The Supreme Court considers a Colorado case pitting free speech against gay rights. NC power station attacked. Donald Trump suggests terminating part of the Constitution. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
What to know about the final efforts from both political parties to get one more seat in the Senate, and what authorities are calling an intentional, criminal act that caused a mass power outage in one state.
Also, the signal protesters in Iran may have made a difference.
Plus, an update on Team USA at the World Cup, what the "Twitter Files" did and did not reveal, and the official color of 2023.
Those stories and more news to know in around 10 minutes!
Journalist and Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa thinks the world is facing a sort of World War III – especially as it relates to information. Her new book, How to Stand Up to a Dictator, details the relationship between trust, truth and democracy, and how social media's pull to inflammatory falsehoods can threaten that delicate balance. In this episode, she tells NPR's Scott Simon how the Philippines have become "a testing ground for attacks against America," and how investigative reporting on the matter is worth the risks it poses.
One of the most ubiquitous forms of payment today is credit cards. The odds are good that you have one, and most probably have one on your person right now.
But how did it come about that you could pay for something by just giving someone a piece of plastic and who exactly came up with this idea?
Learn more about credit cards, where they came from and how they work, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
It’s been called a “tripledemic," as in three viruses surging during a pandemic. Experts are keeping their eye on high levels of flu in more than half of the states, new variants of COVID-19, and a recent surge of RSV.
You’ll hear from data scientist Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, who you may know on social media as “Your Local Epidemiologist.” We’ll get into what the data shows about how effective the latest COVID boosters are, what she’s watching for as flu season ramps up, and her advice for balancing family and health this holiday season.
Then, I’m joined by Dr. Sara Vora, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. We’ll talk all about RSV, including what parents need to know and why the virus is causing such a problem this year.