Website Outages; Hacking The Hackers; FDA Approves Controversial New Alzheimer's Drug

Plus, Rita Moreno talks to Terry Gross about Latina representation in 'West Side Story.' [View this email online]( [NPR]( by Korva Coleman and Jill Hudson First Up [Numerous websites were unavailable early Tuesday after an apparent widespread outage at cloud service company Fastly. Dozens of high-traffic websites including The New York Times, CNN, Twitch and the U.K. government's home page, could not be reached.]( Ric Feld/AP Here's what we're following today. Numerous websites were unavailable early Tuesday after an apparent widespread outage at cloud service company Fastly. Dozens of high-traffic websites including The New York Times, CNN, Twitch and the U.K. government's home page, [could not be reached](. Two Senate committees released new findings related to the January 6th Capitol attack. [Read about it here](. The FBI recovered millions of the ransom Colonial Pipeline paid to suspected Russian hackers. [Find out the details](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listens Kirk Siegler/NPR Zoom is the most popular video conferencing software and many people's communications lifeline during the COVID-19 pandemic. How did the tiny company beat tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Cisco? [Click here to listen]( to The Indicator From Planet Money podcast. The FDA has approved a pricey and controversial Alzheimer's drug. This is the first drug to show significant progress against the sticky brain plaques that are the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease. But it costs tens of thousands of dollars a year, and there is debate on whether it will help patients at all. [Listen to the story]( or [read it](. [Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story.]( Courtesy of MGM Media Licensing Rita Moreno won an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Anita in the 1961 film West Side Story. Moreno moved to New York from Puerto Rico as a child, and says her West Side Story role is "the only part I ever remember where I represented Hispanics in a dignified and positive way." [Hear the conversation]( or [read excerpts](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [Bruce Springsteen in 'Springsteen on Broadway.']( Danny Clinch/Shore Fire Media - Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show will return in June. ([The New York Times]( - The Hoover Dam is facing a huge water shortage. ([The Arizona Republic]( - Apple unveiled a few new features on iOS 15 at its annual developers conference on Monday. ([CNN]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. --------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]