Overseas Outbreaks, Apple vs. Epic & Surprise Derby Winner- Monday, May 3rd, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 May 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, May 3rd, 2021!
What to know about:
- COVID-19 around the world: where it's still growing out of control
- new travel rules in the U.S. meant to keep virus outbreaks overseas
- U.S. troops leaving Afghanistan just as there's an especially violent weekend in the country
- why the maker of the Fortnite video game is taking Apple to court
- an unexpected winner at this year's Kentucky Derby
- how the rising price of corn could impact what you pay for a bunch of other products
Those stories and more in just ~10 minutes!
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Sources:
World COVID Crisis: Al Jazeera, WaPo, CNN, Johns Hopkins
U.S. Restricting Travel from India: Axios, USA Today, CBS News, White House
TSA Extends Mask Mandate: CNBC, NPR, USA Today, TSA
Afghanistan Weekend Violence: NY Times, Reuters, AP, The Week
Wisconsin Casino Shooting: Green Bay Press-Gazette, CNN, NBC News, ABC News
Severe Weather Threat: CNN, Weather Channel, NWS
Apple's App Store Goes on Trial: AP, WSJ, NY Times, WaPo
Mars Helicopter's New Mission: NY Times, AP, CNN, NASA, Mars Helicopter Blog
Soccer Game Postponed Over Protests: ESPN, AP, WaPo, CNN
Medina Spirit Won Kentucky Derby: Louisville Courier Journal, CBS News, NPR
Money Monday: Corn Prices Rise & Why That Matters: Axios, Barron's, CNBC, Fortune, WSJ
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, May 3rd, what to know about COVID-19 around the world, where it's still |
| 0:04.4 | growing out of control and new travel rules in the U.S. meant to keep those outbreaks overseas. |
| 0:10.0 | Also, America's troops are officially leaving Afghanistan now, just as there's an especially |
| 0:14.5 | violent weekend in the country. |
| 0:16.7 | Plus, why the maker of the Fortnite video game is taking Apple to court, an unexpected |
| 0:21.7 | winner at this year's Kentucky Derby, and how the rising price of corn could impact |
| 0:25.7 | what you pay for a bunch of other products. |
| 0:30.3 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes, fast, fair, fun, and |
| 0:36.1 | on the go. |
| 0:37.1 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.7 | You ready? |
| 0:40.7 | Let's do this! |
| 0:45.2 | Even though the COVID-19 crisis is improving all across the U.S., it's a different story |
| 0:49.7 | around the world. |
| 0:50.7 | In fact, worldwide, the numbers of new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths are hitting record |
| 0:55.5 | highs. |
| 0:56.5 | The worst of it is still happening in India. |
| 0:59.2 | That country now makes up more than 40% of the world's new cases, and it just marked |
| 1:03.2 | the deadliest day of the pandemic yet, nearly 3,700 deaths were reported in just 24 hours. |
| 1:09.2 | But India is not the only global hotspot. |
| 1:11.8 | Turkey also just entered its first national lockdown a few days ago, since the country |
| 1:15.8 | is dealing with the highest infection rates in Europe. |
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