The Senate impeachment trial for President Trump began on Tuesday, featuring debates over the rules, furrowed brows, at least one Senator who fell asleep, and no liquids besides water or milk. We discuss other highlights from a long day in court.
Cases of a new strain of coronavirus have been detected in China, plus nearby nations like Thailand, Japan, and South Korea, along with one case in the US. We tell you what coronavirus is and what you can do about it besides worrying yourself crazy.
And in headlines: Bezos hacked, Greenwald “hacks,” and Bloomberg’s big ad buys.
Swarms of locusts can destroy crops and livelihoods. Right now, countries in East Africa are dealing with the threat. At a lab in Tempe, Arizona, researchers are trying to figure out how to minimize the crop damage these voracious pests can cause. The answer, NPR's Joe Palca tells us, might be looking at what locusts like, and don't like, to eat. Follow host Maddie Sofia on Twitter @maddie_sofia. Email the show at shortwave@npr.org.
The news to know for Wednesday, January 22nd, 2020!
What to know today about the 12 hours of debate on Capitol Hill (we're breaking it down in a couple of minutes). Also, there's an update about that virus outbreak and the 2020 census...
Plus: new rules for Uber, Google's new experimental apps, and Starbucks has plans for more plant-based menu items.
Those stories and more -- in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
In this Season 2 bonus episode, accusations of sexual assault at the Spice House strip club come to light. Two women who work there head to the club to confront their bosses, their phones secretly set to record.
Should families be able to use school choice tax credits on religious schools? That's the question that's at the heart of Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, which is the Supreme Court is hearing Wednesday. Heritage Foundation legal scholar Elizabeth Slattery breaks down the case for us.
We also cover the following stories:
A columnist claims his belief in only two sexes got him fired.
President Trump and Greta Thunberg deliver dueling speeches on climate and environment.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., targets the wealthy in new remarks.
And so it was that a young man was born in the desert and grew up to liberate his people from an oppressive empire and absolve them of their past sins. No, not JC, or Paul Muad'dib, this time his name is Luke Foreshadowing (imagine if Jesus's last name was Crosswalker). Yes, we're celebrating the end of Star Wars by going back to the beginning. We're covering A New Hope and using its heavy handed morality tale to introduce just war theory.
In the interview, senior fellow and director of the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy Matthew Levitt is here to talk about the killing of Qasem Soleimani. What calculus went into the decision, whether it was worth it, and what this means for the future of the US and Iran.
In the spiel, the beginning of the Senate impeachment trial.
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The fight over Citizens United free speech ruling has raged on years after the Supreme Court weighed in. Scott Blackburn of the Institute for Free Speech explains why the case's detractors are so very mistaken.
