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House votes largely on party lines to censure Paul Gosar

<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

<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&rsquo;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

<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

<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&rsquo;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?

<p>People have been searching for a way to delay or even reverse the effects of old age for centuries &mdash; 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

<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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s rail program will receive less.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</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

<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">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Victims of Flint&rsquo;s water crisis have been awarded a $626 million settlement, one of the largest in Michigan&rsquo;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&rsquo;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&rsquo;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

<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>

The clean-water crisis that huge new spending may not fix

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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&rsquo;s happening.</p>

Experts fear Astroworld won’t be the last deadly concert

<p>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&rsquo;t be the last.</p> <p>Without guaranteed paid federal bereavement leave, American workplaces aren&rsquo;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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>There&rsquo;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&rsquo;t human.</p>

"Hooked" episode 1: The Fatal Funnel

<p><em>Apple News Today: In Conversation</em> is bringing you a special episode &mdash; the first installment of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hooked/id1592401710"><em>Hooked</em></a>, a new podcast series from Apple TV+.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Journalist Josh Dean wrote an article for <a href="https://apple.news/Ai8o1blKaSBuWweKJ9xYVrQ"><em>Bloomberg Businessweek</em></a> about Hathaway in 2019. His reporting is the basis of <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hooked/id1592401710"><em>Hooked</em></a><em>. </em>Host Shumita Basu spoke with Dean about Hathaway&rsquo;s story on <a href="https://apple.news/A9_W0FtB8SI-450cWaQvsUQ"><em>Apple News Today: In Conversation</em></a><em>.</em></p>

In Conversation: How an opioid addiction drove one engineer to rob banks

<p>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.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Journalist Josh Dean wrote an article for <a href="https://apple.news/Ai8o1blKaSBuWweKJ9xYVrQ"><em>Bloomberg Businessweek</em></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"><em>Hooked</em></a><em>. Apple News Today</em> host Shumita Basu spoke with Dean about Hathaway&rsquo;s story.</p>

Could your neighborhood be a cancer hot spot?

<p>The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into &ldquo;sacrifice zones&rdquo; 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.</p> <p>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&rsquo;s arrest law at the heart of the case.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Turning back your clocks shouldn&rsquo;t be too hard this weekend. But that&rsquo;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.</p>

Island nations, at risk of disappearing, urge climate action

<p>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.</p> <p><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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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&rsquo;s running on two rebuilt knees.</p>

Here’s what the GOP’s Virginia win could mean nationally

<p>Politicians across America are studying Tuesday&rsquo;s races for clues on how to win in next year&rsquo;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&rsquo;s race in part by apparently pulling off a balancing act with Donald Trump that turned out both Trump supporters and moderate voters.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>World leaders are announcing &ldquo;net-zero&rdquo; 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.</p> <p>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.</p>

The people who clean up after climate disasters

<p>Police reform is on the ballot today in Minneapolis, where George Floyd&rsquo;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 &ldquo;law and order.&rdquo;</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Heterosexual married couples in the U.S. still almost always give their kids the father&rsquo;s surname. The<a href="https://apple.news/Ab1TSwbO7QAi1fBW28KdTPw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"> Atlantic</a> examines why.</p> <p>London cab drivers are famed for memorizing the city&rsquo;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&rsquo;s disease.</p>

What to know as Supreme Court considers Texas abortion ban

<p>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.</p> <p>The CDC is expected to recommend Pfizer&rsquo;s COVID vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. But it&rsquo;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.</p> <p>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&rsquo;t pay. <a href="https://apple.news/AwWrfy41NTyGRzAlywEco1A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Scientific American</a> takes a look.</p> <p>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.</p>

In Conversation: Kids were jailed for a crime that doesn’t exist. How could that happen?

<p>Nashville Public Radio&rsquo;s Meribah Knight speaks with Shumita Basu about her reporting for <a href="https://apple.news/ASGVG-243QVuJK_lQ6YaGZA"><em>ProPublica</em></a> on the juvenile-justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Knight reveals a disturbing pattern in which hundreds of kids &mdash; some as young as 7 years old &mdash; were being locked up every year. In many of these cases, the adults responsible acted illegally and faced no consequences.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p>

How China and the U.S. are falling short on climate action

<p>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&rsquo;s largest polluters aren&rsquo;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.</p> <p>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&rsquo;t exist. The adults in charge faced few consequences.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

Paid leave appears dead in Congress. Here’s what that means.

<p><a href="https://apple.news/AV8foUZeLRoalmADdUUHwRA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports on President Biden&rsquo;s outreach to Democrats on Capitol Hill, as he works to push his economic and climate agenda forward.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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&rsquo;re donating money to charity.</p> <p><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.</p>

Democrats want billionaires to pay up in new tax plan

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

Here’s what to watch in next week’s governor’s races

<p>Next week&rsquo;s governor&rsquo;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.</p> <p>A review of a migrant&rsquo;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.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AqpHptji8Sr-TU02Ov83FuA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports on why what&rsquo;s happening in Sudan matters to the U.S.</p> <p>Even if you&rsquo;re not a baseball fan, you might enjoy the World Series antics of Jim &ldquo;Mattress Mack&rdquo; 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&rsquo;s buying tickets for dozens of nuns.</p>

What’s driving the extreme weather on the West Coast

<p><a href="https://apple.news/AdSwHs2_dSl-Ys6QchnTo0Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> reports on the furious storm unleashed from a &ldquo;bomb cyclone&rdquo; 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 &ldquo;atmospheric river&rdquo; is also drenching California and the Pacific Northwest with rain.</p> <p><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.</p> <p>A leaked U.S. government report documents how people with medical conditions and disabilities were forced into the Trump administration&rsquo;s &ldquo;Remain in Mexico&rdquo; program. <a href="https://apple.news/Aqtr9l58NQK6BMyVtlQc9Dw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BuzzFeed News</a> has the story.</p> <p>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&rsquo;s contracts with countries</a> and the <a href="https://apple.news/ASpZaW9QkR5O-KUQhDpPITA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">difficulty of donating vaccines abroad</a>.</p> <p>As Halloween approaches, <a href="https://apple.news/AxBM-gKafQyOUSp6klmWX6A">Vox</a> explains how concerns about ghosts can reduce a property&rsquo;s value.</p>

In Conversation: Think the stock market is rigged? You may be right.

<p>Data shows high-level execs often get unusually good returns trading their own companies&rsquo; 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 &mdash; and why some experts argue the system is fundamentally unfair.</p>

Why the world is watching Congress’s climate-change moves

<p>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.</p> <p>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&rsquo; families and set records straight.</p> <p>A cinematographer is dead and a director is injured, shot by a prop gun fired by Alec Baldwin in what the actor&rsquo;s spokesperson called an accident. <a href="https://apple.news/AFQ0Y1dffSRSv1rHt3HJyrA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ABC News</a> has the story.</p> <p>Vienna&rsquo;s tourism board is posting images of explicit works from the city&rsquo;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.</p>

Democrats ramp up unusual legal fight with Steve Bannon

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

The problem of cops who won’t get vaccinated

<p>Police officers are dying of COVID at alarming rates, but some are pushing back hard against getting vaccinated.&nbsp;<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.</p> <p>The kidnapping of 16 Americans and a Canadian in Haiti highlights the country&rsquo;s armed-gang problem. The <a href="https://apple.news/AzFec3ve7S9aizv-px71EKw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Miami Herald</a> reports.</p> <p>A breakthrough surgery that successfully attached a pig&rsquo;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.</p> <p>Authorities have been struggling to save dogs trapped near a volcano in Spain&rsquo;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.</p>

Why time may be running out for Biden’s climate plan

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">President Biden&rsquo;s climate agenda seems to be in trouble, the </span><a href="https://apple.news/AmUl75cX2TvCWR5XxblNuQQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Guardian</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports. The </span><a href="https://apple.news/AiunQiKCbS1Cd9BCQzSB-9w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Atlantic</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> says he cannot declare victory on climate without one of two key policies, and the chances of passing either are getting slimmer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Brooklyn apartment building was a peaceful home until residents started dying in brutal, mysterious ways. </span><a href="https://apple.news/ATV3z6HPPQ2O5qv5uaGX2NQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">New York Magazine</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has the story.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://apple.news/ABnoSU39dTyKSovdAdv3EVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Washington Post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> goes inside a new recruiting program for cybersecurity jobs that takes inspiration from the world of professional video gaming.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colombia is putting its hippos on birth control. </span><a href="https://apple.news/ApRQB_5AbRVaiGDuqCqMHhg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CNN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> explains the effort to manage the invasive species, which was originally brought to the country by notorious drug trafficker Pablo Escobar.</span></p>

Murder trial begins in the killing of jogger Ahmaud Arbery

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ahmaud Arbery, a Black man, was shot and killed while jogging in 2020. As the murder trial begins, </span><a href="https://apple.news/AA_HBCrhgRZyPJIU_5DCWyQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">NPR</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports from the Georgia community where his killing happened.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Colin Powell, America&rsquo;s first Black secretary of state, who shaped American foreign policy in recent decades, has died from complications from Covid-19, </span><a href="https://apple.news/AIvZwLjRcR3mzLTgXTCCnVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CNN</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reports. He was 84.</span></p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AiOkqYFWGRceTmkpPltO5bw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reuters</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has a trove of internal documents revealing how Amazon created knockoff goods and manipulated search results to boost its own product lines in India.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Democrats in Congress are working to pass an ambitious spending plan to further their agenda. </span><a href="https://apple.news/AH9sNeRtRTiK7dlGwAJoRuA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Politico</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> explains why the next few days are so important.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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&rsquo;s been doing to boats. The </span><a href="https://apple.news/AA-m4bTHURGCvIuw0BTkzqg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wall Street Journal</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has the story.</span></p>

In Conversation: Delivery workers feel exploited. They’re fighting back.

<p>Delivery workers are a vital part of New York City&rsquo;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&rsquo;re fighting for protections and better working conditions &mdash; and making some headway. Investigations editor Josh Dzieza spoke with more than 20 delivery workers for this story, published by the <em>Verge</em> and <a href="https://apple.news/AMbESsOZNQra_Mq52cGFzfA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes"><em>New York</em></a> Magazine.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks to Danilo Parra, <em>New York</em> Magazine, the <em>Verge</em>, and Vox Media for providing audio content for this episode. You can find their full video, &ldquo;The Invisible 65,000,&rdquo; <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgmC-OWnk_M">here</a>.</p>