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CNN explains origins of the deadly new conflict in Sudan. Next-generation treatments can be complicated to test and administer. The Wall Street Journal reports on the race to get doctors trained on the medicines of the future. Last night the lights went down on Broadway’s ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ for the final time. The Wall Street Journal profiles the guy who flipped the switc...

A landmark defamation trial against Fox News begins next week. Legal observers say the outcome could have a big impact on libel laws. Brian Stelter discusses the implications with Shumita Basu on this week’s Apple News In Conversation .   Federal authorities arrested Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guard member, in connection with a leak of highly classified U.S. intelligence...

New vehicle-pollution rules proposed by the EPA would require two-thirds of cars on the market to be EVs by 2032. Vox looks at what’s in the plan and its prospects for implementation. NPR reports on its decision to cease posting to Twitter after the social-media platform labeled it first “state-affiliated media,” then “government-funded media.” The BBC asks Twitter CE...

Images of what appear to be highly classified U.S. intelligence documents recently turned up on a social platform popular with gamers. The Wall Street Journal has more about the Pentagon team looking into the apparent leak and the fallout. The Journal also has the biggest questions and takeaways from the incident.   The SIG Sauer P320 is one of America’s most popular handguns. The Trace...

The Army is increasingly allowing service members who face criminal charges for violent crimes to circumvent trial by being discharged from the military. ProPublica investigates.   In recent layoffs, some employees were affected while on parental or medical leave. NPR spoke to a few. Makers of fortune cookies are debating whether artificial intelligence has a role in their industry. The Wall...

ChatGPT invented a sexual-harassment scandal and named a real law professor as the accused. Who’s at fault? The Washington Post investigates.   Home prices in the West are falling as prices in the East boom. The Wall Street Journal takes a closer look this unusual pattern. Bloomberg looks at how one man figured out a winning strategy for a seemingly unbeatable casino game: roulette.

A ProPublica investigation finds that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas accepted extensive gifts from a billionaire Republican donor, without reporting them. Johnson & Johnson offered $8.9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging that talc in its baby powder and other products caused cancer. Reuters has the story. New York magazine looks into LED bulbs.

Earlier this year, a woman named Lindsay Clancy was charged with the murder of her three children — who were 5 years, 3 years, and 7 months old. Though Clancy never formally received a PMAD diagnosis, her story has ignited conversations about postpartum care in the United States. Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu spoke with New Yorker editor Jessica Winter about the mental-health...

Bloomberg reports on how oil prices have risen this week after producers made a surprise cut to output. America has too much parking. Really. The Wall Street Journal explains. When did people start brushing dogs’ teeth? The Atlantic has the answer.

Politico breaks down the new revelations and key questions from the Trump indictment document. Trump may be the first former U.S. president to face criminal charges, but it’s a different story on the global stage. NPR explains. The Tennessean reports on how debate over guns is heating up in the state following the deadly school shooting in Nashville. The Wall Street Journal has key developme...

The Wall Street Journal has coverage tracking the history of the hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels and the lead-up to Trump’s indictment and appearance in court today. NPR explains why today’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race matters nationally. CBS Sports has everything to know about UConn’s dominant run to a fifth men’s NCAA title. Meanwhile, ESPN reports on how the women&...

Political strategists talk to Vox about how Trump’s indictment could affect the 2024 presidential campaign. The Washington Post reports that the Justice Department has new evidence pointing to possible Trump obstruction in the Mar-a-Lago classified-documents investigation. There’s a lot of focus on the safety of transporting hazardous materials by train. But, researchers argue in Scien...

The Wall Street Journal has key details on the grand-jury indictment of Donald Trump, which marks the first time a former president has faced criminal charges. Americans in multiple states are at risk of dangerous thunderstorms today. USA Today explains why tornadoes are a near certainty. Gwyneth Paltrow won a ski-collision court case that got international attention. CNN has the story. NPR report...

More than 38 million people live in poverty in the United States, one of the world’s richest countries. In a new book, Poverty, by America , sociologist and writer Matthew Desmond sets out to figure out why. In an interview with Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu, Desmond lays out the ways that so many of us benefit from a system that keeps people poor, and he offers concrete actio...

The Washington Post explains how the AR-15 came to dominate the American gun marketplace and loom so large in the national psyche. The Markup reveals data showing that poorer states are suffering under changed organ-donation rules, as many livers go to waste. The Ringer has the forgotten history of baseball’s pitch clock.

The Washington Post has a graphic look at how the AR-15 does so much damage to the human body. USA Today reports on the fire that killed dozens of people at a Mexican migration facility on the U.S. border on Monday. PBS looks at the risks student-athletes are facing as legal sports betting booms.

Vox explains why mass shootings like the one in Nashville keep happening in America. NPR unpacks Israel’s political and judicial crisis. CNBC  has the story of how Lebanon found itself in two time zones due to a clash over daylight saving. Companies are posting jobs they have no intention of filling. The Wall Street Journal details why.

A massive tornado on Friday killed at least 25 in Mississippi. NBC News has the latest. First Citizens acquired much of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, the Wall Street Journal reports. CNN has the story on protests that are erupting across Israel as pushback continues against a planned judicial overhaul. A Nebraska state senator vowed to filibuster every bill for the rest of the legislative sessio...

It’s Friday, March 23. On today’s show:   The U.S. carried out a series of airstrikes in Syria on Thursday night against Iran-aligned groups. Reuters explains more. Israeli parliament passed a controversial law protecting the prime minister, according to CNN . The U.S. and Canada reached a new immigration deal. The Los Angeles Times has details. Members of Congress grilled the CEO...

It’s Thursday, March 23. On today’s show:   A Trump lawyer was ordered to hand over notes in the Mar-a-Lago documents inquiry. The Guardian has more.   Southern California was hit by a tornado as the state’s severe weather continues. The Los Angeles Times has the story.   Reuters reports on the U.N.’s first conference on global water security in almost 50 yea...

It’s Wednesday, March 22. On today’s show:   The Federal Reserve will announce its next move on interest rates today. The Wall Street Journal explains why this will be its toughest call yet. And Bloomberg looks at two possible actions Chair Jerome Powell could take.   The Guardian explains why the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Putin over the reloca...

It’s Tuesday, March 21, 2023. On today’s show:   Biden signed a bill ordering the director of national intelligence to declassify   information related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as a potential origin of COVID-19 within 90 days. USA Today has more.   Meanwhile, the Atlantic details the strongest evidence yet that an animal started the pandemic.   U.S.-led fo...

Time looks at what happens next if Trump is indicted.   China’s Xi and Russia’s Putin are set to meet. The Washington Post previews the high-profile summit. Xi may also talk to Ukraine’s Zelenskyy at a later date, the Wall Street Journal reports. NPR reports that Swiss officials brokered a last-minute emergency takeover of the troubled bank Credit Suisse by rival UBS.  ...

The Trace , a newsroom dedicated to covering gun violence, tries to pin down the number of guns in the United States. The biggest banks in the U.S. swooped in to rescue First Republic Bank with a flood of cash totaling $30 billion, the Wall Street Journal explains.   The French government has been forced to push through unpopular pension reforms, amid weeks of protests. BBC has more. USA Toda...

In 2016, U.S. government officials began reporting a mysterious set of symptoms. They first appeared in Havana, but then showed up in other countries around the world. For Vice World News , reporters Adam Entous and Jon Lee Anderson explain everything they’ve learned about what’s now commonly called Havana syndrome, and why the U.S. still can’t explain what causes it. O...