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New York City Councilmember Susan Zhuang (District 43, Sunset Park, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Borough Park, Mapleton-Midwood, Homecrest), talks about her district and her priorities as one of four new members of the City Council, including public safety and quality education — and celebrating the new Year of the Dragon. Read the full article here

Google Chrome plans to phase out cookies that track your online activity in the name of protecting privacy. But big tech also has its own interests in mind. Today, On Point: How the death of third-party cookies could grow Google’s advertising empire. Guests Patience Haggin, reporter at the Wall Street Journal covering digital advertising and…

Coming up on today’s show: Susan Page, USA Today Washington bureau chief and the author of Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power (Twelve, 2021) and the forthcoming The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters (Simon & Schuster, 2024), rounds up the latest news from the Biden White House, the campaign…

Amanda Mull: Once a product is really, really associated with women, men won’t buy it. Coke Zero was developed because we needed a male alternative for Diet Coke, basically, because Diet Coke was a female beverage. So I think that other companies were like a little bit reticent at times, even if, even if women…

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, as the gambling capital of the world prepares to host the 2024 Super Bowl, we look at the growing ties between pro sports and sports betting companies. Then, what’s behind a nationwide surge in syphilis cases and what can be done to reverse the trend. Plus, writer and filmmaker Curtis…

When it comes to finding love, there seems to be two schools of thought on the best way to go about it. One says, wait for that lightning-strike magic. The other says, make a calculation and choose the best option available. Who has it right? Prologue: When guest host Tobin Low was looking for a husband, he got…

Sometimes, the Oscars get things wrong. But sometimes, the awards get something very right. Host Scott Detrow discusses the best Oscar moments of years past with Michael Schulman of The New Yorker. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: And now it is time for our weekly look at the Oscars. The big night takes place on March 10,…

Conservationists in Virginia worry that overfishing of menhaden is harming the Chesapeake Bay’s ecosystem. But state lawmakers have yet to approve funding to study the issue. SCOTT DETROW, HOST: In Virginia, some little fish are at the center of a big, decadeslong fight. They’re called menhaden. Conservationists worry that overfishing is harming the ecosystem in…

Pakistan’s second and third political blocs have agreed to co-operate following elections. Show more Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s PMLN and Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s PPP issued a statement saying they planned to work together to bring political stability. But the final results in the country’s general election have put independent candidates backed by jailed ex-PM Imran…

A number of countries urge Israel not to storm the southern Gazan city of Rafah which is crammed with refugees Show more The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, will press ahead with an offensive in Rafah in southern Gaza where a million displaced Palestinians have taken refuge. We hear from the director of UNWRA affairs…