Yes, it’s safe to fly. So why have there been so many crashes?
About this episode
<p>On today’s show: Aviation-safety reporter Darryl Campbell from <a href="https://apple.news/A0yZH3qssTLWf5dQv3Jchrg">The Verge</a> explains why air travel remains safe, despite a recent string of crashes and near misses.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AhGDOa18kSC6PvxPOaCbJfw">NBC News</a>’s Lawrence Hurley talks about how a “reverse discrimination” case made its way to the Supreme Court and why the justices might rule unanimously on it.</p> <p>Three men who were recently detained by the Trump administration at a high-security military prison in Guantánamo Bay told <a href="https://apple.news/AX0smXm8NSEyC9lE6S0WtIQ">Washington Post</a> reporter Silvia Foster-Frau that they were denied calls to loved ones, subjected to humiliating searches, and left in isolation for prolonged periods. Foster-Frau gives us the details.</p> <p>Plus, the Supreme Court <a href="https://apple.news/Ax_4PcI2kTvSTjt0-aem1bw">halts</a> a midnight deadline for the Trump administration to release certain foreign-aid funds, a child in Texas is the <a href="https://apple.news/ATh_QBDSbQJ2zayijQGBJJg">first confirmed</a> death amid the state’s measles outbreak, and the U.S. wants to <a href="https://apple.news/A81_i9vEVRDeLGhiW9xDtTQ">import</a> more eggs to fight high prices and bird flu.</p> <p>Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.</p>
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