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Officers Not Charged, Tiger Woods Hospitalized & Mail Trucks Makeover- Wednesday, February 24th, 2021

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

News, Daily News, Society & Culture

4.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Wednesday, February 24th, 2021!

We'll tell you about:

  • a grand jury's decision not to charge officers involved in a controversial and deadly police incident
  • the rollover crash that put Tiger Woods in the hospital
  • more COVID-19 vaccines on the way
  • what new data shows about college enrollment
  • how the USPS is going high-tech

Those stories and more in about 10 minutes! 

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...

This episode is brought to you by Rothys.com/newsworthy and Ritual.com/newsworthy 

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Sources:

Capitol Hill Security Hearing: Politico, The Hill, AP, CBS News, FOX News  

No Charges in Daniel Prude Death: NY Times, WSJ, ABC News, AP

Tiger Woods Hospitalized: AP, ESPN, WaPo, NY Times

Vaccine-Makers Boost Shipments: WaPo, Axios, AP, Politico, Full Hearing

College Enrollment Slumps: Bloomberg, Forbes, St. Louis Fed

Southern Baptists Oust Churches: AP, Axios, NY Times, Pastor Statement

Facebook to Lift Australia News Ban: AP, Axios, WSJ, Facebook

USPS Unveils New Mail Trucks: The Verge, Cnet, Reuters, USPS

Work Wednesday: Blue Collar Jobs Booming: WSJ, Fox Business

Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Wednesday, February 24th.

0:02.1

We'll explain a grand jury's decision not to charge officers involved in a controversial

0:06.2

and deadly police interaction.

0:08.2

And what to know about the role over crash the put tiger woods in the hospital.

0:12.0

Plus more vaccines on the way.

0:14.1

What new data shows about college enrollment and how the USPS is going high tech.

0:21.1

Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes.

0:25.4

Fast, fair, fun, and on the go.

0:27.8

I'm Air Commandy.

0:28.8

Thanks so much for being here.

0:30.3

You ready?

0:31.2

Let's do this.

0:35.7

For the first time, lawmakers questioned officials who were in charge of security the day of the capital

0:40.4

riot. And for the most part, they all pointed fingers. All four of the former and current officials

0:45.2

who testified before senators this week agreed on two main points.

0:49.0

One, federal intelligence authorities didn't give strong enough warnings that an attack was

0:53.0

being planned. And two, the Pentagon was slow to provide national guard backup.

0:57.6

On that second point, the former Capitol Police Chief said defense officials dragged their

1:01.6

feet for hours, even after law enforcement officials begged for more help.

1:05.6

Now, senators are asking some Pentagon officials to share their side of the story and testify

1:10.0

at the next hearing. The Pentagon has said before that it takes time to get troops together.

1:14.3

And when they offered more help earlier, they were turned down.

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