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The news to know for Friday, August 7th, 2020! We're covering: President Trump's formal action that could effectively ban WeChat and TikTok what could save them both why the New York attorney general is gunning for the NRA how the influential gun-rights organization is fighting back how many NFL players are opting out this season why hundreds of thousands of people are getting together in South Dakota the iconic movie from the '90s getting a reboot Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes! Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today. This episode is brought to you by CastleGrade - use discount code NEWS Become a NewsWorthy INSIDER! Learn more at www.TheNewsWorthy.com/insider Sources: Trump Bans ByteDance Business: NBC News, The Verge, WaPo, USA Today U.S. Lifts Global Travel Advisory: CNN, AP, Reuters, USA Today How the U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak Compares: NPR, Newsweek, CNN, Johns Hopkins WHO Chief on "Vaccine Nationalism": NBC News, Al Jazeera, Reuters NY AG Aims to Dissolve NRA: NY Times, NBC News, FOX News, Reuters, AP NOAA Hurricane Season Outlook: NY Times, CNN, Axios, WaPo 66 Players Opt Out of NFL Season: AP, ESPN, CBS Sports Sturgis Rally Begins: CNN, NY Times, WaPo, Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Twitter Labels Government Accounts: Engadget, BBC USA Today, Twitter 'E! News' Canceled: CNN, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Instagram 'A League of Their Own' Reboot: Variety, Bustle 'Mulan' Skips Theaters: Vox, WSJ Feel Good Friday - 96-Year Old Graduates: Reuters, NY Times, People

The news to know for Thursday, August 6th, 2020! What to know today about: the aftermath of the Beirut explosion and the international effort to help the city how the world is looking back on the Hiroshima bombing 75 years later new controversy and confusion surrounding mail-in voting which state is the first to roll out Apple and Google's contact tracing technology Instagram's version of Tiktok All that and more in just 10 minutes! Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about our guest or any of the stories mentioned. This episode is brought to you by www.Blinkist.com/news. Thanks to The NewsWorthy Insiders! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Sources: Beirut Explosion Investigation: AP, ABC News, WSJ, CBS News 75 Years Since Hiroshima: WaPo, USA Today, NY Times, AP New Chicago Schools Reopening Plan: Chicago Tribune, CNN, Reuters, WSJ High School Sports Status: CBS Sports, NFHS UConn Cancels Football: AP, ESPN, NY Times, Axios, UConn COVID-19 Outbreaks: Johns Hopkins, NBC News, CBS News Trump/RNC Sue Nevada: CNN, CBS News, AP, The Hill Trump Encourages Florida Mail-in Voting: AP, NBC News, CBS News, Trump Tweet Virginia Rolls out Pandemic App: AP, Engadget, Reuters, Axios Instagram Reels Launches: The Verge, NYT, WSJ, Instagram Samsung Unveils New Phones: Reuters, Engadget, AP PGA Championship Begins: CBS Sports, ESPN, CNN Thing to Know Thursday: Antibodies: Dictionary.com, Science Alert, Live Science, CDC

The news to know for Wednesday, August 5th, 2020! We'll tell you about: a deadly explosion in the Middle East new promising COVID-19 research which sports leagues seem to be doing better than others & why a big change to the 2020 Census count what now rivals Apple's AirDrop who is offering a flight to nowhere Those stories and more in just 10 minutes! Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below... This episode is brought to you by www.Blinkist.com/news. Thanks to The NewsWorthy INSIDERS for your support! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Sources: Deadly Beirut Explosion: AP, CBS News, Reuters, NBC News, How to Help Isaias Damage, Deaths: AP, USA Today, ABC News, Axios, CBS News, National Hurricane Center U.S. Coronavirus Death Toll: Johns Hopkins Another Vaccine Shows Promising Results: CNN, CNBC, Stat Convalescent Plasma Study: WSJ, WaPo US Census Schedule Cut: AP, NBC News, ABC News, NY Times, Fill Out Census Millennials, Younger Now U.S. Majority: CNN, AP, Brookings Android Version of Airdrop: Engadget, CNBC, Google NHL Success: NBC Sports, ESPN, CNN, CBS Sports, DraftKings, NYMag Taiwan's Flight to Nowhere: CNN, Travel + Leisure, STAT News Work Wednesday: Virtual Internships: Reuters

The news to know for Tuesday, August 4th, 2020! We have updates about: Hurricane Isaias: where it made landfall and where it's expected to go next President Trump's TikTok ultimatum: meet one condition or be banned in the U.S. Boeing's new plan to get troubled jets back in the air the pro sports league Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson just purchased what you can now buy from the failed Fyre Festival Those stories and more in just 10 minutes! Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below... This episode is brought to you by www.Blinkist.com/news. Thanks to The NewsWorthy INSIDERS for your support! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Sources: Latest on Hurricane Isaias: AP, USA Today, CBS News, Axios Teachers Protest Reopenings: Reuters, Al Jazeera, NPR, NJ.com, NY Times COVID-19 Status, Lockdown Debate: Johns Hopkins, WaPo, Reuters, CNBC Trump Fraud Investigation: NY Times, Reuters, AP Trump on TikTok Sale: CNN, NY Times, Reuters, WSJ Boeing 737 Max Jets Next Steps: Bloomberg, WSJ, NY Times Google Unveils 5G Phones: Reuters, The Verge, Business Insider, Axios XFL Sold: CNN, Axios, AP, CBS Sports Fyre Festival Merch Auction: CNN, The Verge, AP, Auction Trivia Tuesday: National Geographic, Visit Scotland

The news to know for Monday, August 3rd, 2020! What to know about: TikTok's potential future: the latest on the president's threat to ban it and Microsoft's plan to buy it an ongoing wildfire in California and a tropical storm on the Atlantic coast another COVID-19 outbreak in pro sports NASA astronauts' historic and dramatic return to Earth the arrest over the largest Twitter breach in history Those stories and more in just 10 minutes! Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today. This episode is brought to you by www.Blinkist.com/news. Become a NewsWorthy INSIDER! Learn more at www.TheNewsWorthy.com/insider Sources: Tik Tok's American Future: NY Times, AP, CNBC, Axios, Microsoft COVID-19 Crisis: Johns Hopkins, WSJ, Reuters, CNN, Axios Relief Bill Negotiations: Politico, Reuters, WSJ, Axios, CNN Marine Search Called Off: CNN, NPR, FOX News, Marines Tropical Storm Isaias Update: AP, Axios, CBS News, Reuters Wildfire in Southern California: LA Times, NBC News, ABC News, Twitter U.S. Astronauts Return to Earth: USA Today, Axios, AP Teen Charged in Twitter Hack: USA Today, The Verge, Engadget Changes Coming to MLB Protocols: WSJ, CBS Sports, ESPN Outbreak Hits 2nd MLB Team: CBS Sports, Sports Illustrated, Tweet NFL Head Coach Tests Positive: CNN, ESPN Google IDing Black-Owned Businesses: Engadget, The Verge, Android Police, Google Libraries Become Popular Amid Pandemic: Axios, NPR, KQED Monday Monday - Big Tech Surge Amid Pandemic: AP, Reuters, WSJ

Today's "Special Edition Saturday" interview features space journalist and author Elizabeth Howell. She shares what NASA's fifth and most sophisticated Mars rover (just launched!) will be doing, and what role it plays in the bigger goal of sending humans to live on the red planet... Be sure to tune-in each weekday for our regular episodes to get quick, unbiased news roundups in 10 minutes! View show transcripts here.

The news to know for Friday, July 31st, 2020! We're covering: the nation's fastest economic crash on record where negotiations stand on the next relief bill why the president floated the idea to delay Election Day & whether it could become a reality a new way to get Lyft rides new rules for college athletes' uniforms a new person featured on the 'O' Magazine: why, for the first time, it won't be Oprah Winfrey Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes! Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com or see sources below to read more about any of the stories mentioned today. This episode is brought to you by LiquidIV.com - use code NEWSWORTHY and www.MagicSpoon.com/newsworthy Become a NewsWorthy INSIDER! Learn more at www.TheNewsWorthy.com/insider Vote for The NewsWorthy in the People's Choice Podcast Awards in the month of July! Thank you for your support! Go to PodcastAwards.com, enter your email and choose 'The NewsWorthy' in two categories: 1- People's Choice 2- Politics & News Sources: GDP Record Plunge: NBC News, WSJ, NY Times, AP, Reuters Next Relief Bill Negotiations: AP, Reuters, Axios, CNBC Coronavirus Outbreak Spreading: Johns Hopkins, Reuters, ABC News, WaPo Herman Cain Dies from Covid-19: NY Times, Fox News, AP, Herman Cain, Trump Tweet Trump Floats Delaying Election: ABC News, Reuters, Axios, NPR, Trump Tweet No Charges for Officer in Brown Death: AP, NBC News, ABC News, St. Louis Dispatch Hurricane Isaias Path & Flooding: AP, ABC News, FOX News, Weather Channel Lyft Expanding Rental Car Business: Reuters, TechCrunch, CNN, Lyft NCAA New Social Justice Rules: Fox News, ESPN, CBS Sports, NCAA Breonna Taylor on the Cover of 'O' Magazine: USA Today, NBC News, CBS News, O Mag MTV VMA Nominations: AP, CNN, Billboard Feel Good Friday: The Upside Podcast

The news to know for Thursday, July 30th, 2020! What to know today about: red and green zones in the U.S. the deal that has federal agents packing up to leave Portland which presidents will, and won't, be at the funeral of civil rights icon John Lewis what big tech CEOs said under oath this week the return of pro-basketball in "the bubble" who is topping the charts and breaking records All that and more in just 10 minutes! Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes to read more about our guest or any of the stories mentioned. This episode is brought to you by LiquidIV.com - use code NEWSWORTHY Thanks to The NewsWorthy Insiders! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Vote for The NewsWorthy in the People's Choice Podcast Awards in the month of July! Thank you for your support! Go to PodcastAwards.com, enter your email and choose 'The NewsWorthy' in two categories: 1- People's Choice 2- Politics & News Sources: 'Red Zone' Grows to 21 States: NY Times, CBS News, ABC News New U.S. Death Records: The Hill, Newsweek, Reuters, Johns Hopkins Federal Agents Leaving Portland: WSJ, NY Times, AP, Reuters, Gov. Brown, DHS Sec. Wolf Agents go to More Cities: USA Today, Axios, Justice Dept. Big Tech Hearing: AP, WSJ, Axios, USA Today, Full Hearing John Lewis Funeral Today: AJC, USA Today, FOX News, NBC News Mars Rover Launch: Space.com, USA Today, CBS News, Launchpad Live View, NASA Live Coverage Eid al-Adha Begins: Al Jazeera, CNN, Al Jazeera 2 NBA Returns: AP, CBS Sports, NY Times Lollapalooza on YouTube: The Verge, Billboard, Rolling Stone, Lollapalooza Drake Breaks Billboard Record: CNN, Billboard, BBC Thing to Know Thursday: Furloughs and Layoffs: WSJ, Dictionary

The news to know for Wednesday, July 29th, 2020! We'll tell you about: which states health officials think could be the next COVID-19 hot spots what to expect from the top four leaders of 'Big Tech' as they testify in front of Congress today how the U.S. Attorney General handled tough questions from lawmakers why there's controversy about the black and white photos trending on social media what to do if you get 'mystery seeds' in the mail all the Emmy nominations, including which platform broke a record Those stories and more in just 10 minutes! Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you. Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below... This episode is brought to you by LiquidIV.com - use code NEWSWORTHY and by CastleGrade - use discount code NEWS Thanks to The NewsWorthy INSIDERS for your support! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Vote for The NewsWorthy in the People's Choice Podcast Awards in the month of July! Thank you for your support! Go to PodcastAwards.com, enter your email and choose 'The NewsWorthy' in two categories: 1- People's Choice 2- Politics & News Sources: U.S. Outbreaks Status: Johns Hopkins, Reuters, NBC News Kodak Shifts to Drug Production: WSJ, FOX Business, NPR Russia Spreading COVID Disinformation: AP, NY Times, Al Jazeera Big Tech to Testify: NY Times, Politico, Reuters, CBS News AG Barr Hearing: WSJ, CBS News, AP, Reuters, ABC News Americans Receive Mystery Seeds: WSJ, CBS News, Fox News Netflix Breaks Emmy Nom Record: NY Times, CNBC, AP Universal AMC Deal: TechCrunch, CNBC, The Verge, Reuters Women Posting Black and White Selfies: CNN, NY Times, Forbes, Today Influencers Paid to Use Instagram Reels: WSJ, Forbes Work Wednesday: Business Travel Outlook: NY Times, Bloomberg, Axios

The news to know for Tuesday, July 28th, 2020! We have updates about: the latest progress in the race for a coronavirus vaccine what's included in the new GOP relief bill who from President Trump's inner circle tested positive for COVID-19 why the Major League Baseball season is already in jeopardy, just four days in which big tech company expanded its work-from-home policy another new popular hobby: what Americans are buying up Those stories and more in just 10 minutes! Head to www.TheNewsWorthy.com under the section titled 'Episodes' to read more about any of the stories mentioned or see sources below... This episode is brought to you by LiquidIV.com. Use code NEWSWORTHY at checkout. Thanks to The NewsWorthy INSIDERS for your support! Become one here: www.theNewsWorthy.com/insider Vote for The NewsWorthy in the People's Choice Podcast Awards in the month of July! Thank you for your support! Go to PodcastAwards.com, enter your email and choose 'The NewsWorthy' in two categories: 1- People's Choice 2- Politics & News Sources: WHO: "Most Severe Emergency" Ever: BBC, The Hill, WHO U.S. COVID Deaths Rise: Johns Hopkins, Reuters, Axios National Security Adviser Gets COVID: Bloomberg, Politico, AP, Axios Moderna Trial Enters Final-Stage Testing: WSJ, CNN, NY Times, Reuters Republicans Release Stimulus Proposal: WSJ, Axios, WaPo, AP More Federal Agents to Portland: WaPo, FOX News, Reuters, NPR Hajj Pilgrimage Begins: AP, Al Jazeera, National Geographic Miami Marlins Outbreak: USA Today, CBS News, NBC News Google Employees WFH into Next Summer: TechCrunch, CBS News, NBC News Surge in Boat Sales: AP, Fortune, Fox Business Fauci's Baseball Card a Bestseller: CNN, USA Today, Sports Illustrated