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In the present day’s high tales
After months of talks, three Senators yesterday unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan invoice to deal with U.S. border safety and supply extra support for Ukraine and Israel. The invoice would mandate President Biden to shut down the border as soon as the variety of migrants approaching it hits a particular threshold. It additionally accelerates the method for asylum seekers and offers work permits to those that acquire entry. Home Speaker Mike Johnson declared it ”useless on arrival”
Left: Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., speaks on border safety and Title 42 throughout a press convention on the Capitol on Could 11, 2023. Proper: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., at press convention on Jan. 23, in Washington, D.C.
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Left: Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., speaks on border safety and Title 42 throughout a press convention on the Capitol on Could 11, 2023. Proper: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., at press convention on Jan. 23, in Washington, D.C.
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- Within the hours for the reason that invoice was unveiled, NPR’s Deirdre Walsh stories it is gotten ”sharp criticism” from the left and proper. On Up First, Walsh says some immigration advocates have a optimistic view of the modifications to expedite the asylum course of however oppose the set off that will shut down entry. Former President Donald Trump desires to wield the immigration situation towards Biden for the 2024 election. He lobbied towards the invoice earlier than it was out and is urging Republicans to derail the Senate deal.
Lots of of 1000’s of California residents are with out electrical energy this morning as a significant storm strikes south. Days earlier than, a separate storm drenched the realm. Meteorologists are warning residents in Los Angeles to put together for life-threatening situations because the storm strikes. The Nationwide Climate Service referred to as it ”one of the vital dramatic climate days in latest reminiscence.”
All 9 of the most important classes awarded in the course of the televised ceremony for the 66th annual Grammy Awards final evening went to ladies. Taylor Swift made historical past as the primary artist to win a Grammy for Album of the 12 months 4 instances. See photographs of the crimson carpet appears and skim the total record of winners.
- Mandalit del Barco tells Up First that highlights from the present included poignant performances from music legends like Billy Joel and Joni Mitchell, who made her Grammy efficiency debut at 80. Annie Lennox made a name for peace and a cease-fire in Gaza following her tribute to the late Sinéad O’Connor. Viewers await particulars on Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, who was handcuffed and arrested on a misdemeanor cost shortly after profitable three Grammys. He was launched final evening, and extra info is anticipated right this moment.
- This 12 months’s ceremony included a brand new class for ”finest African music efficiency.” However it solely options nominees from two international locations in Africa, and the songs principally have lyrics in English.
Boeing introduced yesterday that about 50 of its jets want extra repairs for improperly drilled holes earlier than they’ll go away the manufacturing unit. An worker at Spirit AeroSystems, the corporate that makes the fuselage, recognized the difficulty. Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems have a protracted and troubled relationship. Now, the FAA is trying into each firms to find out why a door plug blew off an Alaska Airways Boeing Max 9 in midair final month.
Deep dive
Many components can have an effect on how briskly we age, together with what we eat, how usually we transfer and who we spend time with. Organic age exams can inform you how previous your DNA is in comparison with how previous you truly are. This is how they work — and whether or not you need to get one.
- The exams measure a course of referred to as DNA methylation. As we age, chemical tags referred to as methyl teams connect to our DNA.
- The check can inform solely you how briskly you are growing older in comparison with your friends, however should not be used to foretell lifespan. Outcomes are extra helpful when interpreted alongside scientific variables like blood stress and lipid ranges.
- Many exams have not been evaluated by unbiased specialists and may give you totally different outcomes.
- The exams are most helpful to researchers who wish to perceive how interventions like weight loss program and train have an effect on growing older.
- For many who do resolve to take the check, researchers say the outcomes could also be reflective of your every day habits.
Image present
What’s left of Pasha’s Palace amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Historians of Gaza say Napoleon slept there for 3 nights in 1799.
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What’s left of Pasha’s Palace amid Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Historians of Gaza say Napoleon slept there for 3 nights in 1799.
Omar El Qattaa for NPR
In 2019, NPR’s Daniel Estrin and Abu Bakr Bashir documented the historic and cultural landmarks vacationers might go to in the event that they had been allowed into Gaza. 4 months after the Oct. 7 Hamas-led assaults, Israel’s floor and air response has rendered each web site Estrin and Bakr documented destroyed, broken or inaccessible. Omar El Qattaa, one of many few remaining photojournalists in Gaza Metropolis, not too long ago photographed these landmarks for NPR.
See photographs of what existed earlier than the battle and what stays now.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
Throughout a Summer time Science Safari demonstration at Texas A&M College in 2022, Dr. Tatiana hits a knife all the way down to make the potato go up. It is not magic, it is inertia.
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Throughout a Summer time Science Safari demonstration at Texas A&M College in 2022, Dr. Tatiana hits a knife all the way down to make the potato go up. It is not magic, it is inertia.
Ryan Carmichael
- Who wants Invoice Nye the Science Man when your professor is Dr. Tatiana? Texas A&M College professor Tatiana Erukhimova’s kid-friendly physics movies have racked up tons of of tens of millions of views on-line.
- FIFA has introduced that the 2026 World Cup Last might be performed at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium on July 19.
- Ladies’s basketball phenom Caitlin Clark has drawn in each followers and strangers to the game. Followers are lining up for her autograph, and ticket gross sales have skyrocketed to see the College of Iowa scholar play.
This text was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.