Kids Back in Class, Blackouts to Bankruptcy & YouTube's TikTok - Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, March 2nd, 2021!
We have updates about:
- new efforts around the country to get children back in classrooms
- new policies aimed at reuniting migrant kids and their parents in the U.S.
- the latest fallout from the historic winter storm in Texas
- YouTube's newest TikTok-like feature
- what Angelina Jolie just put up for auction that went for millions of dollars
Those stories and more in just 10 minutes!
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Sources:
More Schools Reopening: Axios, WSJ, LA Times, AP
Reuniting Separated Families: NPR, WSJ, Politico, Reuters, DHS
Christian Agency Allowing LGBTQ Adoptions: NY Times, Axios, The Hill
Texas Power Cooperative Bankruptcy: WSJ, USA Today, NPR, Reuters
Hurricane Season Dates Could Change: USA Today, WaPo, Weather Channel
'YouTube Shorts' Rolls Out: Ars Technica, Distractify, Bloomberg, Google
Twitter Vaccine Misinformation Crackdown: WSJ, The Verge, Axios, Twitter
Apple Reopens all U.S. Stores: 9to5Mac, CNBC, Axios
Vinyl Sales Surge in 2020: MBW, Pitchfork, Yahoo!, RIAA
Churchill Painting Sold for $11.5M: AP, WSJ, Christie's
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, March 2nd, what to know about new efforts around the country to get American |
| 0:04.5 | children back in classrooms, and we'll tell you about the new policies aimed at reuniting |
| 0:08.8 | migrant kids and their parents here in the U.S. Plus, the latest fallout from that historic winter |
| 0:13.9 | storm in Texas. YouTube's newest TikTok-like feature, and what Angelina Jolie just put up for sale |
| 0:20.0 | that went for millions. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:28.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Air Commandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:38.9 | A lot more American children are going back to in-person classes this week. Elementary schools |
| 0:43.6 | physically reopened for students in several states, like Ohio, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, |
| 0:48.8 | Maryland, and Virginia. For a lot of kids in those states, they haven't seen their classmates |
| 0:53.1 | outside computer screens in nearly a year, but things are changing. Axios reports more than 72 |
| 0:58.6 | percent of American students are now back in school in-person at least some of the time, |
| 1:03.1 | and that includes everyone from kindergarteners to seniors in high school. You'll remember, |
| 1:07.5 | the CDC now says it's possible for all schools to physically reopen as long as they take proper |
| 1:12.9 | precautions, and the CDC put out its clearest guidance yet for reopening schools just last month. |
| 1:18.6 | Ultimately, the decision over whether schools stay open or closed is still up to the school |
| 1:22.6 | districts and local communities, but it seems like a lot of them are taking the CDC's advice. |
| 1:27.3 | And even more are expected to reopen soon. California's governor reached a deal with state lawmakers |
| 1:32.1 | this week. It doesn't force districts to reopen, but it does set aside $2 billion to offer rewards |
| 1:37.7 | to certain schools that do. It's expected to become state law by the end of this week. |
| 1:44.5 | Hundreds of migrant children and their parents separated at the US-Mexico border will be allowed |
| 1:49.2 | to reunite here in the US, and the US government could help pay for transportation, |
| 1:53.7 | health care, legal services, and more for those migrant families. The Biden administration |
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