"We have been failed.” Gymnasts say FBI ignored sex abuse.

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<p>Four elite gymnasts testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee about sexual abuse by former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, saying the FBI failed to protect them.&nbsp;The <a href="https://apple.news/AVP9JMxGBTtWAR9IGB9TX8g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reports that the athletes blasted the agency for mishandling an investigation into Nassar&rsquo;s misconduct.</p> <p>President Biden announced that the U.S. will share its nuclear-powered submarine technology with Australia. <a href="https://apple.news/A8LeAekiiT6aeIeTLsXpedQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> breaks down the thinking behind this rare move.</p> <p>Even though casts of TV shows have become more diverse, the writers rooms behind them still don&rsquo;t reflect what America looks like. The <a href="https://apple.news/AuNhwwGpCR26bqsSX6wzPDA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Atlantic</a> describes how Black writers are often pressured to make Blackness palatable to white audiences at great personal cost.</p> <p>Some of the oldest-known painted pottery on Earth may have been used for beer. <a href="https://apple.news/AL0-tHGG8SruuH-TuOvLumw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Ars Technica</a> looks into a new analysis of 9,000-year-old Chinese vessels that indicate funerals back then were pretty boozy events.</p>