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The FBI made a messaging app to lure criminals. It worked.

The FBI made a messaging app to lure criminals. It worked.

FromApple News Today


The FBI made a messaging app to lure criminals. It worked.

FromApple News Today

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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Jun 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Hundreds of people in more than a dozen countries have been arrested in a vast operation targeting organized crime. Suspects thought they were messaging via an encrypted app. CNN reports on how it was actually a digital trap laid by the FBI and the Australian Federal Police.
NBC News reports on the new Senate report on the Capitol insurrection.
Many businesses struggling to find adult workers are hiring more teenagers. The Wall Street Journal looks at the young people making good money in the current job market.
The U.S. relies on college sports as a key way to identify and develop athletes for the Summer Olympics. But the L.A. Times explains that athletic-department budget cuts could affect America’s ability to rack up medals at future games.
In Southern California, feral peacocks are driving some residents crazy with their earsplitting mating calls. The Washington Post reports on how the issue of what to do about them is dividing communities.
Released:
Jun 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Join Shumita Basu every weekday morning as she guides you through some of the most fascinating stories in the news — and how the world’s best journalists are covering them.