Tuesday, October 1, 2024

VP Debate Tonight, Dockworkers Strike & Verizon Outage

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All the news stories mentioned in today's episode are listed with links below, so you can spend as much -- or as little -- time as you want to review the latest happenings... 

Read more about the stories in today's show:

Dockworkers Strike Begins: CNBC, WSJ, WaPo, AP 

Israel’s Ground Invasion Begins: Axios, AP, NYT, WSJ

Helene Aftermath Latest: Axios, AP, CBS News, NYT, The Hill, USA Today, WaPo

Trump & Harris Response to Helene: AP, ABC News, Fox News, WaPo

VP Debate Tonight: CBS News, NPR, WSJ, NYT

Jimmy Carter’s 100th Birthday: The Hill, NYT, CBS News, Axios, AP  

NBA Hall-of-Famer Dikembe Mutombo Dies: CBS News, ESPN, NYT, WaPo

Baseball All-Time Hits Leader Pete Rose Dies: Cincinnati Enquirer, CNN, AP, CBS Sports

DirecTV & Dish to Merge: DirecTV, WSJ, Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN

Verizon Outage: Verizon on X, CBS News, AP, PC Mag

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