Severe Storms, Baby Vaccine Trials & St. Paddy's Day- Wednesday, March 17th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Wednesday, March 17th, 2021!
We'll tell you about:
- severe storms that could impact tens of millions of Americans
- what a newly-declassified report says about other countries getting involved in American elections
- when young children, including babies, might expect to get COVID-19 vaccines
- how long the mastermind behind a celebrity Twitter hack will spend in prison
- which country is testing out a four-day work week
Those stories and more in about 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Severe Storm Risk: USA Today, WaPo, CBS News, NWS
Intel: Russia, Iran Tried to Influence Election: NY Times, Politico, WSJ, AP, DNI
Biggest Migrant Surge in 20 Years: Reuters, Axios, WSJ, ABC News, DHS
Moderna Testing Vaccine on Young Children: WSJ, NPR, NBC News, Moderna
Teen Sentenced for Massive Twitter Hack: The Verge, NY Times, Forbes, AP
Serial Stowaway Arrested Again: FOX News, WMAQ, WGN
Air Travel is Surging: CBS News, WaPo, AP, WSJ
St. Patrick's Day: USA Today, People, Britannica
Work Wednesday: Spain to Test the 4-Day Work Week: The Guardian, Forbes, WaPo
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, March 17th, what to know about severe storms that could impact tens |
| 0:04.4 | of millions of Americans and where forecasters are especially telling people to get ready. |
| 0:09.2 | Also, what a newly declassified report says about other countries getting involved in U.S. |
| 0:14.1 | elections. |
| 0:15.1 | Plus, when young children, including babies, might expect to get COVID-19 vaccines. |
| 0:20.1 | How long the mastermind behind a celebrity Twitter hack will spend in prison? |
| 0:24.0 | And which country is testing out a four-day work week? |
| 0:29.3 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:33.4 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:38.7 | You ready? |
| 0:39.7 | Let's do this. |
| 0:41.7 | 10s of millions of Americans are in the path of dangerous storms today. |
| 0:47.9 | In fact, the National Weather Service says this is going to be one of the most significant |
| 0:51.2 | severe weather events we've seen so far this year. |
| 0:54.2 | People in the southeast and southern plains could see heavy rain, strong winds, hail and |
| 0:58.7 | even powerful tornadoes. |
| 1:00.8 | Cities with the highest risk include Memphis, Tennessee, Little Rock, Arkansas, Birmingham, |
| 1:05.3 | Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi. |
| 1:07.7 | There could be some strong storms during the day, but the highest risk of tornadoes is |
| 1:11.5 | after dark, which makes them even more dangerous since they're not as easy to see. |
| 1:16.1 | It's also possible the worst of the storms hit overnight when people are asleep and might |
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