Apple News Today

U.S. under pressure after Iran nuclear incident

<p>Iran says Israel was responsible for a blackout at its Natanz nuclear site. <a href="https://apple.news/AkAtVc1OISHWPVxCkz5tOvA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/AXlOcC9rSRyC6ilXDOMpO2w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> report on an event that&rsquo;s raising stakes for the U.S. in the region.</p> <p>A Black man died after being shot by police in suburban Minneapolis yesterday, adding further tension in a community that&rsquo;s already on edge. The <a href="https://apple.news/AtwEwevY0QBCzG1__cjGESg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on the incident. And <a href="https://apple.news/AIIMRCHILSpORhM3b3OA35Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> previews the week ahead in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former officer accused of killing George Floyd.</p> <p>Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama made history this weekend as the first man from an Asian country to win the Masters. <a href="https://apple.news/ArydE0r1NRNS5znm83RLK6g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> has his story.</p> <p>Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, voted overwhelmingly against joining a union. The <a href="https://apple.news/AlK0EbFX_Tjy4drQw1f2F7Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on where the organized-labor fight could go from here.</p> <p>An auction house in Madrid was ready to sell an obscure old painting for a little less than $2,000 when it got word it might be a Caravaggio worth tens of millions. The <a href="https://apple.news/AmdxoOMyRThetejPJQ8nTYg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> tells the story of an art-world mystery.</p>

“The Line” episode 1: We have a problem

<p>Apple News Today is bringing you a special Saturday episode, featuring the first chapter from &ldquo;<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-line/id1560743789">The Line</a>,&rdquo; a new investigative podcast from Apple TV+.</p> <p>In 2017, during the Battle for Mosul in Iraq, a young ISIS fighter is taken prisoner and brought to the SEALs of Alpha Platoon, SEAL Team 7. The prisoner dies in their custody&mdash;and the SEALs from Alpha Platoon accuse their chief, Eddie Gallagher, of war crimes.</p> <p>The accusations are one more scandal in the SEAL community, which is hurting after nearly two decades of war. What is happening to the Navy SEAL?</p> <p>In 2018, a group of Navy SEALs broke ranks and accused their chief, Eddie Gallagher, of murder&mdash;sucking them all into the biggest war crimes trial in a generation. Did a Navy SEAL cross the line in Iraq? Dan Taberski (&ldquo;Running from COPS&rdquo;) takes you inside that courtroom for the first time, peeling back the curtain on how America wages its wars now and revealing the story that the media covering the trial blew right past. Through intimate conversations with over 50 special operators, the series explores just how blurred the line between right and wrong has become in the forever wars&mdash;and what that&rsquo;s doing to the hearts and minds of those we send to fight them.</p> <p>An Apple original podcast produced by JigSaw productions.</p> <p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-line/id1560743789">Listen and subscribe</a> on Apple Podcasts.</p>

How George Floyd’s family has felt watching Chauvin’s trial

<p>Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has died at 99. The <a href="https://apple.news/AMViDlvwISIKZl4E4yOmpgw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> and the <a href="https://apple.news/ABvbCmrlBQBWP1qUegcVgaw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> look back at his life.</p> <p>Today concludes the second week of testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd. <a href="https://apple.news/AC-uYqLEdQk2cQ-IdYOZ6Dg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> spoke to Floyd&rsquo;s nephew about the experience of rewatching his uncle&rsquo;s death during the trial. And <a href="https://apple.news/AiJLOi28wRu6-rSBPq-rZAQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains why the trial is retraumatizing Black Americans.</p> <p>Brazil and India are making headlines as COVID-19 cases and deaths there grow. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ahb-0FJMhT9GrSi9MaZwqZQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at what is fueling Brazil&rsquo;s surge. And <a href="https://apple.news/A3a1CwBxKRE2jWi53Ksy74A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> reports that it&rsquo;s difficult to know if new variants are behind India&rsquo;s case increase because the country is not doing thorough genetic-sequencing.</p> <p>When a group of Navy SEALs accused their chief, Eddie Gallagher, of murder, it shined a spotlight on the secretive force. A new investigative podcast by Apple, <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-have-a-problem/id1560743789?i=1000515965159">The Line</a>, explores the accusations against Gallagher, the subsequent trial, and what the story says about problems in SEAL culture.</p> <p>A subatomic particle is challenging one of the most watertight theories in science. <a href="https://apple.news/AyLmAfdJsRBeluVs9m3TE7A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> has details about an experiment that could transform our understanding of how the universe works.</p>

How racism has shaped our highways for decades

<p>The Biden administration is telling Texas to pause a highway expansion that activists say would displace more than a thousand homes and businesses in Black and Hispanic communities. <a href="https://apple.news/A6zuE9OFbRcuwlLjxCF1DXw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> explains why the intervention is such a big deal. And <a href="https://apple.news/A7uRMAUY6ReChb4nTtJisUw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at how road projects have been used for decades to isolate, displace, and marginalize communities of color.</p> <p>China has become the first major economy to create its own digital currency. The <a href="https://apple.news/AXIN_UepnTpS_5dAvr_8whw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains what this means and how it could impact American security.</p> <p>Amanda Mull at the <a href="https://apple.news/ATHvVkfwXSC6XoM0tucJeOA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explores how the beauty industry is preparing for a boom this summer from Americans eager to look good when they leave lockdown.</p> <p>Yahoo Answers is shutting down after 15 years. The <a href="https://apple.news/AB4z496xnQ8Si6k9KcZ6x-w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Verge</a> reflects on why so many people loved it. And <a href="https://apple.news/AtuiTE3iwROS0w0Qh0GaDUg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BuzzFeed</a> lists some of the funniest questions posed.</p>

One woman’s struggle to escape from a Chinese detention camp

<p>For years, China has been forcing ethnic minorities from the Xinjiang region into what it calls political-reeducation camps. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7Lf5qRVsQfqtbjIktV3DbA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> provides an in-depth look at the harsh conditions in these camps through the experience of one woman who escaped to tell her story.</p> <p>More and more Americans are falling behind on car payments. The <a href="https://apple.news/AMivnYVPcR1mQCbaMwngUyQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on an emerging crisis.</p> <p>Billions of cicadas will soon crawl out of the ground and loudly swarm across parts of the country. The <a href="https://apple.news/AI64OtfEUT5Obrci_9iUk8A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> lays out the facts about these unusual insects.</p> <p>The pandemic has caused yet another product shortage: ketchup packets. The <a href="https://apple.news/A_8jyWmamQtmE5_OSOpEv-w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why prices have risen by 13 percent and what that means for your fries.</p>

How the pandemic is hurting the oldest and youngest workers

<p>The Minneapolis police chief&rsquo;s testimony was one of the biggest moments of the Derek Chauvin murder trial so far. <a href="https://apple.news/AH7IDx7_1RlKrt0RsBdbFvg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NBC</a> explains why.</p> <p>Despite some promising recent signs for the job market, many workers are struggling, especially those at the beginning and end of their careers. <a href="https://apple.news/AGTPfY3UVR96rCOQ0LJrL8Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> notes that the youth unemployment rate is almost double the national average. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AmvMBFg7HTQSBWy759GKEkA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at the large number of workers aged 55 and older who have dropped out of the workforce.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AL0ew0dxGQh2qy3sbHvKWXA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> reports on Baylor&rsquo;s surprise win in the NCAA men&rsquo;s basketball final, which ended Gonzaga&rsquo;s dreams of an undefeated season.</p> <p>For decades, television viewers have complained that commercials are too loud. <a href="https://apple.news/A-OCtIYfoSYiR8rJCNJlGag?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Insider</a> details why we&rsquo;re still dealing with the same problem.</p> <p>Many of us have taken up new hobbies in the pandemic, such as making bread, playing chess, or doing jigsaw puzzles. <a href="https://apple.news/A6BKCL4GtT9aG2lB6VgxPVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> turned to historians for perspective about which newly popular pastimes could remain a hit once COVID is under control.</p>

The wild finishes of a March Madness like no other

<p>Public-health experts are warning of the potential for a fourth wave of COVID-19 in the U.S. The <a href="https://apple.news/AwrcYdUh5RZqmEk9sMNjRVQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> explains why doctors need Americans to keep taking precautions until more people are vaccinated.</p> <p>Texans are still dealing with the aftermath of power failures during the cold snap. An analysis by the <a href="https://apple.news/AstViHHVoRROCPt4YOYJBzg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Houston Chronicle</a> shows deaths are double the official state numbers. And <a href="https://apple.news/AM69sipN8RaKF7kkQhar8ag?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Texas Monthl</a>y reports on Houston residents who are still without running water.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/A0xmOQ3sjQy6PJ2_iFlRUAQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bleacher Report</a> has the story of Stanford&rsquo;s NCAA women&rsquo;s basketball championship win over Arizona. In the men&rsquo;s final, Gonzaga and Baylor face off Monday night. The <a href="https://apple.news/A_qWhwSukQNKKBMklNQ4SJQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has more.</p> <p>Coffee may be able to help renew rainforests. <a href="https://apple.news/AjOOW7LYJSgWqqOdKy0uxZQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> reveals surprising new research on what happens when forests get a big dose of caffeine.</p>

The Derek Chauvin trial: “I believe I witnessed a murder”

<p>Today marks the end of the first week in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who is accused of murdering George Floyd. <a href="https://apple.news/AOrWbWy7WTwCVQsWaCsBg4w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> offers a recap of yesterday&rsquo;s witness testimony.</p> <p>Dozens of business leaders are speaking out against Georgia&rsquo;s recently passed voting laws, which critics say could make it harder for people of color to vote. The <a href="https://apple.news/AJLySGeW5QaiTw0OX9l4l1g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at how corporate America is playing a bigger role in the fight over voting access.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ADmNp2TtsRfiSKu5F0cUW1A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Reuters</a> reports on a deadly train crash that has killed dozens in Taiwan.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>How do animals find their way around, sometimes to destinations thousands of miles away? The <a href="https://apple.news/AmALo0dt2QXWG3TTcDwoXlw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>&rsquo;s Kathryn Shultz explores the fascinating science behind animal navigation.</p>

What everyone got wrong about legal marijuana

<p>A growing number of Americans are getting COVID shots, and states and private companies are racing to help launch vaccine passports. <a href="https://apple.news/AylkAMO5QTz6rMMYJTZKrLQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains what you need to know and the <a href="https://apple.news/AXNsqaFPTQT2cQlKqSSH-ug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on how this is becoming a political flashpoint.</p> <p>New York is the latest state to legalize recreational marijuana. New York Magazine&rsquo;s the <a href="https://apple.news/AgmRWAcMAShuliChtkypzPA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Intelligencer</a> breaks down the plan. And NPR&rsquo;s <a href="https://apple.news/AZZxkl3mMTqqMIQKBrZx81Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Planet Money</a> looks at how pot legalization has played out nationally in the last decade.</p> <p>There&rsquo;s a growing field of apps that promise access to therapy from your smartphone. But Molly Fischer writes in <a href="https://apple.news/Ae1Qsai8ZQlOIa0ttBvJHTA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York Magazine</a> that these companies could be selling unrealistic expectations.</p> <p>The Louvre has digitized its massive art collection for anyone to access for free. <a href="https://apple.news/ASaFD3f2tTfW5HsDgPdoPIA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> has the story.</p>

GOP star Gaetz under investigation, denies sex allegations

<p>Today, President Biden is expected to reveal the first phase of his multitrillion-dollar infrastructure plan. The <a href="https://apple.news/ANNz07HozTE6Ficx9o1iwGg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has details of the package, and looks at the long road ahead to making it a reality.</p> <p>Republican congressman Matt Gaetz is reportedly under investigation over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid for her to travel with him. Gaetz denied the allegations to <a href="https://apple.news/AMEq8XitYSX6xRnC560_6RA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Axios</a> and claimed in a <a href="https://apple.news/AOAWqHUW5SSKlG5Bz85Kw3Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Fox News</a> interview that they were an attempt to thwart a separate investigation into an extortion plot against him.</p> <p>The Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a case that could shape the future of college sports. <a href="https://apple.news/AgVqINfEJQxem5yjzUElGXQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> explains what&rsquo;s at stake.</p> <p>For those working from home, returning to the office might mean giving up some perks. The <a href="https://apple.news/AbSoeoab5TsmV3aAjpn6sYg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at something many people will miss: naps.</p>

Chauvin murder case reignites debate over televised trials

<p>As Derek Chauvin faces murder charges over the death of George Floyd, the whole trial will be streamed live, a first in Minnesota. <a href="https://apple.news/Ah5gnbfgsQLOZaOezi-k2JA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">BBC News</a> explains how the high-profile nature of this trial has reignited a debate about the role of TV cameras in the courtroom.</p> <p>Transgender Americans and their families are worried about a push by Republican legislators to restrict access to school sports. <a href="https://apple.news/A23dC70seQL-AJ2rNNg7Xgg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> reports on recent state laws and <a href="https://apple.news/AmYq9e13tSZafoRCzepv4Xg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> takes a in-depth look at the larger movement. And Masha Gessen argues in the <a href="https://apple.news/AfrK82y6sRoWqevLggPEIHA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> that the true motivation of these campaigns is to make transgender athletes invisible.</p> <p>The stuck container ship in the Suez Canal drew our attention to the role such vessels play in global commerce. <a href="https://apple.news/AFTlj6mbqRJCYrhQZ2TJRew?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wired</a> looks into why containers are falling into the sea at alarming rates.</p> <p>Major League Baseball&rsquo;s Opening Day is Thursday. And this year, the league is on the lookout for pitchers playing dirty by smearing stuff like pine tar on baseballs to make them harder to hit. The <a href="https://apple.news/Alr3bsi6ASsm0K53SrIJYHw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on how officials are launching a CSI-style program to catch cheats.</p>

Opening statements begin in trial over George Floyd’s death

<p>The Suez Canal traffic jam is on its way to getting solved. <a href="https://apple.news/A46_9jWkcSJqEUnOcnD_UhQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg</a> reports on progress in moving the giant container ship.</p> <p>Derek Chauvin faces charges of second- and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter. While few observers believe issues of race and justice won't shape the trial, the <a href="https://apple.news/ANZe0siOZQf-gEkpfwH9tHg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains why it&rsquo;s unclear whether race will be addressed head-on in the courtroom itself.</p> <p>Myanmar saw its deadliest day of protests since its military took control of the government about two months ago. The <a href="https://apple.news/AY_FcU4z6QZSRElS9fwW2Jg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> spoke with one woman in Myanmar who is the wife of a soldier and active member of the resistance.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s the final day for Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, to vote on whether to join a union. <a href="https://apple.news/ABp9uzxrDSgWPHvB-fB3klA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> lays out what&rsquo;s at stake. The <a href="https://apple.news/AlHdATojISvO6n00cWmPtvg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> looks at how important and unusual this battle is. And though Republicans aren&rsquo;t usually fans of union drives, Senator Marco Rubio writes an op-ed in <a href="https://apple.news/AMjck4go_TX6OlxLQsjpIsw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a> supporting the warehouse workers.</p> <p>A recent email from a furniture company to hundreds of customers turned into a reply-all-pocalypse with a happy ending. The <a href="https://apple.news/AUHNuZ05vQkiIjTnKTJtN5w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story.</p>

Meet the crack team fighting to free the Suez container ship

<p>Dredgers, tugboats, helicopters, and a legendary team of salvage experts: <a href="https://apple.news/AGzfR70eUST6Qsyy0vyzW6w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> reports on the Herculean effort to free the giant container ship stuck in the Suez Canal.</p> <p>Gas prices are rising and could go even higher during the summer, energy-market watchers say. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7DRdZfm9SXi_CV4Wv4IyGA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains the factors behind the surge.</p> <p>Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for children under 13. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ad5SXn3zwRKKdY6mZDYk0CA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks into why social-media companies are focusing on younger kids.</p> <p>How does aging wine in outer space affect its taste? The <a href="https://apple.news/AzpSy27sXSMqMx0rVOoXNFA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Times of London</a> has the results of an experiment that saw prized Bordeaux blasted into orbit.</p>

Republicans and Democrats fight to reshape how America votes

<p>Democrats and Republicans are in a battle to reshape voting rights in this country. <a href="https://apple.news/AQ5ZLyQYSS0SABvRendzyug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at the fight in Congress over a sweeping bill. The <a href="https://apple.news/ASvbWtpwaRPO_v1vFSgm26w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> examines how these issues are playing out at the state level.</p> <p>Virginia has abolished the death penalty. The <a href="https://apple.news/ARATZDqdUSYKe4nqDd8nQXg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Appeal</a> gives some context about the move and looks at changing views about capital punishment nationally.</p> <p>Digital artist Beeple has been selling his work as NFTs for tens of millions of dollars. The <a href="https://apple.news/AL08gmP9STCeWkXsCmDUnnQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> explores what this means for the art world.</p> <p>There&rsquo;s a new pasta shape: cascatelli. Dan Pashman, who hosts the food podcast <em>The Sporkful</em>, talks with <a href="https://apple.news/APHWkFO1yQgayv1g3x5MdtQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> about his three-year mission to create it.</p>

Megan Rapinoe takes fight for equal pay to Congress

<p>The experiences of multiple U.S. administrations has showed how difficult it is to manage immigration at the southern border. The <a href="https://apple.news/AeLzrMc-fTeqg7SD0rkZieA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> looks at approaches taken by previous presidents, and what the Biden administration is trying to do now.</p> <p>Today is Equal Pay Day, and soccer star Megan Rapinoe will testify in Congress about the fight for the women&rsquo;s national team to get the same pay and benefits as the men&rsquo;s. <a href="https://apple.news/AJzxEE1XTTaGNObl0UkJKLA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Sports Illustrated</a> looks at recent developments in the legal battle and <a href="https://apple.news/AKqrK0VnXQfCaJooRNo_T0g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> provides background.</p> <p>On an Instagram account highlighting Christian leaders with expensive fashion tastes, Ben Kirby taps into the question: Is it OK to get rich while preaching? The <a href="https://apple.news/ASrdRQ9CcSy2EtGuN7yTLHQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story.</p> <p>The average price of building a home in the U.S. has gone up by $24,000 over the past year. <a href="https://apple.news/ARGIKZ_h5RpOQJpgETaO4hA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Quartz</a> explains that this is partly because a beetle infestation damaged millions of acres of forest in Canada, which helped drive a rise in the cost of lumber.</p>

Can your boss make you get a COVID vaccine?

<p>Ten people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooting at a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. <a href="https://apple.news/A3hRBMYfARpypAd9dr9US8A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/Ay2eBlhuiR2mZasdjeqofmQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at legal questions facing workers and managers about requirements to get COVID vaccines.</p> <p>Last night, the city council of Evanston, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, voted to pay reparations to Black residents for historical housing-discrimination. The <a href="https://apple.news/AUkXJ0H60SqqOiu0wcuhsGA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on the nation&rsquo;s first government reparations program for Black people.</p> <p>Doctors are concerned about a spike in cases of alcoholic liver disease among younger women that started before the pandemic and may be intensifying. <a href="https://apple.news/AZSD8ZCGyTq-_3DdsBxG1UA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> looks at the research.</p> <p>The two cousins behind the company that provides the bulk of America&rsquo;s COVID-19 swabs despise each other. <a href="https://apple.news/AudKiURCjQpaQDiVcPgZtkQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> has the story of how family drama got tied up with the national effort to boost testing.</p>

Capitol attack reveals extremists in police ranks

<p>The Department of Justice may seek sedition charges against some of those who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Evidence points to a carefully planned plot, executed with military training. The insurrection has revealed a number of law-enforcement officers and former members of the military who take part in extremist behavior: According to an analysis from <a href="https://apple.news/AADWhTVBjTvuPypy50ixcIA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today</a>, 43 of the 324 people who&rsquo;ve been arrested so far are military veterans, current or former police officers, or public-safety workers.</p> <p>Spring breakers continue to wreak havoc in Miami. The <a href="https://apple.news/AtltcYzzoT4WS4HSka51m0g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Miami Herald</a> writes that crowds have been so &ldquo;violently rowdy&rdquo; that restaurants have had to close down. And <a href="https://apple.news/AmCn97DWqSS61yjlro1UNlg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports that police have made more than 1,000 arrests since February 3.</p> <p>The pandemic has led to a housing boom for white-collar Americans, with prices reaching peaks not seen since 2006. The <a href="https://apple.news/AnarG386ITtWslBazJOGOzA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why it&rsquo;s getting easier for wealthy people to buy second homes.</p> <p>Oral Roberts University made history on Sunday, becoming only the second 15th-seeded team to advance to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA men&rsquo;s basketball tournament. <a href="https://apple.news/AWxKyDAb5ReGh6SLS3lKFNQ%20https://html5-editor.net/">CBS Sports</a> has the story. It was part of a weekend of upsets that ruined fan predictions: <a href="https://apple.news/A1n8cxUMSTwW-hYfFj5w-Rg%20https://html5-editor.net/">Marketwatch</a> says no perfect brackets remained out of the 20 million filled out online. And <a href="https://apple.news/AbN73pZ2xSLC-6dbtDGfltw%20https://html5-editor.net/">Yahoo Sports</a> reports that COVID-19 forced Virginia Commonwealth University to exit the tournament before playing its first game.</p>

Why hate-crime cases rarely make it to court

<p>Many people want the murders in Georgia &mdash; where six of the victims were women of Asian descent &mdash; to be called a hate crime. But the decision to do so comes down to a strict legal definition that isn't employed very often by law enforcement. <a href="https://apple.news/Adormw2MVTOCNNGDgAn8c7g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> breaks it down.</p> <p>The filibuster is back in the news this week after President Biden signaled that he&rsquo;s open to changing Senate rules. Historians explain in the <a href="https://apple.news/AKhvlAoigRNyfQ_JmqwDYsA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> how the filibuster has been used over the decades to deny fundamental rights to Black people.</p> <p>A political war over meat is playing out in two states. <a href="https://apple.news/Aw6hmfAH8RYSekwUqV1I-BA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico</a> looks at the conservative backlash the Democratic governor of Colorado has faced after encouraging people to avoid eating meat on March 20, or &ldquo;MeatOut Day.&rdquo; And the <a href="https://apple.news/AUrxOW334Q-ygUmIY90qZqw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Guardian</a> highlights the governor of Nebraska&rsquo;s response: to declare the same date &ldquo;Meat on the Menu Day.&rdquo;</p> <p>March Madness is officially underway. And <a href="https://apple.news/ARlbP8B9pQim99hZcK9UEfQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">ESPN</a> says Jalen Suggs and Paige Bueckers are two players you should watch during the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s tournaments, not just because of their skills, but because of their close, lifelong friendship.</p>

Calls for action on anti-Asian hate after Georgia killings

<p>Asian-American communities are calling for more action after the killings in Georgia, in which most of the victims were women of Asian descent. The shootings have intensified fears about increased anti-Asian violence during the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/ACDjCEdkPRW2fRC4FwsOeMw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> and <a href="https://apple.news/AUng_hj8ZROW0huACBX1h9w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNBC</a> have more.</p> <p>Ohio&rsquo;s attorney general is suing the Biden administration over the COVID-relief bill and rules about whether states can use federal money to offset tax cuts. <a href="https://apple.news/A42gy0hvVTYWKxRId2sfQtA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> explains the debate, and the <a href="https://apple.news/ARLN8ftpjT4GwAYoyW1ns3Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on how other Republican attorneys general are challenging the provision.</p> <p>The pandemic could permanently change the college-admissions process. The <a href="https://apple.news/AVk_9eKbZSc6qts96PlBbOw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> looks at the widespread impact of a move by many schools to allow applications without standardized test scores.</p> <p>The apes at your local zoo might be in line for a vaccination. <a href="https://apple.news/AmqyckJ2NTEKXSMrWu1pnNQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> highlights research into ways to protect animals from COVID-19, including an experimental vaccine the San Diego Zoo is giving to its gorillas, bonobos, and orangutans.</p>

When will kids get COVID-19 vaccines?

<p>Children are now taking part in trials of COVID-19 vaccines. <a href="https://apple.news/A6H6zNAJNS0-hmekZpY25og?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> and the <a href="https://apple.news/AZIR9aHCkTt2lzi6uGb4SbQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explain how the testing works for kids.</p> <p>The <a href="https://apple.news/AwGFMsmZeQLiFBqKMT6XxGg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on the deadly shootings at Atlanta-area massage parlors.</p> <p>Is America&rsquo;s tax code racist? <a href="https://apple.news/Ah6DGoa7WQ4q7zAzOFk0vkQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> profiles a woman who spent decades answering that question.</p> <p>A chunk of dirt from a long-forgotten Cold War mission is revealing surprising new information about our planet. The <a href="https://apple.news/A7TfnkVQCSKqRtYDqO-iuFA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has the story.</p>

Biden’s plan to raise taxes on the wealthy

<p>The $1.9 trillion coronavirus-relief bill is just one of many big plans the Biden administration is hoping to push through. <a href="https://apple.news/AsCJ7GYTSR5alLt9ADVCGoQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> reports that, in order to help fund the president&rsquo;s agenda, his administration is planning the first major federal tax increase since 1993. And the <a href="https://apple.news/Am6vkXv01SRC9az2xg3NYgQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> breaks down how corporate taxes might change.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ArS5ArWCVRL-yX3G3lJV0kA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New York</a> magazine takes a deeply reported look into the behavior of New York governor Andrew Cuomo.</p> <p>The Biden administration is planning a new advertising blitz to encourage Americans to get vaccinated. <a href="https://apple.news/Akwgb6LfKS9arEXtkKC9vLQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Stat</a> reports on the $1.5 billion campaign. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AGn4V34xZQDOsDbZ5uZK8Qw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> sat in on a focus group of vaccine-hesitant Trump voters to understand what could convince them to get a COVID-19 shot.</p> <p>Spring break is here, which means Florida is filling up with college students, despite warnings to stay away due to the coronavirus. <a href="https://apple.news/A_PuN9RJOQim-QebwGDqPCg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a> looks at how one community is trying to shut down the party.</p>

Stimulus checks arrive in America’s bank accounts

<p>Millions of Americans are starting to receive money from the COVID-relief bill. <a href="https://apple.news/AcKy4zrR6RdGfTNmzWTEtDQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> and New York Magazine&rsquo;s the <a href="https://apple.news/A_vwaOnrdQFuBmvLtmaQazA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Cut</a> spoke with people about how they are spending the money.</p> <p>The Biden administration has ordered the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with the growing number of unaccompanied children arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border. <a href="https://apple.news/A7mq7ssoGRRK_5s0TAz4QJA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS News</a> looks at what&rsquo;s happening and the <a href="https://apple.news/AetbELE7XRamokYGRRV1uqA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains who the minors are.</p> <p>As March Madness returns following its cancellation last year, <a href="https://apple.news/AWhk0duhFQ16lmR_7-TVA6g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CBS Sports</a> breaks down the technology the NCAA is using to track basketball players and control the spread of the coronavirus.</p> <p>There are new developments in the long-running debate over daylight saving time. <a href="https://apple.news/AitFy311CQLmTp-jcLYA4_g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNET</a> reports on a bipartisan group of U.S. senators who want an end to the biannual clock change. An op-ed in the <a href="https://apple.news/Aan4XayswTRCQtoyhD0wtJw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Chicago Tribune</a> argues for keeping the custom, while an <a href="https://apple.news/AG9AVFb-KQ0eNhB0_ALIMbg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">L.A. Times</a> editorial says, &ldquo;Dump the clock-changing foolishness.&rdquo;</p>

A year into the pandemic, when will life return to normal?

<p>Apple News Today talks to Alexis Madrigal, co-founder of the COVID Tracking Project at the <em>Atlantic</em>. Madrigal explains how data failures deeply hindered the U.S. government&rsquo;s pandemic response. Plus, when we can expect life to return to normal.</p>

“This is going to be so bad.” The journalist who saw the pandemic coming.

<p>The World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic one year ago. But Stat reporter Helen Branswell saw the global health crisis coming months in advance. Branswell sits down with Duarte Geraldino to discuss the early signs of the pandemic and why world leaders didn&rsquo;t take action sooner.</p>

For women promised more, a year that “shattered our reality”

<p>Since the start of the pandemic, more than 2.3 million women have left the workforce. In January, women&rsquo;s participation in the labor force hit its lowest level since 1988. In the latest episode of a special series, Shumita Basu talks with Jen Gann, features editor at <em>New York Magazine</em>&rsquo;s the<em> Cut</em>, about the toll the pandemic has taken on women.</p>

Black Americans &amp; COVID-19: The impact of racism on the body

<p>Duarte Geraldino talks with journalist Akilah Johnson about her reporting on COVID-19 and its disproportionate impact on Black Americans. Johnson spent much of the pandemic covering health care at ProPublica and is now at the <em>Washington Post</em>. To understand why the disease hit Black Americans so hard, she says, you have to start with the tale of John Henry.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s part of our special series marking one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic.</p>

The Pandemic Year: “I want this virus to die inside me”

<p>March 11 marks one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. In a special series, Apple News Today is speaking with journalists who&rsquo;ve done exceptional work covering the subject over the past 12 months.</p> <p>In the first episode, Shumita Basu talks with Eli Saslow, the <em>Washington Post</em> reporter behind the series <em>Voices From the Pandemic</em>. Saslow shares stories of lives that have been impacted by COVID-19, and discusses how much more interconnected we are as a result of this public-health crisis.</p>

The Pandemic Year: Special Series Preview

It’s Amazon vs. unions. These workers will decide who wins.

<p>Following a string of high-profile attacks on Asian Americans, two writers go beyond the headlines to look at the long history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the United States. Connie Wun writes for <a href="https://apple.news/A38h7o_kMTb6LaiackYjLHA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Elle</a> and Harmeet Kaur for <a href="https://apple.news/Ad12zPVltQzqYrRU5_ngYlw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a>.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Employees at an Amazon fulfillment center in Alabama are deciding whether to form a union. <a href="https://apple.news/AKTH-9bf4QF-sub3FdCBkOw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg News</a> went to the town and spoke with workers on all sides of the debate.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/ACSYGGvpiTEe5Y-NGJpd96g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Elle</a> looks at a wedding in Maine that became a COVID-19 superspreader event linked with nearly 200 infections and seven deaths.</p>

Is Biden letting the world’s dictators off the hook?

<p>The House canceled Thursday&rsquo;s session after the U.S. Capitol Police warned of a possible plot by a militant group to attack the building. The <a href="https://apple.news/Aqt7WO_Y3QOON_APkVuAStQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> has more.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Critics say President Biden isn&rsquo;t being tough enough with the world&rsquo;s authoritarian regimes. In the <a href="https://apple.news/AeMgJfikaSsKpXNrzd9nbdg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a>, Robin Wright argues that Biden&rsquo;s actions against Saudi Arabia fall short. Her colleague Masha Gessen <a href="https://apple.news/AVU2DhJbrSti8wn0ueujARQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">writes</a> that U.S. measures taken against Russia are also lacking.</p> <p>COVID-19 vaccines may be a major scientific breakthrough, but they rely on a technology invented over 170 years ago: the hypodermic needle. The <a href="https://apple.news/A3geHqW_VTXmbAXL-LyO3Ug?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> reports on high-tech efforts to develop new ways of administering vaccines.</p> <p>Mars has captured the human imagination for centuries. In <a href="https://apple.news/AVJ5BsQS0Qd2Qft1w4-7stg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a>, Nadia Drake asks: Why are people so obsessed with the red planet?</p>