KBR Daily News Updates: Recent Episodes
KBR: The Torch
Bite sized podcast episodes that have three top daily news stories from the La Mirada area, United States and the world.
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of hearing loss spikes, China's continued strict measures against COVID-19 and the announcement that there are now 8 billion people on earth.
SOURCESHearing Loss
China
8 Billion People on EarthTheme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of the tech job industry, former President Donald Trump's announcement for presidential candidacy in 2024 and news of a Kansas City police detective's involvement with a human trafficking ring.
SOURCESTech Layoffs
Trump's Candidacy
Human TraffickingTheme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of the first Gen-Z member of Congress, tropical storm Nicole and Twitter's plans for users to pay for verification.
SOURCESGen-Z
Hurricane Nicole
TwitterTheme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of NFL's potential sale of Dan Snyder, the death of Migos rapper Takeoff and Delta airline pilots striking a union.
SOURCESNFL
Takeoff
Delta
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of the Pelosi residence break-in, New York City employer salary job listings and a rare first printing of the Constitution going up for auction.
SOURCES
Pelosi
NYC
Constitution
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness updates, abortion on the Montana ballot and the future of schools' free lunch.
SOURCES
Loan Forgiveness
Born Alive Infant Protection Act
Free Lunch Program
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Antarctica's Emperor Penguin's species status, space junk and the sentencing of three Wolverine Watchmen members.
SOURCES
Penguins
Space Junk
Wolverine Watchmen
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of an update in Medicaid, Wall Street's deal with Saudi Arabia and a recall in sleep apnea machines.
SOURCES
Medicaid
“Davos in the Desert”
CPAP
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of the UK's new prime minister, Harvey Weinstein's second trial and the weekly La Mirada weather report.
SOURCES
Rishi Sunak
Harvey Weinstein
Weather
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Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Tump's Jan. 6 subpoena, Taylor Swift's newly released album "Midnights" and the James Webb telescope.
SOURCESTrump Subpoena
"Midnights"
James Webb Telescope
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of inflation, Netflix's crackdown on account sharing and student loan forgiveness application instructions.
SOURCESInflation
Netflix
Student Loan Forgiveness
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of President Joe Biden's campaign trail, Kanye West's intent to buy Parler and the seven members of BTS joining the North Korean military.
SOURCES
Biden Campaign Trail
Kanye Buys Parler
BTS
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Queen Sonja of Norway's visit to Den Norske Lutherske Mindekirke, Eclipse the black lab's death and the weekly weather report.
SOURCESMindekirken
Eclipse
Weather
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of a blood shortage in the UK, an update on the COVID-19 booster shot and the PBS Kids' character Arthur's new podcast.
SOURCESBlood Shortage
COVID-19 Booster
Arthur's Podcast
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of LA City Hall's derailed meeting, bird population decline and ACT test score decline.
SOURCESLA City Hall
Bird Population Decline
ACT Test Score Decline
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Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Herschel Walker's recent abortion accusation, SCOTUS' docket for the current session and the La Mirada weather.
Check out our sources!Herschel Walker
SCOTUS
Weather
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Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Hurricane Ian's historic flooding, Aaron Judge's American League homerun record tie and Biden's hunger conference.
Check our our sources!Hurricane Ian
Aaron Judge
Hunger ConferenceTheme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Hurricane Ian, NASA's asteroid deflection test and the value of the US dollar.
Check out our sources!Hurricane Ian
DART Asteroid
Dollar vs Euro
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of John Cena's latest world record, an uproar in the chess community and news of Hurricane Ian.
Check out our sources!John Cena
Chess Cheaters
Hurricane Ian
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Elton John's latest award, the Cherokee Nation lobbying for a seat in Congress and the weekly weather report for La Mirada.
Check out our sources!
Elton John
Cherokee Nation’s Congressional Seat
Weather
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Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of New York's attorney general's lawsuit against former President Trump and his family, 200 beached whales in Tasmania and a new requirement for new cars to have an alcohol monitor installed.
Check out our sources!
Trump Lawsuit
Whales
Alcohol Monitors
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of a Mexican earthquake, meditation's benefits and American Airlines' data hack.
Check out our sources below!Earthquake
Meditation
American Airlines
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Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Queen Elizabeth II's funeral, the release of an American hostage from Afghanistan and the weekly La Mirada weather.
Check out our sources!Queen Elizabeth
Matt Frerichs
Weather
Bagpipe Music
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of the Russia-Ukraine war, the Pittsburgh Easter Sunday shooting and the La Mirada weather.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!
Russia-Ukraine War
Shooting
Weather
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of a secretive Los Angeles group painting crosswalks, food prices rising and a toy shop raising money for Ukraine by creating a Lego figurine of President Zelenskyy.
Check out our source material by clicking the links below!Crosswalks
Food Pricing
Lego ZelenskyyTheme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of light captured from the farthest star known to man, Gamestop stock's price surge and CDC's re-allowance of cruise trips.
Check out our source material by clicking the link below!Space News
Gamestop
COVID-19
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of the Russia-Ukraine war, supermarket chain strike and Will Smith's altercation with Chris Rock.
Check out our source material by clicking the links below!Russia-Ukraine War
Supermarket Strike
Will Smith vs. Chris Rock
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of a wedding boom post COVID-19, TikTok moderators' lawsuit and the death of Russian journalist Oksana Baulina.
Click the topics below to see our source material!Wedding Boom
TiKTok Moderators
Oksana Baulina
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings us news of the death of the Madeline Albright, an update on the Russia-Ukraine war and the New Orleans tornado.
Check out our source material by clicking the topics!Madeline Albright
Russia-Ukraine
Tornado
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of the Russian-Ukrainian war, confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court Judge hearings and the La Mirada weather.
Check out our sources by clicking the topics below!Russia-Ukraine
Ketanji Brown Jackson
Weather
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Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of COVID-19 positive whitetail deer, Earnest Shackleton's ship the Endurance being found and some gas saving tips.
Click the topics to go to our source material!
COVID-19 Deer
The Endurance
Gas Tips
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Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of potential US ban on Russian oil supplies, an update on the Russia-Ukraine war and the weekly La Mirada weather.
Click the topics to go to our source material!US Ban + Russia-Ukraine War
Weather
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Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings us news on Queen Elizabeth II, an Olympics Rundown and the La Mirada weather.
Check out our sources by clicking the source topics!Queen Elizabeth
Olympics
Shiffron
BobsledsWeather
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings us news of confusion after having the Omicron virus, an update on the Ukraine/Russia border and the Olympics Rundown.
Check out our source material by clicking on the topics!Omicron
Ukraine/Russia
Olympics Rundown
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings us news of California's mental health success, a full "snow" moon and the Olympics Rundown.
Check out our source material by clicking on the topics!California
Snow Moon
Olympics Rundown
Theme Music
Happy Valentine's Day! Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of the Ram's win in Superbowl LVI, an Olympics Rundown and the La Mirada Weather.
Check out our source material by clicking the links below!Rams Victory
Ice Dancers
Olympics Rundown
Weather
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Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of truckers potentially disrupting the Superbowl, an Olympics doping scandal and the Olympics Rundown.
Check out our source material by clicking on the topics below!Truckers
Olympics Doping Scandal
Olympics Rundown
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Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Starlink satellites being destroyed, New York and New Jersey's mask mandates ending and the Olympics Rundown.
Check out our sources by clicking on the source material.Starlink
NY/NJ Mask Mandates
Olympics Rundown
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of HBCU's responses to bomb threats, UCLA's settlement of a sexual harassment lawsuit, and the Tuesday rundown of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
Click our topics for our source material!HBCUs
UCLA
Olympics Rundown
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of a delay in a delay in the Olympic's men's downhill skiing, an update on the Russia vs. Ukraine situation and the weekly weather.
Check out our sources by clicking the topics below!Olympic Downhill Skiing
Russia vs. Ukraine
Weather
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Facebook's terrible day on Wall Street, methane gas leak issues and where to watch the Olympic's opening ceremony.
Click on the topics below to go to our source material!Facebook
Methane Gas Leaks
Olympics
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of CNN president Jeff Zucker's resignation, an update on the US' military position on the Ukraine/Russia tensions and an Oregon church's federal lawsuit against the city of Brookings on the matter of how many times they may provide free meals to those in need.
Click the topics below to see our source material!Jeff Zucker
US' Military Position
Oregon Church's Lawsuit
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Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of Spotify's new Covid advisory, an update on the crisis between Russia and the Ukraine and the weekly weather for La Mirada.
Check our source material out!Spotify
Russia vs. Ukraine
Weather
Theme Music
Happy Friday! Station Manage Charlotte McKinley brings news of Joe Exotic's re-sentencing, the problem 5G has with air traffic and the White House's newest addition.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!Joe Exotic
5G
Willow
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Niel Young's recordings taken off of Spotify, a northeastern snowstorm, and Redwood forest land given back to the Inter-Tribal Wilderness Council.
Click the topics to go to our source material!Niel Young
Snowstorm
Redwood Land
Theme Music
Welcome back to KBR: The Torch's Daily News Updates! Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of the federal trial of three other policemen linked with George Floyd, the Afghani Taliban and billionaire Mark Cuban's new pharmacy.
Click the topics below for our source material!
Federal Trial
Afghani Taliban
Mark Cuban
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In the last DNU of the semester, Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of a solved cold case, the Met striking the Sackler name from exhibits and Redditors striking against Kellogg.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!Christmas Tree
Cold Case Solved
Sackler
Kellogg Strike
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of a Capitol Hill staffer's arrest due to bringing a gun to work, New Zealand's plan to stop smoking and the lawsuit of the Oxford shooting victim's family.
Click the topics to go to our source material!Capitol Hill
New Zealand
Oxford
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Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of a Coast Guard braving death in the Niagara river to enter a submerged car, parents being unsure about lockdown drill simulations and the extension of the United Arab Emirates' work week.
Click on these topics to go to our source material!Niagara Falls Submerged Car
Simulation Lockdown Drills
United Arab Emrites Extended Work Week
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion reminds us about Pearl Harbor Day, brings us news of the Amazon Outage and Hawaii Flood Warnings.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!
Pearl Harbor Day
Amazon Outage
Hawaii Flood Warnings
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Chris Cuomo's recent sexual assault allegations, the death of former Kansas Senator Bob Dole and the La Mirada weather for the week.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!Cuomo
Dole
Weather
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of charges against the parents of the Oxford High School shooter, Portuguese children's lawsuit for climate change and Biden's new winter plan for COVID-19.
Click the topics below to go to our sources!Oxford High
Climate Change
COVID-19 Winter Plan
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Stacey Abrams' run for GA governor, young Americans worried about the state of democracy and a FedEx driver who dumped hundreds of packages in a ravine.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!Stacey Abrams
Young Americans
FedEx Driver
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of the Omicron virus, the wife of el Chapo's sentencing and New York's first illegal drug distribution site.
Check out our source material by clicking on the topics below!Omicron Virus
El Chapo's Wife
New York Drug Distribution
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Virgil Abloh's death due to cancer, Ghislaine Maxwell's trial regarding the sexual exploitation of children for Jeffery Epstein and the La Mirada weather for the week.
Virgil Abloh
Ghislaine Maxwell
Weather
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings results of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo's investigation, NASA's upcoming space mission and the weather for the La Mirada area.
Click the topics to go to our source material!Cuomo
DART
Weather
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of the unite the right closing arguments, Peng Shuai's recent email saying she wasn't missing and the clemency grant for the Julius Jones case.
Click the topics below to go to our show notes!Unite the Right
Peng Shuai
Julius Jones
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer and Moderna, drug overdoses and Apple's plans for self-service repair programs.
Click the links below to go to our source material!
Booster Shot
Drug Overdoses
Apple Self-Service Repair
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news on COVID cases for the holidays, Washington State's flooding causing mud storms and recalls from Kool-Aid.
Click on the topics below to go to our source material!COVID
Washington State
Kool-Aid
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of a terrorist bombing in Liverpool, a lottery to determine which court hears to OSHA lawsuits and the weekly weather for the La Mirada area.
Click on the topics below to go to our source material!Liverpool Terrorist Attack
OSHA Vaccine Lottery
Weather
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley explains the various amount of lizard species, an update on the #FreeBritney movement, the Marine Corps new criteria for recruiting and Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins' record breaking 100 meter dash.
Click on the topics below for our source material!Lizards
FreeBritney
Marine Corps
Julia “Hurricane” Hawkins
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of Biden's administration issues he's facing, Zhang Zhan's hunger strike in China to protest her detainment and explains why we celebrate Veteran's Day.
Click on the topics to go to our source material!Biden
Zhang Zhan
Veteran's Day
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of inflation surges, the selling price of an original Apple 1 computer and Singapore's choice to remove COVID-19 medical aid from citizens who are unvaccinated by choice.
Click the topics to go to our source material!Inflation Surges
Apple 1 Selling Price
Singapore's COVID-19 Aid
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion informs listeners how to avoid tragedies like what happened at Astroworld, Supreme Court's discussion on spiritual advisers and Facebook's discontinuation of advertisements that could be used with discrimination.
Click the topics below to see our source material!Safety Tips in Concerts
Death Chamber Spiritual Adviser
Facebook Advertising Changes
Newscaster Charlotte McKinley brings news of Travis Scott's Astroworld, the American COVID-19 travel update and the weekly weather for La Mirada, California.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!Travis Scott
Travel Update
Weather
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley reminds us to turn back our clocks for the end of Daylight Savings Time and brings news of the federally mandated vaccine pushback, Dwayne Johnson's "No Real Guns" promise and the potential change to Florida's state bird.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!
Daylight Saving Time
Mandate
No Real Guns
Florida Flamingos
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of a dismissed juror from the Kyle Rittenhouse case, the arrest of the abductor of an Australian 4 year-old and Henry Ruggs' deadly car crash.
Click the topics below to get our source material!
Rittenhouse
Australian Abductor
Henry Ruggs
Theme Music
Newcaster Alexis Marion brings news of the COVID-19 vaccine being made for kids 5-11, Irvin Mayfield sentenced to 18 months in jail and the tragic deaths of two people at an Abba reunion concert.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!
Vaccine
Mayfield
Abba Concert
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Virginia's Governor race, Dole's recall due to Listeria and Facebook's face print erasure.
Click the topics below to go to our source material!
Facebook
Virginia Governor Election
Dole Recall
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of Kyle Rittenhouse's jury selection, the FDA's current consensus on the Moderna vaccine and the weather report.
Click the topics below to get our source material!Rittenhouse
Moderna Vaccine (Nordic nations)
Weather
Theme Music
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley explains the origins of Halloween, Queen Elizabeth's lessened workload, a bill relating to Iowan medical freedom and the new statue of Fred Rogers erected at Rollin's College in Florida.
Click the topics below to go to the source material!
Halloween
Queen Elizabeth
Iowan Bill
Rollin’s College
Theme Music
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of Liberty University's recent sexual assault report discouragements, President Biden's trip to Europe and a few new words that were added to the dictionary.
Click the topics below to go to the source material!
Liberty University (ProPublica exposé)
President Biden
Dictionary
Theme Music
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Howard University students' protests of poor on-campus living conditions, lawmakers confronting social media platforms on bullying and a COVID-19 booster shot update.
Howard University: NPR via https://dcist.com/story/21/10/26/howard-university-president-condemns-sit-in-by-students-protesting-housing-conditions/
Lawmakers: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049267501/snapchat-tiktok-youtube-congress-child-safety-hearing
COVID-19 Booster: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/26/1049298884/covid-boosters-questions-help-science
Theme Music: https://www.toneden.io/smkedm/post/activate
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of a new planet discovered outside of the Milky Way Galaxy, Pfizer vaccine updates and the record rainfall in California on Monday.
New Planet: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049282754/nasa-new-planet-discovered-outside-milky-way-galaxy
Pfizer Vaccine: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/26/1049372524/fda-panel-recommends-pfizer-vaccine-for-kids-ages-5-to-11
Record Rain: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/26/1049261810/record-rain-storm-drought-california
Intro/Outro: https://www.toneden.io/smkedm/post/activate
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of the unionization of Amazon warehouse workers, Sudan's coup and ends with the weekly weather update.
Amazon Warehouse Workers: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048956134/amazon-warehouse-workers-in-new-york-to-file-for-union-vote
Sudan's Coup: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048911534/sudans-prime-minister-and-other-sudanese-officials-are-detained-in-an-apparent-c
Weather: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/5845718060015a43e976291d750103cf5771ab3c1b5c792fbc8f3ef8f8cfe17f
Intro/Outro: https://www.toneden.io/smkedm/post/activate
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley welcomes you this Friday with a fun fact about koalas before turning to an update on the 17 abducted missionaries in Haiti, Dame Sandra Mason's election as the first president of Barbados and the current updates on President Biden's budget.
Koalas - https://www.thedodo.com/16-amazing-animal-facts-1094218100.html
Haiti - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1048346773/haiti-gang-leader-kidnapped-missionaries-video
Dame Sandra Mason - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1048403692/barbados-president-woman-sandra-mason-republic
Biden's Budget - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/22/1047975012/heres-what-we-know-is-in-the-scaled-back-biden-budget-bill-and-what-got-cut
Newscaster Ally Brodmann brings news of Californian storms and 240 AMC theatres adding open captions on their videos.
Californian Storms - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/21/1048004365/strong-storms-are-heading-toward-drought-parched-california
AMC Theatres - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/21/1048017853/amc-theatres-open-captioning-movie-accessibility
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of San Fransisco shutting In-N-Out down due to refusing to check vaccination status on its patrons, the White House dropping free community college from its bill and once-bankrupt Guitar Center officially filing an IPO.
In-N-Out - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047638276/in-n-out-burger-san-francisco-vaccine-mandate
Free Community College - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047609415/white-house-drops-free-community-college-from-its-spending-bill
Guitar Center - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047406098/from-bankruptcy-to-ipo-in-a-year-its-a-tune-guitar-center-might-play
Newscaster Alexis Marion brings news of Nebraska Rep. Jeff Fortenberry's charges of illegal campaign contributions and the Spanish city of Seville becoming the first city to categorize and name heat waves.
Fortenberry - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/19/1047445312/nebraska-rep-fortenberry-is-charged-with-lying-to-authorities-over-illegal-donat
Seville, Spain - https://www.npr.org/2021/10/19/1047304493/seville-spain-will-name-heat-waves
Station Manager Charlotte McKinley brings news of the death of former Secretary-of-State Colin Powell, Facebook's intent to hire 10,000 employees from the European Union, the abduction of 17 Ohio-based missionaries in Haiti and ends with the weekly weather update.
Colin Powell: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/1046981056/colin-powell-former-secretary-of-state-dies-at-84
Facebook: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/1047033994/facebook-metaverse-10-000-workers-europe-virtual-reality
Missionary Abduction: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/1047042212/u-s-haiti-17-missionaries-kidnap-gang-christian-aid-ministries
Weather: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/La+Mirada+CA?canonicalCityId=61714cd25da1ca2283a71efd94596d5d5d9c3cd9fe8f55aa34a3671e47bbf578