Previous Episode: DBON - September 18, 2020

Topics: 

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the second woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a pioneering advocate for women’s rights, died at her home in Washington on Friday at 87 years old. Her legacy.
Beijing on Saturday moved to create a blacklist of foreign companies seen as threatening its national security or acting against Chinese business interests in apparent retaliation for the U.S. bans.
The world is overflowing with coffee beans, sending futures for the arabica variety to the worst weekly slump since 1998.
Yosemite National Park and neighboring Kings Canyon National Park closed Friday due to concerns over dangerous air quality, a result of the wildfires scorching California’s Sierra Nevada. A growing body of scientific evidence paints a dire picture of the effects of wildfire smoke on the human body.
An independent investigation into the government handling of the death of Daniel Prude moved forward on Friday when the Rochester City Council authorized the power to subpoena several city departments, including Mayor Lovely Warren's office and the Rochester Police Department.
Coronavirus was not the main cause of death for nearly one third of recorded Covid-19 victims in July and August, research by Oxford University has found.
The campaign to denigrate and isolate Iran belies Tehran’s current posture. Iran also now believes that any strike beyond covert cyberattacks would benefit Mr. Trump, allowing him to rally his base and give the United States an opportunity for a military response, according to American, allied and Iranian officials.
The U.S. Army is sending Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Syria to bolster force protection in the region as ISIS still poses a threat. 


Sources: 

New York Times
Fox News
Bloomberg
USA Today
The Guardian
ABC News
The Telegraph

Music Used for Intro and Ending: 
“Glimpse Horizon, Piano w/Cello” - by Ian Calkins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K2xN5-_38Q