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Dam breaches send water pouring into Midland, Michigan. Eased restrictions in all 50 states. Johnson and Johnson stops selling talc-based baby powder. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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Rhetoric and posturing at the World Health Organisation’s annual assembly reveal an agency under geopolitical stresses just when global co-operation is needed most. Illegal logging has become an existential threat for the Amazon; under the cover of covid-19, a new bill in Brazil could hasten its decline. And reflections on the vast musical legacy of Kraftwerk’s Florian Schneider.
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The global scarcity of masks has shown us the federal government’s desperate side. Procurement rules have been loosened. Prices have soared. And a shadowy market has emerged where deals fall through all the time -- leaving people without the gear they need to protect themselves and save lives.
Guest: J. David McSwane, reporter for ProPublica.
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The news to know for Wednesday, May 20th, 2020!
All 50 states have eased stay-at-home restrictions, but what’s been happening with the number of new COVID-19 cases? We’ll break down the latest data and explain why there are some questions about how states are tracking and reporting their numbers.
Also, what to know about the flooding that's now prompting thousands of people to evacuate in the Midwest...
Plus, there’s a new way to shop on social media, Spotify makes a major move, and women CEOs break a record.
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...
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Sources:
More States Reopen: WSJ, CNN, State-By-State Trends
Case Count/Death Toll: Johns Hopkins
States Testing Data Issues: NBC News, AP, Tampa Bay Times, Florida Today
U.S. Extends Migrant Restrictions: CBS News, AP
Economic Recovery Senate Hearing: NY Times, Axios, WSJ
Relief Package Talks: AP, Politico, Reuters
Facebook Launches Shops: The Verge, Mashable, Engadget, Facebook
Walmart Discontinues Jet: TechCrunch, CNBC
Pier 1 Closing Stores for Good: CNN, ABC News
J&J to Stop Selling Talc Baby Powders: USA Today, NBC News
Joe Rogan on Spotify: The Verge, Engadget
Hulu, ESPN+, Disney+ Bundle: Decider, Rolling Stone
Work Wednesday: Women CEOs Fortune 500 Record: ABC News, NBC News, Fortune
Risk expert David Spiegelhalter discusses whether re-opening some schools could be dangerous for children or their teachers. We ask what’s behind Germany’s success in containing the number of deaths from Covid-19. Many governments across the world are borrowing huge sums to prop up their economies during this difficult time, but with everyone in the same boat who are they borrowing from? Plus we revisit the UK’s testing figures yet again and meet some statistically savvy parrots.
Three L.A. comedians are quarantined in a podcast studio during a global pandemic. There is literally nothing to be done EXCEPT make content. These are "The Corona Diaries" and this is Episode #31.
Contact tracing apps have been adopted in countries around the world to track the spread of COVID-19, but they’re not being used as much in the US. American tech companies are working to get these apps up-and-running… despite some privacy concerns. Cybersecurity reporter Patrick Howell O'Neill joins the show to update us on how these apps are working worldwide.
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Fed Chair Jerome Powell took questions from the Senate yesterday on how we’ll get out of the current economic crisis. They offered up starkly different opinions on how the US can avoid permanent economic damage.
And in headlines: major corporations cut ‘hazard pay’ for essential workers, Qatar Airlines takes a pumped-up approach to PPE, and the data scientist who made Florida’s COVID-19 dashboard gets axed for refusing to fudge data.