Here are the news items:
- Research from the University of Washington suggests new daily cases in India run in the millions.
- Researchers have found a new way to collect the tiny fragments of plastic that pollute the world’s waters: using bacteria.
- US agencies are asserting themselves on the WHO’s next investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.
- The Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s recently established cheddar futures market is heating up.
- News Corp has dropped plans to launch a Fox News-style channel in the UK.
PLUS: John interviews Juan Enriquez, author of “The Untied States of America: Polarization, Fracturing, and Our Future,” about the forces pulling the country apart.
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