About this episode

The episode covers the Pentagon's release of UFO files, a hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship, a jury conviction related to Haiti's president's assassination, ABC's First Amendment complaint against the FCC, and Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday celebration.

In our news wrap Friday, the Pentagon began releasing new files on UFOs, health authorities in the Canary Islands are preparing for the arrival of the cruise ship with a hantavirus outbreak, a jury convicted four men of conspiracy in the assassination of Haiti's president in 2021, ABC accused the FCC of violating its First Amendment rights, and Sir David Attenborough celebrated his 100th birthday. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Topics covered

• UFOs
• health outbreak
• hantavirus
• Haiti assassination
• First Amendment
• David Attenborough

Keywords

• UFO files
• Pentagon
• hantavirus
• Haiti
• First Amendment
• David Attenborough
• news wrap

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Pentagon, ABC, FCC

Places: Canary Islands

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