Food Plants Hacked, Western Heatwave & BTS Breaks Records- Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, June 2nd, 2021!
We'll tell you about two new plans from the Biden administration: one to address the racial wealth gap, the other concerning new oil drilling. Both are already sparking some backlash.
Also, the latest major cyberattack. This one could affect the meat supply in the U.S.
Plus, where Americans are dealing with a dangerous heat wave, how a new drug could be a breakthrough in cancer treatment, and which popular boy band is breaking all kinds of records with a new single.
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
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Sources:
White House Plan to Narrow Racial Wealth Gap: NY Times, Politico, WSJ, White House
Arctic Refuge Oil Drilling Suspended: WSJ, NY Times, AP, WaPo, Interior Dept.
FL Bans Trans Athletes in Women's Sports: Orlando Sentinel, Politico, Axios, Fox News, Gov. DeSantis
Cyberattack Hits Beef Plants: Bloomberg, WSJ, WaPo, Reuters, BBC
Western U.S. Gets Excessive Heat: CBS News, Forbes, NY Times, NWS
Twitter's Weather Service: Axios, Engadget, Fortune, Tomorrow Weather Service
Cancer-Killing 'Trojan Horse' Drug Trial: ITV, Daily Mail, University of Edinburgh
Sam's Club & Costco Bring Back Samples: CNN, USA Today, Delish, Sam's Club
First Foreign Athletes Arrive in Japan: WSJ, NY Times, The Australian
BTS New Single Breaks Records: USA Today, Cnet, Billboard, Watch Video
Work Wednesday: Remote Job Postings Skyrocket: LinkedIn, Bloomberg, Fast Company, Go Banking Rates
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, June 2nd, what to know about two new plans from the Biden administration |
| 0:05.2 | want to address the racial wealth gap, another concerning new oil drilling, both are already |
| 0:10.2 | causing some backlash. Also, the latest major cyber attack, and this one could affect the American |
| 0:15.6 | meat supply. Plus, where Americans are dealing with a dangerous heat wave, how a new drug could be |
| 0:20.8 | a breakthrough in cancer treatment, and which popular boy band is breaking all kinds of records |
| 0:26.1 | with a new single. Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy, all the days news in about 10 minutes. |
| 0:33.6 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Lacey Evans, filling in for Erica Mandy during her |
| 0:38.8 | maternity leave. You ready? Let's do this. The White House has a few new plans to help narrow |
| 0:47.4 | the wealth gap between white and black Americans. First, President Biden is promising to give 50% |
| 0:53.0 | more federal contracts to minority-owned small businesses. That would mean $100 billion more |
| 0:58.2 | dollars for those businesses in the next five years. Next, the Biden administration plans to |
| 1:03.2 | issue new rules to help combat housing discrimination. One of them is expected to be similar to |
| 1:08.2 | something the Trump administration got rid of. It made state and local governments |
| 1:12.8 | analyze how things like zoning and land use laws impacted segregation and affordable housing |
| 1:18.9 | shortages. At the time, President Trump said those rules were unworkable and a waste of time |
| 1:23.0 | for local governments, so he cut them. Now, Biden is expected to bring them back, along with some |
| 1:27.8 | other rules. The White House says these initiatives and more are meant to address long-standing |
| 1:32.7 | disadvantages. The Biden administration says the issue is the median black family now has just |
| 1:38.4 | 13 cents for every dollar a similar white family has. The president spoke about this issue in the |
| 1:44.0 | Tulsa, Oklahoma business district where white mobs killed black people and destroyed about 35 |
| 1:49.9 | city blocks 100 years ago. Biden said because of that attack, many black Americans lost out on |
| 1:55.6 | financial security and generational wealth. And he says now is the time to come to terms with it |
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