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Objection to the Rule — 337 episodes · page 2 of 4
OTR January 21st, 2024: CUNY Layoffs Weeks Before Start of Spring Semester - Mother & 2 Children Left to Drown While Trying to Migrate Across US/Mexico Border - Iran's Role Several Middle Eastern Conflicts
OTR January 14th, 2024: NY Hospitals Pay Penalties for Nurse Understaffing- Settlement for Wrongfully Imprisoned NC Man - Lai Ching-te Wins Taiwan Presidential Election- Tiny Homes Helps Unhoused- MLK Jr.'s Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break Silence Speech
OTR January 7th, 2024: Train Derailment in New York City - 215 Bodies Found in Jackson, MS Pauper's Field, Loved Ones Not Contacted - Israeli Officials Call for "Voluntary Migration" of Palestinians from Gaza - Dog Finds Missing Finnish Child in Snowbank
OTR December 31st, 2023: The End of Sunday Service For NYC Public Libraries - Debate Over Removing Trump from Some State's 2024 Ballots - The Year in Climate Change - All Animals in PA Shelter Adopted
OTR December 24th, 2023: Rebroadcast of OTR December 17th, 2023: Engineer Suspended After Bronx Apartment Building Collapse - Debate Over Artificial Intelligence Regulation - Genocide Against Sudan's Masalit People; Boys and Men Targeted
OTR December 17th, 2023: Engineer Suspended After Bronx Apartment Building Collapse - Debate Over Artificial Intelligence Regulation - Genocide Against Sudan's Masalit People; Boys and Men Targeted
OTR December 10th, 2023: Court Rules Parts of NY Gun Laws Cannot Be Enforced (For Now) - Attempted Arson At the Birthplace of MLK Jr. - Russia Supreme Court Bans LBGTQ+ "Movement" - Minimum Wage Win For NYC Delivery Workers
OTR December 3rd, 2023: Congestion Pricing Coming to NYC - HIV/AIDS Activists Warn of Backsliding on Prevention and Treatment Efforts - Russia Supreme Court Bans LBGTQ+ "Movement" - Minimum Wage Win For NYC Delivery Workers
OTR November 19th, 2023: Columbia University's Changes Events Policy, Suspends Some Student Groups - 20 Year Old Osama Bin Laden Letter Circulating on Social Media - Tight Presidential Race in Argentina Between Far-Right and a Center-Left Candidate
OTR November 12th, 2023: Concerning Rise in Syphilis Cases Among Babies in NY, NJ - Fake Rehab Centers Targeting Native Americans in Arizona - What Is Ethnic Cleansing? Examples Past and Present - Free 2-Year Degree Program Butler University in Indiana
OTR November 5th, 2023: FBI Raid Complicates Mayor Adams' Reelection Plans - What to Know About Far-Right Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson - Domestic Abuse & Femicide in Australia - Young Boy Cured of Sickle Cell Anemia
OTR October 22nd, 2023: Changing Expectations of Student Protesters at Elite Universities - Oklahoma AG Sues to Stop First Public Religious School in United States - Protesters on Capitol Hill Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza Arrested
OTR October 15th, 2023: Visits to Food Pantries Surge in New York City - California Announces New "Ebony Alert" for Missing Young Black Women and Children - Roughly Half of Gaza's Population Displaced
OTR October 8th, 2023: NYC Struggles to Control Surge in Tuberculosis Cases - Biden Waives 26 Federal Laws to Continue Border Wall Construction - Concerns Over Kenyan Police Sent to Fight Haitian Gangs - Redonda Eradicates Rats and Other Invasive Species
OTR October 1st, 2023: Recent Flooding in New York City - Death of Senator Diane Feinstein - 15 year old Girl Stabbed to Death in London - Supreme Court Victor in Brazil for Indigenous Land Rights
OTR September 24th, 2023: Senior NJ Senator Indicted on Federal Corruption Charges - Meat Processing Worker Injuries and Child Labor in the US: 1096 and Today - Catastrophic Flooding in Libya
OTR September 17th, 2023: Suspected Opioid Exposure Kills 1 Child, Sickens 3 Others at Bronx Daycare - United Automobile Workers Strike - Test to Detect Abortion Pill Use Created in Poland
OTR September 3rd, 2023: Anti-Black Massacre in Jacksonville, FL - Military Coup in Gabon Deposes President Bongo - Some Staten Islanders Welcome & Assist New Migrants
OTR August 27th, 2023: CDC on Verge of Lowering Infection Control Standards in Healthcare - UK Nurse Charged with Killing At Least 7 Babies - Brooklyn Man Helps Neighborhood See Saturn with Telescope
OTR August 20th, 2023: Recent Whale Deaths on Long Island - Lahaina Fires, Tension Between Maui Residents, Native Hawaiians, Climate Change and Tourist Industry
OTR August 13th, 2023: David Simon Calls NYC 'Off Brand' Over Traffic Rules - Mississippi Officers Plead Guilty to Torturing 2 Black Men - Mexico's President Asks Why Criticism from Female Opponent Isn't "Gender Violence" - 50 years of Hip Hop
OTR August 6th, 2023: The Homophobic Murder of O'Shae Sibley in Brooklyn - Lab Grown Meat Industry - Warming Oceans Due to Climate Change & Impact on Coral Reefs
OTR July 30th, 2023: Hate Crime at Brooklyn Yoga Studio - Lyme Disease on the Rise in the US - Qur'an Burnings in Sweden & Denmark - Death of Shuhada' Sadaqat (born Sinéad O'Connor)
OTR July 16th, 2023: Suspect Arrested in String of Long Island Murders - House GOP Passes Military Budget with Anti-LGBTQIA+ and other Bigoted Conditions - Black Migrants and Locals Face Harsh Treatment in Tunisia
OTR July 9th, 2023: Judge Blocks Minimum Wage Increase for NYC Delivery Workers - Forever Chemicals in US Drinking Water - Gas Leak Kills 17 in South Africa - Homeless Shelters Get a New Look
OTR July 2nd, 2023: NYPD's First Female Commissioner Resigns - Carlishia Hood's Lawsuit Against City of Chicago - Protests in France After Police Killing of Nahel M. - Yale Grants Degrees to Student-Inmates
OTR June 18th, 2023: PLACE Endorsed Candidates Win 40% of CEC Seats - Tori Bowie & Black Maternal Mortality - Antiguan LGBTQ+ Activist Challenges Anti-Sodomy Law and Wins - US Supreme Court Upholds Part of Voting Rights Act
OTR June 11th, 2023: Dangerous Conditions at Rikers Island - White Woman Arrested After Shooting Her Black Neighbor to Death in FL - Controversial New French Language Law in Quebec - A Bed-Stuy Public School Embraces Lessons on Bias, Race, & Identity
OTR June 4th, 2023: NYPD Charges Jordan Neely Protestors with Domestic Terrorism - Stop Cop City Protestors Charged with Domestic Terrorism - Mexican Officials Find Human Remains in 45 Bags - 101 Year-Old Veteran Walks in Graduation Ceremony
OTR May 28th, 2023: Mayor Eric Adams Attempts to Limit NYC Right to Shelter - 11 Year Old Black Boy Shot by Mississippi Police After Calling 911 - German Police Crack Down on Climate Activists - Vertical Gardens in Compton, CA
OTR May 21st, 2023: Anti-Fare Evasion Turnstiles Proposed for MTA - DC Cop Charged with for Leaking Info to Hate Group - Talk of How a New "BRICS" Currency Could Dethrone the US Dollar
OTR May 14th, 2023: NYC Makes Size Discrimination Illegal - Title 42 Expires, New Migrant Restrictions Under Biden - Rising Death Toll of Kenyan Death Cult - Community Gardens in Brooklyn & Queens
OTR May 7th, 2023: NYC Commuters React to Jordan Neely's Murder - Tragic Shooting Prompts New Sex Offender Laws in Oklahoma - Arrests at Charles III's Coronation - Good Samaritan Grabs Runaway Stroller
OTR April 23rd, 2023: NYC Library Systems May Cut Days/Hours Due to Mayor's Proposed Budget - Unsettling Shooting Incidents in United States - The Current Conflict in Sudan - Greece Makes 100s of Beaches Wheelchair Accessible
OTR April 16th, 2023: NYPD to Start Using Robot Dog(s) - Missouri Enacts Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans People - Peace Talks in Yemen
OTR April 2nd, 2023: 311 Callers Harassed by NYC Cops - Deadly Stampede at Food Distribution Site in Pakistan - Biden Admin to End COVID Emergency Declaration Early, and What That Means - Man Buys Property, Assists Elderly Tenant
OTR March 26th, 2023: Trump's Possible Arrest in NYC - LA School Support Staff Strike - Argentinian "Death Plane" Recovered
OTR March 19th, 2023: Plans Rejected for New Gas Vaporizers in North Brooklyn - Leaked Emails from Secret Working Group Behind Anti-Trans Legislation - Mexican Cartel Violence Against US Citizens vs. Mexican Nationals
OTR March 12th, 2023: Mayor Adams Backs Voided Arrest for Retired NYPD Officer - White Student Sues Howard University Over Alleged Discrimination - British Prime Minister's Attack on Asylum Rights
OTR February 26th, 2023: Suspect Arrested for Burning Pride Flag in NYC - Black History Under Attack in Florida - Cattle Ranching's Impact on Deforestation in Colombia - Florida Students Fight Back Against DeSantis
OTR February 19th, 2023: RIP to Da La Soul's Dave "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur - Update on Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria - Two Jewish Men Shot in LA in Antisemitic Attack - Progressive New Laws in Spain
OTR February 12th, 2023: NYS Ends Mask Mandate for Healthcare Settings - Suspected Chinese Spy Balloon - Alarming Avian (Bird) Flu Outbreaks in Birds and Mammals - Cockatoos Know How to Use Tools
OTR February 5th, 2023: Face-Recognition Tech Used to Attack LGBTQ+ NYers - COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Ending in the US - The Horrors of Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - The Fight for Hybrid Work for NYC Gov't Employees
OTR January 29th, 2023: Harlem Council Member Kristin R. Jordan vs. Real Estate Developer - Tyre Nichols' Legacy and Death - Overview of Recent Israeli-Palestinian Violence
OTR January 22nd, 2023: Interview with High-Quality Masks & Clean Indoor Air Advocate, Nathanael Nerode - Atlanta, GA Police Kill Forest Defender - China's Population Drops for First Time in 60 Years
OTR January 15th, 2023: Interview with a High-Risk New Yorker About COVID Protections - 3rd Graders' Storytime Interrupted Over Mention of Race - Recent Coup Attempt in Brazil - Words on Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy
OTR January 8th, 2023: Eric Adam's Rats vs. Curtis Sliwa's Cats - Suspects Arrested for Washington Power Substation Attacks - European Union Fines Facebook Over Privacy Violations
OTR December 18th, 2022: New NYS Anti-Puppy Mill Law - Respect for Marriage Act - Role of Women in Recent Protests in China
OTR December 4th, 2022: NYC to Hospitalize 'Presumed Mentally Ill' Involuntarily - Biden Thwarts Rail Workers' Strike - Christians Become Minority in England & Wales - Charges Against Tracy McCarter Dropped
OTR November 27th, 2022: Proposed Wage Increase for NYC Delivery Workers - Mass shootings in Virginia and Colorado - The Mirabel Sisters' Legacy - RIP to Bronx-born Singer and Actress Irene Cara
OTR November 20th, 2022: MTA Workers' and Riders' Views on Increased NYPD Presence - Whistleblower Shares Details Re: Anti-Abortion & Anti-Contraception SCOTUS Leaks - Debunked Claim About Iran Sentencing 15K Protesters to Death
OTR November 13th, 2022: NYC Ballot Initiatives on Racial Justice & Rightward Shift in NYS Politics - Indian Child Welfare Act in Jeopardy - Disability Activists & Accessibility at the UN Climate Conference - Tesla Stock Tanks & RIP Twitter
OTR October 30th, 2022: Supporting Drag Queen Story Hour at Queens Library - Moral Panic Over Fentanyl in Halloween Candy - Spooky Images from James Webb Telescope of "Pillars of Creation" - Favorite Halloween Stories
OTR October 23rd, 2022: City Hall Staffer Canned Over Leaked Audio - GOP Proposes Nat'l "Don't Say Gay" Legislation - UN Security Council Sanctions Against Haitian Gang Leaders - MAGA Superhero Film Fund Goes Up in Smoke
OTR October 16th, 2022: Migrants Get Mixed Welcome in Staten Island - Leaked Audio of LA City Council Members Racist Comments - Europe Looks to Africa for Natural Gas - New Bike Lanes in Brooklyn
OTR October 9th, 2022: An Important Show Update - NYU Professor Fired After Students Complain - Hurricane Ian's Impact on FL - Italy Elects Far-Right Female Prime Minister
OTR September 18th, 2022: Columbia University Falls in College Ranking System - Looming US Railroad Strike - Source of King Charles III' Income - High School Football Team Helps Restore Bridge
OTR September 11th, 2022: 27 Antiquities Seized from Metropolitan Museum of Art - Water Crisis in Jackson, Mississippi - China's Ongoing Zero-COVID policy - Evidence of Prehistoric Amputation
OTR September 4th, 2022: Image of KKK Member in Plaque at West Point - Four-Year-Old Child Brings Gun to School in Texas - Horrific Flooding in Pakistan Due to Climate Change - New Technology to Destroy "Forever Chemicals"
OTR August 28th, 2022: Diplomat from South Sudan Escapes NYC Sexual Assault Charges - "Katrina Babies" Documentary - Mexican Attorney General Arrested in Disappearance of 43 Students - Partial Student Debt Relief in USA
OTR August 21st, 2022: Bronx Residents Oppose Proposed Housing for Formerly Incarcerated People - Racial Bias in Housing Appraisals in Maryland - Japanese Gov't Encourages Young People to Drink More Alcohol - New Single Dose Rabies Vaccine
OTR August 14th, 2022: Proposed Solutions for NYC's Trash Problem - Man Attacks Ohio FBI Office - Brittney Griner's Potential Release - Maine Reaches a Climate Goal
OTR July 31st, 2022: NYC Deed Theft Scandal - Child Labor Law Violations at Alabama Hyundai Plant - WHO Declares Monkeypox a Global Health Emergency - Panama
OTR July 24th, 2022: Polio case in NYC Suburb - US House of Representatives Votes to Protect Interracial + Same-Sex Marriage - Argentina Bans Gender-Neutral Language - Botswana Reduces HIV Transmission to Newborns
OTR July 17th, 2022: Bodega Worker Claims Self-Defense in Murder Case - Sexual Abuse Within the JROTC - British Resident Stranded in Jamaica with Newborn - Renewed Protections for Endangered Species
OTR July 10th, 2022: "Carlos' Law" Awaits Gov. Hochul's Signature - Highland Park Mass Shooting - Threat of Famine Due to War in Ukraine
OTR July 3rd, 2022: Young Mother Shot Dead on UES - Police Killing of Jayland Walker in OH - Over 20 Migrants Die Trying to Get to Spain via Morocco - Brazilian Tree Bark Could Become Cancer Treatment
OTR June 26th, 2022: Mayor Adams & the NYC Lifeguard Shortage - Bias in Death Examinations - Devastating Earthquake in Afghanistan - NYS Strengthens Abortion Protections
OTR June 19th, 2022: Architect credentials faked for several NYC developments - Students mistakenly served floor sealan in Alaska school - Maasai facing violent eviction from homeland in Tanzania - 30% reduction in coastal plastic pollution in Australia
OTR June 12th, 2022: Human Composting Becomes Legal in New York - Uvalde Shooting and US Gun Violence in General - Update on Sewol Ferry Disaster in South Korea, 8 Years Later - Encouraging Results in Experimental Cancer Drug Trial Results
OTR June 5th, 2022: Indictment in Case of Murdered Queens Deliveryman - Growing Anti-Vaccine Sentiment and Disinformation in the US - Mass Arrests in El Salvador - Package of Bills to Expand Affordable Childcare in NYC
OTR May 29th, 2022: Lack of Affordable Housing in NYC - Mental Health Care Access for Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) - Expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada - Background Information on AAPI Heritage Month -
OTR May 22nd, 2022: Mayor Adams' BolaWrap controversy - Racist massacre in Buffalo, NY - Status of COVID in China and North Korea
OTR May 15th, 2022: 2020 footage of NYPD breaking woman's arm released - Baby formula crisis in US - Killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh - Gains in wind and solar energy
OTR May 8th, 2022: Leaked SCOTUS draft opinion re: Roe v. Wade - NY Attorney General Letitia James shares abortion story - Pro-Choice Foley Square protest - Abortion rights around the world - New legislation p protections in some US states
OTR May 1st, 2022: Family court lawyer shortage in NY - Biden backtracks on Student Loan Forgiveness - Dangerous heat wave in India and Pakistan - Reforestation efforts in Burundi
OTR April 24th, 2022: Accused subway shooter denied bond - Increase in deaths among the unhoused population in the US - Ukrainian refugees treated differently from non European refugees - Encouraging news about a key climate goal
OTR April 17th, 2022: NYS Lieutenant Governor resigns amid corruption arrest - Patrick Lyoya killed by police during traffic stop in MI - Boat carrying migrants capsizes off Libyan coast - Spain votes to grant lagoon personhood
OTR April 3rd, 2022: Staten Island Amazon Workers Vote to Unionize - Fetuses found in home of anti-abortion activist - Pope Francis apologizes for abuse of indigenous children in Canada - Methane used for plastic alternative
OTR March 27th, 2022: New Yorkers take on idling commercial vehicles - Confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson - School for girls canceled in Afghanistan - Discover of Ernest Shackleton's long lost ship
OTR March 20th, 2022: NYC Gender Pay Gap Rally at City Hall - Texas Ruling Against Abortion Providers - Russian Anti-war Protester Crashes News Broadcast - A Program to Reduce Food Waste in India
OTR March 13th, 2022: Interview with Chief Mann, Turtle Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation and NYU's Dr. Judith Zelikoff - Opioid crisis victims confront Sacklers in court - Venezuela releases 2 American prisoners
OTR March 6th, 2022: NYC to end COVID contact tracing program - Mass shooting in Sacramento Church - Some background on Russia's invasion of Ukraine - Federal funding to fight wildfires
OTR February 27th, 2022: Homeless encampments in NYC subways to be dismantled - Texas Governor orders agencies to investigate gender affirming care as child abuse - Colombia decriminalized abortion - US Soccer team wins lawsuit
OTR February 20th, 2022: Christina Yuna Lee Murdered in Her Home - Funeral of Amir Locke, Killed During Execution of a No-Knock Warrant - Ottawa Trucker Protests - A NY Woman Cured of HIV
OTR February 13th, 2022: Unionizing Efforts at NYC Starbucks - Origins of St. Valentine's Day - Nestle to Give Ivorian Cocoa Farmers Cash to curb child labour - Tiger Population Bounces Back - Superbowl Chatter
OTR February 6th, 2022: Rogue NYC nurses tell pregnant people not to get COVID-19 vaccine - Recent bomb threats at Black Colleges and Universities - Plastic recycling in Senegal - Oil and gas leases blocked in Gulf of Mexico
OTR January 30th, 2022: Interview with NYU's Graham Dove about noise pollution - TN school board bans graphic novel about the Holocaust - Indian family freezes trying to reach Canada - A young boy donates prize money to help others
OTR January 23rd, 2022: Deadly fire in the Bronx - Sewage problems in Alabama's Black Belt - Landmine-sniffing rat dies - NYS Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act
OTR January 9th, 2022: NYC DOE staff shortages due to COVID - COVID-19 Home confinement and resignation of BOP director - Anti-feminist sentiment in S. Korea - Action against illegal timber schemes in Brazil
OTR January 2nd, 2022: Revisiting three stories from 2021 - ICE detention in NJ - Updates on the Jan 6th Commission - Suspects in President Moise assassination speak out - some positive COVID news
OTR December 19th, 2021: NYC ban on gas - KY candle factory workers sue employer over tornado protocol - suicide rates among housewives in India - how not to discuss climate change
OTR December 12th, 2021: New voting rights for NYC non-citizens - Racist texts scandal in Torrance, CA police department - Silent Strike in Myanmar - Wall of oysters vs NYC flooding
OTR December 5th, 2021: Safe injection sites in NYC - School shooting in Oxford, MI - Barbados becomes a republic - Good news about the Great Barrier Reef
OTR November 28th, 2021: Changes to Coney Island Boardwalk - Ahmaud Arbery's killers found guilty - Struggle over cobalt mining in Democratic Republic of Congo - River Thames no longer 'biologically dead'
OTR November 21th, 2021: Rats run amok in NYC - Julius Jones granted clemency in OK - UK bill to revoke citizenship privileges without warning - US and China climate pledge
OTR November 7th, 2021: NYC Dept of Sanitation workers vs NYC vaccine mandate - Howard University students protest living conditions - new Taliban gov't in Afghanistan threatened by ISIS
OTR October 31st, 2021 Halloween episode: The Myth of tainted Halloween candy - How many Americans believe in ghosts? - DNA analysis of mummies in NW China - Fauci gives trick or treaters the green light
OTR October 24th, 2021: NYC declares racism a public health crisis - Tragic shooting death on film set - UK to begin checking social media prior to issuing gun licenses - some positive climate news
OTR October 17th, 2021: Judge sides with NYS workers over vaccine mandates - lead contaminated water in Benton Harbor, Michigan - Spain takes a step to acknowledge fascist past - Environmental protections for nat'l monuments