As It Happens

As It Happens - Tuesday Edition

Tuesday, August 30th, 2016

Part One

Sperm bank follow-up
His donations resulted in dozens of children -- and now, a donor's confession that he lied to a Georgia-based sperm bank about his medical and social history confirms what those children's families long feared. 

Apple taxes
You'd think a country would be happy to get nearly twenty billion dollars in back taxes -- but the Irish government says it would prefer Apple keep all the money it saved under a sweetheart deal. 

Shotgun drone
Drone pilots in rural Virginia were having a great time flying their airborne toy -- until Jennifer Youngman emerged from her house and blew it out of the sky. 

Part Two

South Africa hair protest
Students in South Africa take to the streets to protest against a Pretoria high school where teachers have repeatedly ordered kids to straighten their hair. 

Hoodfar latest
It's been almost three months since a Canadian university professor was imprisoned in Iran -- and now, after she spent time in solitary confinement, her family says her health is declining rapidly.