The Daily Dive

This NFL off-season has the potential to be one of the wildest ones yet. There are a lot of veteran quarterbacks who might be available in free agency and it could cause a scramble for those who play the most important position in the game. But the one player who everyone has their eyes on… is Tom Brady. If he leaves the Patriots, that scramble will be intense. For more on all the talk you’ll be h...

The outbreak of COVID-19, the coronavirus, is dominating the headlines everyday as more cases pop up around the world. In order to keep you updated on what to know we are going to do regular updates on what’s important. In the United Stated we have at least 100 confirmed cases and 6 deaths. My producer Victor Wright joins me to discuss the latest and why you need to stop buying face masks. Next, S...

A woman in Georgia is crying foul saying that police detectives lied to her in order to obtain her DNA. Police then used that DNA and the relatively new investigative genetic genealogy technique to match her son to a cold case murder. Asking innocent people to voluntarily provide their DNA is known as “target testing” and when this case goes to trial in June, it could be the first to explore how p...

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Netflix has another hit in its hands with the reality dating show Love is Blind . The premise is that people will connect emotionally with each other by sitting in secluded pods and talking with one another without ever seeing each other. They fall in love on a deeper level and get engaged within a matter of days. The rest of the show is a test if their love can last in the real world, leading to...

It is being called the Noah’s Ark of citrus, The Givaudan Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside in California and it has over 1,000 different citrus specimens. But one thing that could destroy it all, is the bacterial infection known as citrus greening which kills trees and produces inedible fruit. Citrus greening has caused over $2 billion in losses in Florida and worries are that it could al...

The Hot Pocket heiress Michelle Janavs was sentenced earlier this week to five months in prison for her role in the college admissions cheating scandal. She spent $300,000 to help her two daughters cheat on exams and secure admission for one of them to USC. While parents are pleading guilty and not-guilty, what is happening to the students wrapped up in this scandal? None of them have been charged...

Amazon has taken its "Go" technology used in its small convenience stores and opened up a large cashierless grocery store. As you walk into the store you scan in with your Amazon app, shop for anything you want, and simply walk out. You will be charged automatically for everything you took. Amazon hopes that the new grocery store will demonstrate how well the new technology works so that it can se...

In 2016, nearly 100 million eligible Americans did not cast a vote for president. These are the non-voters, a huge number of voters that could be influential if they mobilized, but they choose not to. The Knight Foundation has now released the results of “The 100 Million Project,” the largest survey of chronic non-voters. In a nutshell, these people are less white, less educated, poorer, younger,...

Are you ready for that dream job? NASA is hiring new astronauts for its Artemis moon mission program. NASA wants the first person to reach the South Pole of the moon to be a woman and applications open on March 2. The mission here is to see what it would be like to work in space and set up a moon base, which would be a precursor to making our way to Mars. It is a tough lift however to be an astron...

Harvey Weinstein has been found guilty in his sexual assault trial in New York on two charges, but acquitted on three others including some of the more serious charges of being a sexual predator. The next phase is sentencing which will happen on March 11 where he faces a possible sentence of 5-25 years. Shayna Jacobs, courts reporter at the Washington Post, joins us for the verdicts and also how i...

Popular Science has compiled a list of seven mysterious sounds that science has yet to solve. Everything from odd cannon-like sounds near upstate New York’s Seneca Lake, to weird radio transmissions coming from Russia, to singing sand in the desert, which could be a result of grains of sand rolling down the dunes. To go through some of these unknown audio mysteries, we speak to Rachel Feltman, art...

After winning by a wide margin in the Nevada Caucuses, Bernie Sanders has cemented his frontrunner status in the Democratic nominating process so far. The fight moves on to South Carolina and Super Tuesday, but in the meantime, establishment Democrats are nervous that Sanders may be too far to the left and could not defeat President Trump in a general election. Ginger Gibson, political reporter fo...

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You see it happening all over the place, plastic bag bans at super markets and plastic straw bans at bars and restaurants. While it can be an inconvenience for some, many say that it is worth it to help save the environment. But what if it is actually just a waste of money and harmful to the environment in other ways? We wanted to offer you another viewpoint on this discussion and speak to John Ti...

Roger Stone, sentenced to 40 months in prison for crimes that include obstruction of justice, lying to Congress, and witness tampering, but the big question is whether he will serve all that time. Looming over the whole case is whether the President will get involved. He has said that Stone “has a very good chance of exoneration.” Ursula Perano, reporter at Axios, joins us for the sentencing detai...

As the coronavirus infects more and more people, scientists are constantly asking the question: How is the coronavirus actually killing people? Although there are some hypotheses, there is still no one, clear explanation. My producer, Victor Wright, joins us for more on this story. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Meth is back, and it is uglier than ever. While the opioid crisis has had its grip on the country for some time now, on the streets of Ohio and Kentucky meth is making a resurgence because of the cheap price, increased purity, and opioid users looking for alternatives. And while communities grapple with how to treat these epidemics, we still must treat the underlying problem of addiction. Terry De...

There is a facial recognition app called Clearview AI, which law enforcement agencies across the country are using to identify suspects or victims. The crazy part about it is how the app works. It scrubs the internet and sites like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Venmo for pictures that the app can then use to match against photos submitted to the app. In Florida, the Tampa Bay Times, has found ab...

President Trump on Tuesday handed out a slew of pardons and commutations ranging from former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to former San Francisco 49ers owner Edwards DeBartolo. Specifically with the former governor, he was sentenced to 14 years for corruption charges including trying to sell an appointment to Barack Obama’s old senate seat in exchange for campaign contributions. He served a l...

Arby's has started a turf war with McDonald's over fish sandwiches ahead of the Lent season. Arby's is running a series of ads and also taking to social media to get people to question the Filet-O-Fish and and try their new Fish 'N Cheddar Sandwich. It will be a tough lift to dethrone the popularity of McDonald's Filet-O-fish, but after the chicken sandwich wars of last year, it could be anyone's...

The Department of Justice has been tossed into turmoil once again after Attorney General Bill Barr changed sentencing recommendations for Trump ally Roger Stone and after Barr gave an interview to ABC news saying that President Trump’s constant tweets make it impossible for him to run the DOJ properly. Now, over 1,100 former DOJ officials are calling on Barr to resign. Ginger Gibson, political rep...

Today we have a true crime story and a yearlong police sting that failed completely. Police used what’s called a Mr. Big sting. It is one of the most controversial tactics used by police that it has been banned in many countries. The way it works is one undercover officer befriends the suspect and lures the suspect into committing increasingly serious crimes. At this point the officer introduces t...