The strongest evidence yet that COVID started with an animal

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<p>It&rsquo;s Tuesday, March 21, 2023. On today&rsquo;s show:<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Biden signed a bill ordering the director of national intelligence to declassify<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>information related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology as a potential origin of COVID-19 within 90 days. <a href="https://apple.news/AXSzpUm8VR02Wt89M4R_p9Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">USA Today </a>has more.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Meanwhile, the <a href="https://apple.news/AcxZMMGwMSL2RV-Nd-Tc7GA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> details the strongest evidence yet that an animal started the pandemic.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>U.S.-led forces invaded Iraq 20 years ago. <a href="https://apple.news/Amw9GfT9iTtGHKkVYmZ9YOg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> reports on what life is like for ordinary people there now.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>American veterans won justice for burn-pit exposure. The <a href="https://apple.news/AAgClaHiDTbeEi6Qz3d3-8Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports on how Iraqis were forgotten.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p> <p>Gas bills are on a roller-coaster ride with no end in sight. The <a href="https://apple.news/Aq79lRd2yQg-cwc9qha3KyQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> examines the reasons for the turbulence.</p> <p>And, Houston, we have a space-trash problem. <a href="https://apple.news/ABlrdlqpVQr6_eEijMEDecg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Time</a> reports on the scientists sounding the alarm over the jaw-dropping amount of human-made debris circling Earth.<span class="Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></p>