As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
Daniel Pearl Killers Freed
A friend of Daniel Pearl's says it's a travesty that the men convicted of the journalist's shocking murder in Pakistan in 2002 may soon go free.
Oregon Traffic Vaccines
First they were stuck, and then they got stuck. Commuters in Oregon caught in a traffic jam in snowstorm ended up getting impromptu COVID-19 vaccines -- thanks to a medical team that was trapped in the same traffic jam.
Market Gamestop
Laughing stocks. First, a group of market duds are driven to precarious heights by anonymous investors -- then they tumble down, taking some stockholders with them.
Part Two
Poland Abortion Protests
Thousands take to the streets in Poland to protest a near-total ban on abortion that's just come into effect -- and our guest was there in the midst of the demonstration.
Miami Heat Sniffer Dogs
A Canadian researcher says an NBA team's plan to use sniffer dogs to detect fans infected with COVID-19 may sound logical, but it doesn't pass the smell test.
Part Three
English Opera Training
The pandemic made singing a no-no. But an opera house in England has found a way to use it to help COVID patients catch their breath.
Corky Lee Obit
Following the news that Corky Lee has died, we speak with a friend who says the photographer captured decades worth of images "in the name of Asian American justice and representation."