Daily Podcast (12.22.20)
WMMR's Preston & Steve Daily Podcast
93.3 WMMR
4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2020
⏱️ 183 minutes
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Summary
News (00:00:00)
Entertainment Report (00:10:25)
Christmas Miracle Round #1 (00:44:21)
Bizarre Files (01:14:39)
Christmas Miracle Round #2 (01:24:34)
Christmas Miracle Round #3 (01:52:27)
Bizarre Files (02:24:20)
Hollywood Trash & Music News (02:31:35)
Wrap Up (02:54:24)
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| 0:00.0 | 93-3-WMR Audio on Demand presents the Preston and Steve show podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | And now, Preston and Steve's news updates with Kathy Romano. |
| 0:13.0 | It is Thursday, December 22nd. |
| 0:15.8 | Good morning, Kathy. |
| 0:16.9 | Good morning in the news this morning. |
| 0:18.2 | A COVID-19 outbreak at an Amazon warehouse in Robbinsville, New Jersey, |
| 0:22.2 | has prompted the facility's closure until after the Christmas holiday. The facility known as PNE5 |
| 0:27.7 | closed its doors over the weekend after an increase in asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. The company is not |
| 0:33.4 | specifying the exact number of employees, however, an estimated 3,500 people work at the site. |
| 0:38.8 | Through the company's COVID-19 testing program, they noticed a spike in cases and decided to |
| 0:43.5 | proactively close the site until December 26th. The company also says it doesn't expect any holiday |
| 0:48.6 | shipping delays as a result of the closure. That's the first thing I thought of when I saw |
| 0:52.7 | this story. This is exactly why we built, we built the program to identify asymptomatic cases and ensure that we can take swift action to prevent spread. All employees will be paid for the shifts that they'll miss. An employee spokesperson said. Other Amazon operations will continue inside the industrial park. The neighboring fulfillment center on the other side of the property is still a busy hub for activity. |
| 1:15.3 | Many applauded the company's move to pay employees while they're on leave. |
| 1:18.5 | Others are happy to see health concerns being taken seriously, especially as the holiday approaches. |
| 1:24.3 | More than 70 cadets training at the U.S. Military Academy to be Army officers have been accused of cheating on a math exam taken online when they were studying remotely because of the coronavirus pandemic. |
| 1:34.2 | A spokesman for the Academy at West Point said Monday that 73 cadets were accused of cheating on the calculus exam in May after instructors noticed irregularities in answers. |
| 1:46.0 | All but one were freshmen in a class of 1,200. The other was a sophomore. The spokesman said the cadets are being held accountable for |
| 1:51.5 | breaking the code. After an investigation by an honors committee made up of trained cadets, |
| 1:56.4 | two cases were dropped for lack of evidence and four were dropped because the cadets resigned. |
| 2:00.3 | Of the remaining 67 cases, 55 cadets have admitted cheating and have been enrolled in a six-month |
| 2:06.7 | rehabilitation program focused on ethics. There will be a probation, they will be on probation |
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