It's Monday, April 18th. I'm Trevelle Anderson.

And I'm Josie Deffy-Race. And this is What A Day.

Reminding you of the 1099 WOD form, you need to include in your tax returns as a listener

of this podcast.

Yes, and I am sending up a prayer for all of you who have not yet done your taxes.

This feels very personal because I have not yet done my taxes.

On today's show, we talk about a rare scheduled execution in South Carolina by firing squad,

plus Florida rejected dozens of potential math textbooks because of critical race theory.

Question mark?

Yeah.

I'm going to need more of an explanation there.

But first, let's bring you the latest from Ukraine, where the feet of the southern port city

of Mary-U-Paul hangs in the balance. So Trevelle, can you cut yourself?

Yes. So for seven weeks, the city of Mary-U-Paul has been one of the main sites of the worst

of Russia's invasion into Ukraine. There was a maternity hospital that was hit by an

air strike in the opening weeks of the war. There was the theater that civilians had been

using as a shelter that was also leveled. In total, at least 21,000 people have been

killed in Mary-U-Paul alone, according to Ukrainian estimates, and there are over 100,000

civilians still in the city suffering from food and water shortages.

And while Ukrainian forces have been a lot more successful at holding their ground than

many expected, reports are now saying that Mary-U-Paul is likely to fall to Russian forces

soon. There is apparently just one pocket of resistance left in the city and estimated

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