Violent Traffic Stops, Amazon Wins Union Fight & History-Making Masters- Monday, April 12th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 12 April 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Monday, April 12th, 2021!
What to know about:
- two controversial traffic stops: one left a man dead and sparked clashes between police and demonstrators; the other led to an officer fired and state officials outraged
- two new trends in the coronavirus pandemic: both vaccinations and hospitalizations are going up in the U.S.
- what the results show in a closely-watched election at the nation's second-largest employer
- how Facebook hopes to take on the trendy app Clubhouse
- a historic first at this year's Masters
Those stories and more in just ~10 minutes!
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Sources:
COVID Hospitalizations Rising: CNN, NY Post, WaPo, CDC
MN Police Shooting, Protests: Minneapolis Star Tribune, WaPo, ABC News, Brooklyn Center Police
VA Controversial Traffic Stop: NY Times, NBC News, USA Today, Axios
Prince Philip Dies: BBC, USA Today, Reuters, NBC News
Rapper DMX Dead: NPR, AP, Vulture
Biden Spending Proposal: WSJ, WaPo, NPR, The Hill
Amazon Wins Union Fight: Time, CNBC, Amazon
Facebook Tests 'Hotline': TechCrunch, Reuters, Screenrant, PCMag
First Japanese Masters Winner: CBS Sports, CNN, Fox News, Tiger Woods
Ramadan Begins: WaPo, Forbes, Vox
Money Monday: Electric Vehicle Sales Rising: Axios, NY Times, Canalys
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, April 12th. |
| 0:01.8 | What to know about two controversial traffic stops, |
| 0:04.4 | one left a man dead and sparked clashes between police |
| 0:06.9 | and demonstrators, the other led to an officer fired |
| 0:09.7 | and state officials outraged. |
| 0:11.6 | Also, two new trends in the coronavirus pandemic, |
| 0:14.0 | why both vaccinations and hospitalizations in the U.S. |
| 0:17.5 | are going up. |
| 0:18.5 | Plus, the votes are in what the results show |
| 0:20.4 | in a closely-watched union election |
| 0:22.1 | at the nation's second largest employer. |
| 0:24.1 | How Facebook now hopes to take on the trendy app Clubhouse |
| 0:27.3 | and a historic first at this year's Masters? |
| 0:32.0 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, |
| 0:34.0 | all the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:36.4 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:38.9 | I'm Air Commandy. |
| 0:40.0 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:41.5 | You're ready? |
| 0:42.4 | Let's do this. |
| 0:46.8 | Well, in the U.S., more and more Americans |
| 0:48.8 | are getting their COVID-19 vaccines. |
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