The NewsWorthy - Nationwide Protests, RIP Regis Philbin & Double Meteor Showers- Monday, July 27th, 2020

The news to know for Monday, July 27th, 2020!

What to know about more protests and riots around the country: where they're happening and what inspired them. 

Also, the latest from a COVID-19 hot spot, and why the White House task force is going there today.

Plus, we're talking about two hurricanes, two meteor showers, and Taylor Swift's latest worldwide record...

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Sources:

Weekend Protests Nationwide: NY Times, AP, Axios, WSJ, WaPo, ABC News

New COVID-19 Records: Johns Hopkins, Reuters, CNN, Tampa Bay Times

Pence Traveling to Miami Today: Miami Herald, WOFL

John Lewis Memorial Services: AJC, AP, Reuters, Axios

Body of Rep. Lewis to Lie in State: CNN, FOX News, CBS News, WaPo, ABC News

Regis Philbin Dies: USA Today, CNN, FOX News

Fleetwood Mac Co-Creator Dies: AP, NY Times, Rolling Stone

Gone with the Wind Star Dies: AP, CBS News, Reuters

Hurricane Douglas Threatens Hawaii: AP, WSJ, Weather Channel, NWS

Hanna hits Texas, Downgraded: NBC News, Reuters, Axios, WaPo

Twitter Walkout Planned: NBC News, NY Daily News, Reuters

Taylor Swift Album Sales: Variety, Hollywood Reporter, NY Daily News

Space Force Debuts Official Logo: TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Fox News, Space Force

Double Meteor Showers: CBS News, Miami Herald, USA Today

Monday Monday: Home Purchases Record: Axios, CNBC, Reuters, WSJ

Everything Everywhere Daily - The Julian and Gregorian Calendars

If you answer that question, most likely you are giving an answer based on a calendar that goes all the way back to one put in place by Julius Caesar. Caesar’s calendar, aka the Julian Calendar, was pretty good, but it developed problems over time, so it was modified in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII. This calendar, the Gregorian Calendar, what we’ve been using for the last several hundred years, and it works pretty well.

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Everything Everywhere Daily - Atlantropa: The Most Ridiculous Idea Ever

In the aftermath of the horrors of WWI, many people in Europe wanted to find a better future going forward. A future of peace and prosperity, where energy, food, and jobs would be available for everyone. One man from Germany named Herman Sörgel had a VERY ambitious idea. An idea which would literally change the map of the planet Earth, and was the biggest proposed engineering project ever put forward.

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Byzantium And The Crusades - The First Crusade Episode 3 “The Capture of Jerusalem”

This podcast series tells the story of the Crusades from the Byzantine angle. It's based on the book "The Byzantine World War" by Nick Holmes. In this episode, after the long and traumatic siege of Antioch, the First Crusaders are faced with a major division when Bohemond says he won't leave Antioch and march on Jerusalem. Then news arrives that the powerful Fatimid Caliphate is intent on holding Jerusalem against them. The First Crusade enters its most desperate phase.

Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you can download a free copy of The Byzantine World War, my book that describes the origins of the First Crusade.

The NewsWorthy - Special Edition: Broadway Star Ali Stroker on ADA’s 30th Anniversary

Today's "Special Edition Saturday" interview features history-making Broadway star Ali Stroker. She shares what the 30th anniversary of the landmark civil rights legislation, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), means to her.

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The Gist - Lone Star Lunacy

On the Gist, losing all the stuff.

In the interview, Mike heads to the Lone Star State to speak with Scott Braddock, editor and Texan political analyst at the Quorum Report. Braddock is also host of Texas Take, a podcast from the Houston Chronicle. They dissect Gov. Abbott’s coronavirus response, his backtracking, and why he paused the state’s reopening. And they get into how the state isn’t as securely Republican as many think it is.

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