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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 05/21

Computer outage causes long lines at airports across the country. Celebrating the Mideast cease fire. A kidnapping attempt foiled by slime. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.

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The Intelligence from The Economist - The dust settles: ceasefire in Gaza

After 11 days of fierce fighting, Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire beginning in the early hours of Friday morning. But will the quiet last? In July, China’s Communist Party will celebrate its centenary. But that requires airbrushing much of its history. And, we look back at the life of Asfaw Yemiru, an Ethiopian educator who transformed the lives of more than 120,000 children. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer
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Everything Everywhere Daily - Scurvy

When Europeans began sailing the high seas on extended voyages, the most deadly thing they encountered wasn’t enemy navies, starvation, or even shipwrecks. It was a painful disease where your body would literally start falling apart and it killed more than 2,000,000 sailors between the voyage of Columbus to the middle of the 19th century. Learn more about scurvy and how it was eventually conquered on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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The NewsWorthy - Ceasefire Deal, Jobless Claims Drop & Princess Diana Deceived- Friday, May 21st, 2021

The news to know for Friday, May 21st, 2021!

What to know about a now-approved ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas and the U.S. response to it.

Also, an encouraging sign for the U.S. economy: new unemployment claims dropped to a pandemic low.

Plus, what to expect from this year's hurricane season, why the BBC is apologizing to the late Princess Diana, and a sequel is coming to a cult classic from the 1990s.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Israel and Hamas Ceasefire: NY Times, WSJ, AP, NPR, NBC News

Biden Signs Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill: NPR, Reuters, ABC News, Fox News

New Jobless Claims Hit Pandemic Low: WSJ, CNBC, AP, WaPo, Labor Dept.

NOAA Hurricane Season Prediction: WaPo, NY Times, NPR, NOAA

BBC Apologizes for Princess Diana Interview: BBC, Guardian, WaPo, Fox News

Princes Harry and William Respond to BBC Investigation: NBC News, Variety, ABC News

Proposal for Reporting Large Crypto Transfers: CNET, Bloomberg, WSJ, Reuters, Treasury Dept.

Facebook’s “Live Shopping Fridays”: TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, WWD, Facebook

NBA Playoffs Start Saturday: CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, NBA

Hocus Pocus 2: Variety, CNN, Deadline, USA Today

Feel Good Friday: Girl Scouts Turn Bottle Caps into Park Benches: Daily Herald, The Week

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The Daily Signal - Israeli Explains What Life Is Like in Her Country Right Now

Yael Eckstein and her family, who live in Israel, have heard rockets explode day and night for nearly two weeks. 

Eckstein, who leads the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, lives near Jerusalem with her husband and four children. She says the most recent Hamas-Israel conflict has affected her family, and all of Israel, in a deeply personal way. 

“In the past 10 days, we have been living in our bomb shelters," Eckstein says, adding: “Just today alone, for an hour straight, there were just rocket barrages on Israeli cities.” 

As president and CEO of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, Eckstein oversees a team that is providing humanitarian aid to Israelis. The organization has set up mobile bomb shelters across the country. 

Eckstein joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to explain what life is like in Israel now and what America and the world should know about the conflict with Hamas. 


*Please note that the interview with Eckstein was recorded before Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire.


We also cover these stories: 

  • The House of Representatives passes a $1.9 billion bill to improve security at the Capitol in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot. 
  • Nearly half of the states reject "enhanced" federal unemployment benefits in an effort to encourage their residents to return to work. 
  • Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, signs into law a measure preventing school officials from forcing students and staff to wear any type of mask or face covering while in school.

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Opening Arguments - OA492: Court Locks Mississippi Citizens Out of Amending Their Own Constitution

This is not a misleading clickbait headline, this is literally what happened. Mississippi citizens passed a medical marijuana amendment and textualist conservative judges overruled it with a reading of the law so asinine that it rendered constitutional amendments by citizens impossible going forward. You have to hear the breakdown to even believe it. In the second segment, Andrew delivers some more real bad news out of the US Supreme Court. You likely heard about the abortion case, but Edwards v. Vannoy is a decision you didn't hear about that does not bode well.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - How Single-Parent Families Navigate Additional Pandemic Challenges

There’s not another country in the world with more kids living in single-parent households than in the U.S. And for a lot of those families, the pandemic has been especially challenging. Reset brings on a researcher — and opens the phones to listeners — to learn more about how the pandemic is overloading single-parent households and what can be done to support these families. For more Reset interviews, subscribe to this podcast. And please give us a rating, it helps other listeners find us. For more about Reset, go to wbez.org and follow us on Twitter @WBEZReset
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Pod Save America - “Capitol-storming police-haters.”

Republican leaders reject a bipartisan commission created to investigate their own attempted murder on 1/6, Democrats finish a new analysis of why they nearly lost the House in 2020, and NYU Law Professor Melissa Murray talks to Jon Favreau about the news that New York State has launched a criminal investigation into the Trump organization, as well as what’s ahead for the Supreme Court.




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Consider This from NPR - The CDC’s Mask Guidance Created Confusion. Could It Also Boost Vaccinations?

A week ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new guidance that vaccinated people can safely return to most activities without wearing a mask. But the announcement caught many local officials and business leaders off guard. One of them was Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas.

NPR's Andrea Hsu reports on the confusion among businesses, which now have to decide what to do on their own.

NPR's Yuki Noguchi interviewed behavioral scientists about whether the new guidance may encourage more people to get vaccinated.

Additional reporting in this episode came from NPR's Allison Aubrey and Pien Huang.

Read more about what the new CDC guidance means for unvaccinated kids — and their parents.

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