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Daily News Lesson March 28 2025

DNA data of millions faces exposure as 23andMe files bankruptcy

Discuss the privacy concerns related to the bankruptcy of a company that stores the genetic data of millions

Anti-abortion and pro-abortion rights protesters gather outside Supreme Court in Washington

Daily News Lesson December 01 2021

Why the Supreme Court may reverse Roe v. Wade in Mississippi abortion ban case

Hear why arguments at the Supreme Court signal a change in decades-old precedent on abortion

Daily News Lesson November 02 2021

News Wrap: Facebook to shut down facial recognition system

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Daily Video November 13 2019

STEM Current Events: How DNA testing cracks cold cases

In this NewsHour lesson, find out about the first genetic genealogy case to go to trial — and how the science behind it solved a 32-year-old double murder.

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