Month: June 2020

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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 06/03

Protesters remain mostly peaceful in cities from coast to coast. An emotional appeal from the mother of George Floyd's daughter. Republicans look for a new home for this summer's convention. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Best One Yet - “The Zuck-ocracy” — Facebook’s super shares. Adidas & Allbirds partner up. Vacasa’s $108M booking.

Shoe rivals Adidas and Allbirds are teaming up on a sustainable sneaker that’s completely redefining what “competition” means. The latest walkouts at Facebook reveal how unique the “Zuck-ocracy” governing style of the social network really is. And even though the travel industry is hit the hardest in the corona-conomy, Vacasa is our “Unicorn of the Day” for because it’s just the slightest bit different from Airbnb. $FB, $ADDYY, $TWTR Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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SCOTUScast - Trump v Pennsylvania – Post-Argument SCOTUScast

On May 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard argument in the consolidated cases of Trump v. Pennsylvania and Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania, which involve a dispute over:(1) Whether the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and the Treasury had statutory authority under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to expand the conscience exemption to the contraceptive-coverage mandate; (2) whether the agencies’ decision to forgo notice and opportunity for public comment before issuing the interim final rules rendered the final rules – which were issued after notice and comment – invalid under the Administrative Procedure Act; and (3) whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit erred in affirming a nationwide preliminary injunction barring implementation of the final rules.
To discuss the case, we have Erin Hawley, Senior Fellow at the Kinder Institute for Constitutional Democracy at the University of Missouri and former professor of law at the University of Missouri School of Law.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Forgoing the distance: covid-19 spreads in Brazil

Even those who can distance themselves are unsure whether to do so—in part because President Jair Bolsonaro mocks the science and rails against lockdowns. The private-equity industry has ballooned since the last financial crisis; does that make it weaker or stronger in this one? And our correspondent investigates a Mexican-mummy mystery. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer
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What Next | Daily News and Analysis - A History of Violent Protest

The images are familiar now. The police in their face shields, armed with batons and cans of pepper spray. The protestors, sporting bruises, pouring milk on each others’ faces. What’s happening right now might make you feel uncomfortable and angry. Kellie Carter-Jackson says: that’s the point. Today on the show, why a nice, peaceful protest may not accomplish the structural change America needs.

Guest: Kellie Carter-Jackson, PhD, a professor at Wellesley College and the author of Force & Freedom: Black Abolitionists the Politics of Violence.

Other books mentioned in this episode: The Deacons of Defense: Armed Resistence and the Civil Rights Movement by Lance Hill. And This Nonviolent Stuff’ll Get You Killed: How Guns Made the Civil Rights Movement Possible by Charles E. Cobb Jr. 

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - False negatives, testing capacity and pheasants

As lockdowns begin to lift the government is relying on testing and contact tracing programmes to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 infections. But how accurate are the swab tests used to diagnose the disease? The UK Statistics Authority has criticised the government for the way it reports testing figures, saying it?s not surprising that these numbers ?are so widely criticised and often mistrusted.? We take a look at how the government achieved its target of developing a daily testing capacity of 200,000 by the end of May. Can we really have only 60 harvests left in the world? Plus, the very pleasant Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall has a pleasant pheasant question for us.

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The NewsWorthy - Protesters Defy Curfews, Controversial Congressman Defeated & ‘Tiger King’ Rival Gets Zoo – Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020

The news to know for Wednesday, June 3rd, 2020!

What to know today about protesters who rallied past curfews and how the military has taken a new role in the nation’s capital.

Also, we have an update on the pandemic and election results from the Biden campaign and a longtime congressman who got the boot.

Plus, how the bestselling books right now are showing progress, Facebook’s new mass-delete feature, and a Tiger Queen about to get Joe Exotic’s old zoo.

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. 

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Sources:

Protesters Defy Curfews: AP, Axios, WSJ

Daytime Protests Mostly Peaceful: USA Today, CNN, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Reuters

DC Controversial Enforcement Folo: NBC News, USA Today, AP, Tweet

Retired MO Police Captain Killed: AP, FOX News, St. Louis Post-Dispatch 

Las Vegas Shootings: Las Vegas Sun, CBS News, AP

Louisville Shooting Folo: NBC News, USA Today, NPR

6 Atlanta Officers Charged: AJC, ABC News, CNN

MN Civil Rights Investigation: AP, Axios, CBS News

Research Backs up CDC Recommendations: Reuters, CNN, The Lancet

CBO: Future for U.S. Economy: CBS News, CNN

Confusion at Primaries: Reuters, NY Times, CBS News

Rep. Steve King Loses Primary: NY Times, CNN, FOX News

Trump Moving RNC: NBC News, AP, Axios, Tweet, Response

2020 Census Status: WSJ, 2020Census.gov

Antiracist Books Selling Out: TIME, Slate, Amazon

Blackout Tuesday Trending: NY Times, CNN, CBS News

Facebook Adds Bulk Deleting: The Verge, TechCrunch, Facebook

Carole Baskin to Control Tiger King Zoo: USA Today, CNN, Forbes

Work Wednesday: Best Places to Work in 2020: Fox News, Glassdoor, Glassdoor

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Short Wave - Meet The ‘Glacier Mice.’ Scientists Can’t Figure Out Why They Move.

In 2006, while hiking around the Root Glacier in Alaska, glaciologist Tim Bartholomaus encountered something strange and unexpected on the ice — dozens of fuzzy, green balls of moss. It turns out, other glaciologists had come across before and lovingly named them "glacier mice."

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