The Briefing 05-08-15

Podcast Transcript

1) Anniversary of V-E Day should not be neglected as opportunity to thank veterans of WWII

V-E Day, 70 years later, and memories abound in France, USA Today (Bill Hinchberger)

2) NSA phone collecting ruled illegal as court weighs moral goods of liberty and privacy

N.S.A. Phone Data Collection Is Illegal, Appeals Court Rules, New York Times (Charlies Savage and Jonathan Weisman)

3) British elections present surprising success for Conservative Party

Election 2015: Exit poll puts Tories close to majority, BBC

4) Survival of increasingly premature babies underlines fact all fetuses are babies

Premature Babies May Survive at 22 Weeks if Treated, Study Finds, New York Times (Pam Belluck)

5) Researchers ponder whether advantage of loving parents is unjust in equal society

Is having a loving family an unfair advantage?, ABC National Radio (Joe Gelonesi)