Mask Mandates Lifted, Budget Airlines Merge & NFT Home Sale - Tuesday, February 8th, 2022
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 8 February 2022
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Tuesday, February 8th, 2022!
From California to Connecticut, state leaders are loosening some Covid-19 restrictions. We'll explain.
Also, which country's top official gave a show of support at the White House and may cut off a major project with Russia.
Plus, some Olympic athletes are complaining about their living conditions at the Beijing Games, a new merger could create one giant, low-cost airline, and an American home is being sold as an NFT for the first time.
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, February 8th. |
| 0:02.1 | From California to Connecticut, state leaders are loosening some COVID-19 restrictions. |
| 0:06.1 | We'll explain. |
| 0:07.1 | In which country's top official gave a show of support at the White House |
| 0:10.4 | and may cut off a major project with Russia. |
| 0:12.9 | Plus, some Olympic athletes are complaining about their living conditions at the Beijing Games. |
| 0:16.9 | A new merger could create one giant low-cost airline, |
| 0:20.8 | and an American home is being sold as an NFT for the very first time. |
| 0:24.9 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:28.9 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:31.2 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:33.8 | I'm Air Commandy. |
| 0:34.8 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:36.4 | You ready? |
| 0:37.3 | Let's do this. |
| 0:41.6 | This could be a sign we're entering a new phase in the pandemic. |
| 0:44.6 | The governor's of four states announced plans to lift statewide mass |
| 0:48.0 | commandments in schools. |
| 0:49.6 | These decisions were in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, and Oregon. |
| 0:53.0 | They all plan to lift the mass requirements a month or two from now. |
| 0:55.7 | A couple of the governors spoke about how people are just going to have to live with COVID-19 |
| 0:59.6 | since they don't think it'll ever totally go away. |
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