One Year Ago Today, Building a Moon Base & 'Staycation' Money- Thursday, March 11th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 11 March 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Thursday, March 11th, 2021!
We're talking about:
- how life drastically changed one year ago today when the pandemic was officially declared
- what made it into the final version of the COVID-19 relief bill about to become law
- which countries plan to build on the moon
- how some colleges are handing spring break this year
- the one thing Amazon refuses to do when it comes to library books
All that and more in around 10 minutes...
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Sources:
One Year Since Pandemic Declared: AP, WaPo, NY Times
COVID Relief Bill Passes: WaPo, Axios, WSJ, Politico, President Biden
Merrick Garland Confirmed as AG: Politico, WSJ, WaPo
U.S. Sanctions Myanmar: Bloomberg, Reuters, Al Jazeera, State Dept.
10 Years Since Japan Triple Disaster: WSJ, Reuters, AP, Al Jazeera
China, Russia to Build Moon Base: AP, WaPo, NPR, China Space Agency
All Adults Eligible for Vaccine in Alaska: ABC News, FOX News, CNBC
Smithsonian Getting Covid-19 Vaccine Artifacts: The Verge, CNN, Smithsonian, Museum's Digital Portal
UC Davis Offering 'Staycation' Money: LA Times, ABC News, KTVU, UC Davis
Amazon Withholds Digital Books from Libraries: WaPo, The Verge
Thing to Know Thursday: Summer Camps Reopening: AP, WSJ, KPRC, American Camp Association
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Thursday, March 11th. |
| 0:02.0 | What were you doing one year ago today |
| 0:04.3 | when the pandemic was officially declared? |
| 0:06.7 | We're talking about how life drastically changed that week. |
| 0:09.6 | And what to know about nearly $2 trillion on the way? |
| 0:12.6 | We'll explain what made it into the final version |
| 0:14.6 | of the COVID relief bill about to become law. |
| 0:17.5 | Plus, which countries plan to build on the moon? |
| 0:20.2 | How some colleges are handling spring break this year? |
| 0:22.9 | And Amazon is the only major book publisher |
| 0:25.3 | who refuses to do this one thing. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:32.0 | All the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:34.3 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:36.9 | I'm Air Commandy. |
| 0:37.9 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.4 | You ready? |
| 0:40.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:45.1 | Today marks exactly one year since the start |
| 0:47.5 | of this global pandemic. |
| 0:49.0 | It was March 11th, 2020, |
| 0:50.7 | when the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 |
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