennis is rallying to support her. And <a href="https://apple.news/AR9sQreuvTDO9Fa6pGkIYVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> examines the very different responses to her disappearance from the Women's Tennis Association and the International Olympic Committee.</p> <p>Is your boss secretly watching your computer? The <a href="https://apple.news/A3m1agBPATnmPz7Pbl8jn7Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> reports on how the increase in working from home has led to more companies using monitoring software to track employees.</p> <p>The birth of 10 Komodo dragons in a Texas zoo is a big win toward conserving the endangered species. The <a href="https://apple.news/A3APNY4xBROKANK5-t6PVcQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> spoke to people who helped make it possible.</p>
House votes largely on party lines to censure Paul Gosar
18 nov 20219 min<p>The House censured Rep. Paul Gosar after he posted an anime video depicting him killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. The <a href="https://apple.news/APEJk9JBtRFK5gGPxxnUoug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story of the first vote of its kind in more than a decade.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AdjXAAfgISS2_o7BmUuhVCQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">FiveThirtyEight</a> reports on how the national shortage of school-bus drivers is hurting workers, students, and their families.</p> <p>Cryptocurrency fans are raising money to buy a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution, and it looks like they may pull it off. The <a href="https://apple.news/A8MGCmK5ZQfG8iv7Nx4ppvA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> got several organizers to reveal their names and speak on the record.</p> <p>The longest partial lunar eclipse in nearly 600 years is about to take place. <a href="https://apple.news/An_LwcbeiQeG2WK-HdQ_FOQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Accuweather</a> explains how to see it.</p>
Fears for U.S. medical system as health-care workers quit
17 nov 20219 min<p>Doctors and nurses are quitting at alarming rates, raising questions about the future of the U.S. medical system. The <a href="https://apple.news/AYKKe04YdQ1azmBKeDv8KEA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> tells their stories.</p> <p>If your Thanksgiving plans involve air travel, <a href="https://apple.news/APc9khJumSyOi-CFffVvOdQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> warns, you can expect long security lines, canceled flights, and angry passengers.</p> <p>Ever wondered why the week has seven days? The <a href="https://apple.news/AHdTqLoNzRn-NYIuyMPN95g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> looks at a new book on how a fairly arbitrary system came to dominate our lives.</p> <p>Armadillos are being seen farther and farther north, possibly because of climate change. They’re doing damage as they expand, so a North Carolina community hired a hunter to deal with them. The <a href="https://apple.news/ASNkVGE_-QNCh-0y2mAL9BQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> joins him out in the field.</p>
What the jury must decide in the Rittenhouse trial
16 nov 20218 min<p>The <a href="https://apple.news/A9AXTagUwSHWNjGq388koSA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> explains what jurors have to decide in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse.</p> <p>Mugshots can stay online forever, embarrassing people for years. The <a href="https://apple.news/AG0RP6D8fR26oIZhTIT8rmw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Marshall Project</a> looks at how some law-enforcement and media organizations are changing how they deal with them.</p> <p>Drunken-driving accidents kill about 10,000 people in the U.S. every year. <a href="https://apple.news/AXzA2eFlRQ-iZmNe0abu84Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Gizmodo</a> reports that a little-known part of the recently passed infrastructure plan could lead to new monitoring tech in cars to prevent them from being started by impaired drivers.</p> <p>Jewish and Islamic authorities are figuring out how to deal with plant-based pork. Major certifiers have declined to give kosher or halal stamps of approval. The <a href="https://apple.news/AbKeBWZ5uS-Kx2p62EodAJg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story.</p>
People with disabilities say flying is routinely dehumanizing
15 nov 202110 min<p>Amid rising tensions between the U.S. and China, presidents Biden and Xi are to gather for a virtual summit. The <a href="https://apple.news/AzqJL8pLATDONMWnyS6IL7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story.</p> <p>Wheelchairs broken in transit, airport escorts who don’t show up, children with autism being separated from their parents: Three years after Congress mandated that airlines and TSA improve flying for people with disabilities, passengers tell <a href="https://apple.news/AcjKIqjLHT9GSsQkez_SYjQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> the same mistakes continue to be made.</p> <p>Extreme weather is pushing farmers to experiment with regenerative agriculture. Bloomberg News details how farmers are testing out drought-resistant seeds and plants that can survive harsh weather patterns.</p> <p>A new study finds that hand gestures may be the key to learning a new language. <a href="https://apple.news/AYuspv0VDSKyXrQU1pzyv-A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Scientific American</a> explains the research.</p>
In Conversation: Does blood hold the key to the fountain of youth?
13 nov 202113 min<p>People have been searching for a way to delay or even reverse the effects of old age for centuries — and new research shows that our own blood may be the key. Journalist Kat McGowan wrote for <a href="https://apple.news/AZS3jkwafQbmoHli4Bhf3qw"><em>Popular Science</em></a> about recent studies that suggest something in blood could undo the effects of aging. McGowan spoke with <em>Apple News Today </em>host Duarte Geraldino about these promising findings.</p>
Election workers feel threatened, scared, and ignored
12 nov 202110 min<p>A <a href="https://apple.news/A7gEn1-3lSSa_wtnJTKcF8w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> investigation into Trump supporters who threatened election workers finds that many of the harassers remain unrepentant, and that law enforcement often didn’t take this intimidation seriously.</p> <p>As part of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package, Amtrak will receive $66 billion in new funding to replace trains and modernize the heavily trafficked Northeast corridor. The <a href="https://apple.news/AbYMv9ixpRWKH5Admf0KChw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains how it’ll work. Meanwhile, the <a href="https://apple.news/AYkjXIy5JTH28ns6Y-l6jZg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> reports that California officials are disappointed their state’s rail program will receive less.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>The U.S. has been neglecting or closing public bathrooms for decades. After the pandemic hit, things got really bad, as some cities locked their few remaining facilities for sanitation reasons. <a href="https://apple.news/AWQJi8dBFQiyH1BLoGizIJg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> has the story.</p> <p>Children who received their coronavirus vaccines describe the experience to the <a href="https://apple.news/A1aMJ4eEzTA2Qa3vuh_MfXw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>.</p>
How police officers punish their own
11 nov 202111 min<p>There was emotion and tension in the courtroom as Kyle Rittenhouse testified at his homicide trial in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The <a href="https://apple.box.com/s/9lkrir3hbsintiixh4ag8pfqoklhsxis?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Chicago Tribune</a> has the story.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>Victims of Flint’s water crisis have been awarded a $626 million settlement, one of the largest in Michigan’s history. The <a href="https://apple.news/AzWjkFHwvR2GXoI9uLiRodQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports.</p> <p>Police culture incentivizes cops to keep quiet about bad behavior by their colleagues. A <a href="https://apple.news/A4LTUFVrXQfWlsmSdEUtX7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> investigation finds that officers who speak up often face retaliation from inside the force.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AR-Rv4xszTs20TusUqJzYog?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why the New York Mets are struggling to find a general manager.</p><p>Victims of Flint, Michigan’s water crisis have been awarded a major settlement. The <a href="https://apple.news/AzWjkFHwvR2GXoI9uLiRodQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports that a judge has approved more than $600 million, one of the largest in the state’s history.</p> <p>Police culture incentivizes cops to keep quiet about bad behavior by their colleagues. A <a href="https://apple.news/A4LTUFVrXQfWlsmSdEUtX7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> investigation finds that officers who speak up often face retaliation from inside the force.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AR-Rv4xszTs20TusUqJzYog?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why the New York Mets are struggling to find a general manager.</p>
Starbucks pushes back against efforts to unionize
10 nov 202110 min<p>Today, the National Labor Relations Board will mail union ballots to Starbucks employees at three locations in New York. <a href="https://apple.news/ASryZ5rRBTrWVr9yadxJjzw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> explains that it could result in the first Starbucks union in the U.S.</p> <p>Leaked recordings from a 1999 NRA conference call following the mass shooting at Columbine High School show the organization once considered taking a sympathetic approach to these kinds of tragedies. <a href="https://apple.news/APq2k0vgrQDONDwIXM8t8Tw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.</p> <p>During the pandemic, teachers learned that many students are juggling outsize familial responsibilities in addition to homework. The <a href="https://apple.news/AYp7jWMrbTjOYmGMhFsT0Rg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> found that educators are reevaluating how to grade assignments.</p> <p>Today, the National Labor Relations Board will mail union ballots to Starbucks employees at three locations in New York. <a href="https://apple.news/ASryZ5rRBTrWVr9yadxJjzw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> explains how it could result in the first Starbucks union in the U.S.</p> <p>Leaked recordings from a 1999 NRA conference call following the mass shooting at Columbine High School show the organization once considered taking a sympathetic approach to this kind of tragedy. <a href="https://apple.news/APq2k0vgrQDONDwIXM8t8Tw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.</p> <p>During the pandemic, teachers learned that many students are juggling outsize familial responsibilities in addition to homework. The <a href="https://apple.news/AYp7jWMrbTjOYmGMhFsT0Rg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Los Angeles Times</a> describes how educators are reevaluating the ways they grade assignments.</p> <p>For the first time since 1982, the NBA has swapped out Spalding basketballs for Wilson ones. <a href="https://apple.news/AWXhAioANSreDtcbPnsX9IQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS Sports</a> reports that shooting is down as players struggle to adjust.</p>
