Thursday, February 22, 2024
The 7
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 22 February 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Thursday briefing: Leaked China hacking documents; Alabama IVF clinics; student loan forgiveness; Beyoncé’s No. 1 country song; and more
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| 0:00.0 | An Alabama court ruling has upended fertility treatments. |
| 0:07.0 | Beyoncé made country music history, and this could be the day an American spacecraft lands on the moon. |
| 0:13.2 | That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 from the Washington Post. |
| 0:16.6 | I'm Hannah Jewel. |
| 0:17.8 | It's Thursday February 22nd. |
| 0:19.8 | Let's get you caught up with today's 7 stories. |
| 0:21.6 | Number you caught up with today's seven stories. Number one, leaked files from a Chinese |
| 0:27.2 | firm revealed a vast international hacking effort. The trove of documents was |
| 0:31.8 | posted online last week. |
| 0:33.2 | They've been deemed credible by cyber security experts, although their source remains |
| 0:37.1 | unknown. |
| 0:38.1 | They show that Beijing's intelligence and military groups are carrying out large-scale systematic cyber intrusions |
| 0:43.7 | against at least 20 foreign governments as well as foreign companies and |
| 0:47.2 | infrastructure. The documents will add to the concern among US intelligence officials |
| 0:51.8 | who see China as the greatest long-term threat to American security. |
| 1:01.0 | Number two, at least two Alabama F. |
| 1:03.0 | At least two Alabama fertility clinics have paused IVF services. |
| 1:07.0 | Last week, Alabama Supreme Court ruled that embryos are legally equivalent to children. |
| 1:12.0 | This has led to confusion and anxiety over the |
| 1:15.0 | fate of in vitro fertilization, or IVF. That's a treatment in which eggs are fertilized outside |
| 1:20.5 | of the body. Gabby Goydell is a 26-year-old woman who's trying to have a baby |
| 1:24.7 | using IVF in Alabama after experiencing three miscarriages. She spoke to the |
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