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  • Former Nickelodeon stars discuss abuse allegations

    A new documentary details allegations of abuse at Nickelodeon during the channel’s golden years. Vulture reports.

    Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Wolfe explains why cooling inflation is failing to lift the national economic mood.

    Some Americans panic-bought bidets during the pandemic due to toilet-paper shortages. The Washington Post finds that many are now serious bidet enthusiasts.

    Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Gideon Resnick.

    11 min
  • How third-party candidates might upend the presidential race

    Democrats are preparing to go to war against third-party candidates in the presidential election, NBC News reports. Apple News editor Gideon Resnick walks us through how an outside candidate could upend the race.

    Some of the L.A. Dodgers’ most expensive players will make their debuts as the team begins its MLB season. The Athletic previews its opening game.

    Chocolate companies say they may need to raise prices due to a surge in the cost of cocoa. ABC News has details.

    Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

    13 min
  • The police officers accused of child sexual abuse

    A New Orleans police officer sexually abused a teenage girl he met on the job. He is one of hundreds of officers arrested for child sexual abuse over the past two decades. Washington Post reporter Jessica Contrera talks about investigating allegations against law enforcement.

    The SAT exam is now an hour shorter and completely digital. NBC News has more.

    The Wall Street Journal remembers Shigeichi Negishi, the inventor of the karaoke machine, who’s died at 100.

    Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

    10 min
  • What to know about the death of a Boeing whistleblower

    The Washington Post explores how the death of a Boeing whistleblower has compounded existing problems at the company. Reporter Ian Duncan spoke with Apple News Today.

    Politico examines the U.S.’s changing relationship with Israel, after Sen. Chuck Schumer called for new elections there.

    Disinformation is becoming a bigger problem as tools to create and share it get better. Legal analyst Barbara McQuade explains what to watch out for on this week’s Apple News In Conversation.

    Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan. 

    13 min
  • Biden vowed to cut drug prices. Big Pharma is fighting back.

    The Washington Post reports on how Big Pharma is fighting Biden’s program to lower prescription-drug costs for seniors. 

    In the New Yorker, one writer examines what it means to fast for Ramadan while Gaza goes hungry. 

    Vox asks: What’s a Saturn return — and why are so many popular musicians singing about it?

    Today’s episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan. 

    11 min
  • The U.S. bill giving TikTok an ultimatum

    The Washington Post reports on a bill racing toward passage in the House that would require TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company to sell or risk a U.S. ban. 

    Under pressure from the U.S. and Caribbean governments, Haiti’s embattled prime minister announced he will resign. The Miami Herald explains why.

    New York magazine examines what the online response to the withdrawn Kate Middleton family photo says about the royals and us.

    Today's episode was guest-hosted by Yasmeen Khan.

    14 min
  • The struggle to reunite families separated under Trump

    At least 5,000 families were forcibly separated during the Trump administration. The work of reunifying them is painfully incomplete. New York magazine reports.

    The sons of late author Gabriel García Márquez just published his last novel against his wishes. NPR speaks with one of them to find out why.

    The global gender gap is far bigger than previously thought, a World Bank study found. The Guardian has the details. 

    12 min
  • Netanyahu’s plan to invade Rafah: “We’re not going to leave”

    Israeli prime minister Netanyahu, speaking to Politico, says he intends to press ahead with a planned invasion of the Gaza city of Rafah, despite Biden’s warning that it would cross a “red line.”

    Babies are dying of syphilis in the U.S. It’s 100% preventable. ProPublica investigates. 

    New York magazine has the highs, lows, and “whoas” of the 2024 Oscars. 

    13 min
  • What to know about last night’s State of the Union address

    Biden defended his administration and took on Trump in his address in last night’s State of the Union. NBC News has the key moments. 

    The Wall Street Journal reports on how Israel’s war cabinet is at war with itself. 

    The first of the former president’s four criminal trials is coming up at the end of March. There’s a lot to keep track of — so Apple News In Conversation has a primer.

    CNN goes behind the unusual approach to the filming of ‘Io Capitano,’ nominated for the Best International Feature Oscar. The lead actors weren’t told how it would end. And the Wall Street Journal looks at how ‘Godzilla Minus One’ reimagined its famous monster — and snagged an Oscar nod for Best Visual Effects.

    12 min
  • Wildfires have devastated Texas’s cattle industry

    The Wall Street Journal previews Biden’s State of the Union address. 

    CNN reports from Texas about how wildfires have devastated the state’s cattle-farming industry. 

    NBC News speaks with the 29-year-old who just became the first American woman to race nonstop around the world on her own.

    12 min

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