The Full Belmonte, 7/21/2022
A construction worker drinks water in temperatures that have reached well above triple digits in Palm Springs, California, on Wednesday.
“More than 85% of Americans are bracing for temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit through the weekend, with millions in the south-central US expected to experience readings in the triple digits. ‘Widespread high temperatures in the mid-to-upper 90s and low 100s will encompass a majority of the country on Thursday and Friday,’ according to the National Weather Service. The areas at the highest risk for the dangerously high heat span the Southwest, central and south-central US, along with the coastal mid-Atlantic region and the Northeast, the weather service noted. This has driven state and local leaders to issue heat emergencies and offer resources to residents to mitigate the scorching temperatures. The heat waves in the US have been matched by deadly conditions in Europe, where records have been smashed and 19 European countries remain on ‘extreme danger’ alerts for wildfires.
President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media after exiting Air Force One on Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo
“President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid, the White House said on Thursday, raising concerns about his immediate health and underscoring the pandemic’s persistent shadow over his presidency.
The White House said that Biden, who is fully vaccinated and doubly boosted, was experiencing ‘very mild’ symptoms. He has also begun taking Paxlovid.
‘Consistent with CDC guidelines, he will isolate at the White House and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,’ White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.” Read more at POLITICO
In this image from video released by the House Select Committee, an exhibit shows Sarah Matthews, former White House deputy press secretary. Matthews will be the key witnesses at the House Jan. 6 committee's prime-time hearing on July 21, as the panel examines what Trump was doing as his supporters broke into the Capitol.AP
“The House select committee investigating the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, is returning to primetime today for its final planned hearing this month that will seek to show in minute-by-minute detail how former President Donald Trump failed to act while the attack was underway. Committee aides say that the panel will show how Trump ‘refused to act to defend the Capitol’ for 187 minutes as the violent mob stormed the building. The committee has spoken with several former Trump aides who were with him that day -- including former White House counsel Pat Cipollone -- and their video depositions are expected to be used to help tell the story of what was going on inside the White House on January 6. The committee is also expected to show clips of video outtakes of Trump recording a message to his supporters on January 7, 2021, the day after the attack. The hearing will air live on CNN at 8 p.m. ET.” Read more at CNN
Last week's hearing. Photo: Shawn Thew/Pool via Getty Images
“Republican and Democratic senators said Wednesday they expect a bill protecting same-sex marriage will eventually win the 60 votes needed to break a filibuster. While it's not yet clear how many Republicans will support the bill, this acknowledgment is a sign of growing public acceptance and a sea change over an issue that had once badly divided the two parties. While most GOP senators are likely to vote against the bill, lawmakers in both parties believe there will be at least 10 Republicans who would join all 50 Democrats and advance the bill to a final up-or-down vote. But with the Senate leaving for its August recess in two weeks, the measure may not hit the Senate floor for some time.”
“An omicron subvariant known as BA.5 is dominating the summer wave of COVID-19 in the U.S., making up nearly 80% of new cases, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Clinicians say many BA.5 symptoms are similar to those seen in previous variants, including congestion, headaches, cough and fever. How long BA.5 lasts varies, too – some people don't experience any symptoms while others can feel sick for weeks. And protection from infection wanes over time, making it possible to get reinfected with the same variant two to four months after getting sick.” Read more at USA Today
•Related: CDC unanimously recommends Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine for adults.
BA.5 was first detected in the U.S. at the end of April, experts say. Researchers can’t know where it came from due to limited surveillance.Getty Images
“The World Health Organization is meeting Thursday to decide whether the outbreak of monkeypox should be considered a public health emergency of international concern, which could lead more resources to be devoted to fighting the disease. Nearly 1,500 Americans have been infected with monkeypox since early May, and the federal government is working to provide additional vaccines to stem the widening outbreak, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said at a news conference. A two-dose vaccine called Jynneos is available, but there is not enough for everyone at risk who wants protection. Read more
•Perspective: Treating HIV taught us about inclusive care. Now monkeypox is testing what we learned.•Monkeypox is not a gay disease. But LGBTQ leaders say they need more help for gay men and everyone else.•What's it like to have monkeypox? One of our reporters spoke to someone who had it.” Read more at USA Today
People wait in line to recieve the Monkeypox vaccine before the opening of a new mass vaccination site at the Bushwick Education Campus in Brooklyn on July 17, 2022, in New York City.KENA BETANCUR, AFP via Getty Images
Federal court allows Georgia 'heartbeat' law to go into effect
“A federal appeals court said Wednesday that a 2019 Georgia law which bans most abortions once a ‘detectable human heartbeat’ is present should be allowed to take effect. The decision reversed a previous ruling by a lower court that blocked the legislation, which occurred before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Read more about the law's ‘personhood’ provision.
Bigger picture: In a post-Roe reality, states are battling to either curb or protect abortion rights.
•Abortion on the ballot: At least five states – California, Kansas, Kentucky, Montana and Vermont – will include ballot proposals in November on changing the state's constitution over abortion rights.•Pink House West: The abortion clinic at the center of the case that resulted in the end of Roe is moving to New Mexico – and a crisis pregnancy center is opening next door.•Threats to medical providers: The Indiana doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio faced a kidnapping threat against her own child.
In reaction to fears the conservative Supreme Court will go further, House Democrats will vote Thursday on a bill that would enshrine the right to use and provide contraceptives. Watch lawmakers' remarks about The Right To Contraception Act ahead of today's vote.” Read more at USA Today
U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during an event on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2022 in Washington, DC. Pelosi joined other members of the Democratic caucus in discussing The Right to Contraception Act that the House will vote on tomorrow, a law that would codify the right to access and use FDA approved contraceptives.Win McNamee, Getty Images
“WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators proposed new legislation on Wednesday to modernize the 135-year-old Electoral Count Act, working to overhaul a law that President Donald J. Trump tried to abuse on Jan. 6, 2021, to interfere with Congress’s certification of his election defeat.
The legislation aims to guarantee a peaceful transition from one president to the next, after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol exposed how the current law could be manipulated to disrupt the process. One measure would make it more difficult for lawmakers to challenge a state’s electoral votes when Congress meets to count them. It would also clarify that the vice president has no discretion over the results, and it would set out the steps to begin a presidential transition.
A second bill would increase penalties for threats and intimidation of election officials, seek to improve the Postal Service’s handling of mail-in ballots and renew for five years an independent federal agency that helps states administer and secure federal elections.
While passage of the legislation cannot guarantee that a repeat of Jan. 6 will not occur in the future, its authors believe that a rewrite of the antiquated law, particularly the provisions related to the vice president’s role, could discourage such efforts and make it more difficult to disrupt the vote count.
Alarmed at the events of Jan. 6 that showed longstanding flaws in the law governing the electoral count process, a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Senators Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, and Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, had been meeting for months to try to agree on the rewrite.” Read more at New York Times
“A new stash of documents obtained by Congress has confirmed that the Trump administration pushed to add a citizenship question to the census to help Republicans win elections, not to protect people’s voting rights, a House committee report concluded on Wednesday.
The report from the Committee on Oversight and Reform, the culmination of a yearslong investigation, detailed new findings based on drafts of internal memos and secret email communications between political appointees at the Commerce Department, which oversees the Census Bureau, and counterparts in the Justice Department.
The documents provided the most definitive evidence yet that the Trump administration aimed to exclude noncitizens from the count to influence congressional apportionment that would benefit the Republican Party, the report concluded, and that senior officials used a false pretext to build a legal case for asking all residents of the United States whether they were American citizens.” Read more at New York Times
“Donald J. Trump called a top Republican in the State Legislature in Wisconsin in recent days to lobby for a measure that would overturn his 2020 loss in the state to President Biden, the latest signal that the former president remains undaunted by congressional and criminal investigations into his election meddling.
Mr. Trump’s advisers said the former president saw an opening to press the Republican official, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, after a Wisconsin Supreme Court ruling prohibited the use of most drop boxes for voters returning absentee ballots.
Since drop boxes were used during the 2020 election, Mr. Trump argued, the state should be able to invalidate the results of that election. He pushed Mr. Vos to support a resolution that would retract the state’s 10 electoral votes cast for Mr. Biden. Mr. Trump’s advisers said the phone call took place on July 9 — the day after the court issued its opinion.
There is no mechanism in Wisconsin law to rescind the state’s electoral votes, nor does the United States Constitution allow for a state’s presidential election to be overturned after Congress has accepted the results. Still, Mr. Trump has persisted.
Mr. Vos has repeatedly told Mr. Trump and his allies that decertifying the former president’s loss would violate the state’s Constitution.” Read more at New York Times
“WASHINGTON — The prosecution rested its case on Wednesday in the trial of Stephen K. Bannon, a former top adviser to President Donald J. Trump, as government lawyers sought to show that Mr. Bannon had repeatedly ignored warnings that he risked facing criminal charges in flouting a subpoena.
Mr. Bannon was indicted in November on two counts of contempt of Congress after he refused to provide information to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
The trial on Wednesday largely centered on the testimony of Kristin Amerling, the deputy staff director and chief counsel to the Jan. 6 committee, who offered a detailed accounting of the committee’s attempts to compel Mr. Bannon to testify last year.” Read more at New York Times
“Richard ‘Alex’ Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina attorney accused of murdering his wife and son while committing scores of financial crimes, pleaded not guilty Wednesday and was denied bond.
The charges: Last week, Murdaugh was charged with two counts of murder and two counts of possession of a weapon during a violent crime following a yearlong investigation into the killings of his wife, Maggie, and son Paul.
Latest updates: During Wednesday's hearing, Murdaugh pleaded not guilty but did not address the court at length. When asked how he wished to be tried, Murdaugh replied, "By God and country."
What's next: In a final joint motion, both parties expressed the desire for a speedy trial. The defense said it would like for the case to be heard within120 days, preferably by October or November.” Read more at USA Today
“Four men have been indicted in connection to the deadliest known migrant smuggling attempt in U.S. history, where 53 people were found dead inside an abandoned tractor-trailer in San Antonio, Texas.
A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment against Homero Zamorano Jr., 46, and Christian Martinez, 28, the United States Attorney's Office of the Western District of Texas announced Wednesday.
Both men were charged with one count each of conspiracy to transport and transportation of illegal aliens resulting in death, and conspiracy to transport and transportation of aliens resulting in serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy.
50 adults and three children died during the June 27 smuggling attempt, and 10 adults and one child were injured, officials said. The victims were from Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” Read more at USA Today
Image caption, Donald Trump Jr, Eric Trump and Ivanka Trump alongside their families at the funeral
“The funeral of Ivana Trump, the ex-wife of Donald Trump, has been held in New York City, bringing the family together for a rare public gathering.
Ms Trump, 73, died last week after reportedly falling down the stairs of her Manhattan apartment.
Among those in attendance were Donald and Ivana's three children, Ivanka, Eric and Donald Trump Jr, who all reportedly gave eulogies.
The pair were married for 15 years between 1977 and 1992.
Originally from what was then Czechoslovakia, Ivana Trump was a notable socialite who became the subject of intense public interest alongside Donald Trump during the 1980s and 1990s. After the pair separated, she went on to launch a line of beauty products, jewellery and clothing.
At the funeral on Wednesday, Ivana and Donald's three children were seen standing together alongside their spouses and families as the hearse carrying the coffin arrived to be carried into St Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church.
The former president - who reportedly did not speak at the service - arrived separately alongside security personnel.
Before the ceremony, he wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social: ‘A very sad day, but at the same time a celebration of a wonderful and beautiful life.’” Read more at BBC
“Tesla, which made waves last year when it revealed a major investment in Bitcoin, has now sold off most of its holdings of the cryptocurrency.
The electric car firm has offloaded 75% of its Bitcoin, which was worth about $2bn (£1.7bn) at the end of 2021.
It is backing away as the value of the cryptocurrency has plunged, falling by more than 50% this year.
Tesla said it bought traditional currency with the $936m (£782m) from its Bitcoin sales.
Tesla boss Elon Musk has been among the most high profile champions of cryptocurrency, with his pronouncements on social media often driving significant trading activity.
Tesla's $1.5bn investment in Bitcoin, revealed in February 2021, prompted a surge of demand in the currency. The price of the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency soared last year to almost $70,000 in November before crashing.” Read more at BBC
“Gun violence in America has massive costs that go far beyond the death toll. Two new studies outline the immense financial, social and health care expenses paid in the shattered lives of often-forgotten survivors. “ Read more at NPR
“376 officers were on the scene in Uvalde — then waited to confront the gunman.
Data: Texas Department of Public Safety. Graphic: Houston Chronicle. Used by permission
Ken Ellis, a Houston Chronicle graphic artist, tweeted: ‘Not a fun graphic to make, but it tells the story.’” Read more at Axios
“Home prices in the US hit a new all-time high in June, despite the lack of affordability that's pushing buyers out of the market. The median home price was $416,000 last month, up 13.4% from one year ago, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors. Miami had the largest median price growth, up 40.1% from a year ago. It was followed by Orlando, Florida, up 30.6%, and Nashville, Tennessee, up 30.6%, the report shows. Inventory, which had been tight, is also ticking up, but there are still longstanding shortages of housing. Some experts say builders are cutting back on single-family home construction and boosting construction of multifamily buildings -- which could be a sign they may be betting on more people getting priced out of buying and renting instead.” Read more at CNN
“The federal investigation of President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, has reached a critical juncture, according to people briefed on the matter. Investigators are weighing possible charges while prosecutors are confronting Justice Department guidelines to generally avoid bringing politically sensitive cases close to an election. While no final decision has been made on whether to bring charges against the President's son, sources say the probe has intensified in recent months. The Justice Department investigation initially focused on Hunter Biden's financial and business activities in foreign countries dating to when Joe Biden was vice president. But investigators have examined a swath of broader conduct, including whether Hunter Biden and associates violated money laundering, campaign finance, tax and foreign lobbying laws, as well as whether Hunter Biden broke federal firearm regulations, multiple sources said.” Read more at CNN
“Expectations for a congressional vote this summer on a major tech antitrust bill have all but fizzled out as the August recess quickly approaches, Axios' Ashley Gold reports.
Why it matters: It's more likely than ever that this Congress will push Big Tech competition rules into the fall — when legislation will face slim chances with lawmakers distracted by midterm elections.
If an autumn push fails, competition regulation will have to wait for the new Congress. If the GOP takes back congressional control, it's unlikely to be a top priority.
Flashback: The House began this current antitrust legislative push in 2020, with a sweeping report charging the biggest U.S. tech companies with putting their own products and services ahead of competitors'.
House members introduced five separate bills accompanying the report. Little movement has followed.
The lobbying battle has been intense, with Big Tech and its advocacy groups dropping millions on TV and online advertisements.” Read more at Axios
Mario Draghi’s resignation comes despite calls for him to remain in post. Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images
“Mario Draghi has confirmed his resignation as Italy’s prime minister after an attempt to salvage his broad coalition failed when three key parties snubbed a confidence vote, paving the way for snap elections that could take place as early as late September.
Backed by a groundswell of public support, the former European Central Bank chief had attempted to continue his administration on condition that his alliance ‘rebuild a pact of trust’ that would enable it to work together to overcome huge challenges over the coming months.
Draghi formally handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday morning and it was accepted.
However, the populist Five Star Movement (M5S), Matteo Salvini’s far-right League and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia did not participate in a confidence vote in the senate on Thursday night that essentially called for parties to approve a spirit of cooperation.
The political crisis was triggered last week after M5S boycotted a vote on a €26bn (£22bn package) designed to help Italians tackle inflation and energy costs, arguing it was insufficient. The party was also unhappy that the package contained a provision to build a huge waste incinerator plant in Rome.
The League and Forza Italia had called for a new Draghi-led government, but without M5S, while demanding a cabinet reshuffle. M5S was annoyed that Draghi had not embraced the policy priorities presented to him in its ‘nine-point’ plan, including a basic income and green homes bonus scheme.
Draghi’s resignation comes despite calls for him to remain in post, including from world leaders who see him as fundamental to not only ensuring stability in Italy but as a partner in facing the challenges of Russia’s war in Ukraine.” Read more at The Guardian
Image caption, Nord Stream 1 runs under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany
“Russia has resumed pumping gas to Europe through its biggest pipeline after warnings it could curb or halt supplies altogether.
The Nord Stream 1 pipeline restarted following a 10-day maintenance break but at a reduced level.
On Wednesday, the European Commission urged countries to cut gas use by 15% over the next seven months in case Russia switched off Europe's supply.
Russia supplied Europe with 40% of its natural gas last year.
Germany was the continent's largest importer in 2020, but has reduced its dependence on Russian gas from 55% to 35%. Eventually, it wants to stop using gas from Russia altogether.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February sent wholesale gas prices soaring in Europe, with a knock-on impact on consumer energy bills.” Read more at BBC
“Land grab | The Kremlin is in a dash to hold referendums in Ukrainian territories occupied by its troops to give grounds for President Vladimir Putin to annex them into Russia as early as September, sources say. Officials are preparing to organize votes by Sept. 15 in areas currently controlled by the Russian military and any others its troops are able to seize in coming weeks.” Read more at Bloomberg
“BUENOS AIRES — Instead of “amigos,” the Spanish word for “friends,” some Spanish speakers use “amigues.” In place of “todos,” or “all,” some write “todxs.” And some signs that would say “bienvenidos,” or “welcome,” now say “bienvenid@s.”
The changes, which had been informally adopted by teachers in schools across Buenos Aires, were a deliberate effort to include people who don’t identify as male or female in a language where many words are categorized as either masculine or feminine.
Similar gender-neutral language is being increasingly introduced across Latin America, as well as in other languages, including English and French, by supporters who say it helps create a more inclusive society.
But to some Spanish speakers, including many academics and politicians, the changes degrade a language spoken by a half-billion people around the world.
In Argentina, the tension has shifted from a war of public opinion to a battle over policy.
The city government in Buenos Aires, the nation’s capital, last month banned teachers from using any gender-neutral words during class and in communications with parents. The city’s education minister said such language violated the rules of Spanish and stymied students’ reading comprehension.
The policy, among the first anywhere to specifically forbid the use of gender-neutral language, provoked a swift backlash. Argentina’s top education official criticized the rule and at least five organizations, a mix of gay rights and civil rights groups, have filed lawsuits seeking to overturn it….
Argentina is a surprising place for such a heated debate on gender-neutral language because the country has largely embraced transgender rights. In 2012, it became one the first countries in the world to pass a law allowing people to change their gender on official documents without requiring the intervention of a doctor or a mental health therapist.
Last year, the federal government adopted a measure requiring that 1 percent of all public sector jobs be set aside for transgender people. Those who identify as nonbinary are allowed to mark an “X” on official documents, rather than check off male or female. One of the president’s children is a nonbinary drag queen.” Read more at New York Times
Down to two | Conservative lawmakers whittled the UK succession race down to two candidates yesterday, pitting Foreign Secretary Liz Truss against former Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak. Truss, the bookies’ favorite, and Sunak will now go head-to-head over the coming six weeks to woo about 175,000 party members who will select the next Tory leader and prime minister to succeed Boris Johnson.A woman rides a scooter past the construction site of an Evergrande housing complex in Zhumadian, central China's Henan province on September 14, 2021.
“A mortgage boycott in China is ‘still multiplying’ and threatens to ‘become much more widespread,’ according to analysts who say the homeowner protest is already affecting 235 property developments in 24 of China’s 31 provinces.
It is common for homeowners in China to start making mortgage payments on new properties before they are finished, with their payments helping finance the construction. But many projects are facing delays.
‘The boycotts appear to reflect growing concern among home buyers about the ability of indebted developers to deliver the homes they have sold, as well as some discontent about declines in new home prices, which have left many buyers sitting on paper losses,’ Julian Evans-Pritchard, senior China economist at Capital Economics, said in a note on July 15.
The development could send ripples beyond the property sector.” Read more at Time
“Vincent Bollore was said to be an avid viewer of a TV series on Roger Ailes, the mastermind behind the rise of Rupert Murdoch’s Fox News into a powerhouse of right-wing politics in the US, Benoit Berthelot writes. As he shifts his own CNews channel to cater for conservativeaudiences deemed to be under-served by the mainstream media, the billionaire beefing up his presence across Europe and beyond is being dubbed the ‘French Murdoch.’” Read more at Bloomberg
Bollore and his son Yannick during a ceremony to mark the 200th anniversary of the Bollore Group in Ergue-Gaberic, France, on Feb. 17. Photographer: Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images
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“The monarch butterfly—a treasured visitor to gardens across America—was officially designated an endangered species Wednesday. Known for its epic biannual migration spanning 2,500 miles across the continent between its summer and winter grounds, the numbers of monarchs of the butterflies have plummeted by between 23 and 72 percent in the last 10 years, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). By joining the organization’s Red List, this is the first time the monarch butterfly has been officially recognized as being at risk of extinction. ‘It’s hard for people to imagine that something that shows up in their backyard is threatened,’ Anna Walker, who led the monarch butterfly assessment, told National Geographic.” Read more at The Daily Beast
Anthony Bruce, a descendant of the Roaring 20's owners, holds up the beach deed during yesterday's ceremony. Photo: Christina House/L.A. Times via Getty Images
“L.A. County made amends for a century-old racial injustice yesterday:
The deed to beachfront property — taken from an African American couple that ran a thriving resort there in 1924 — was ceremoniously returned to their heirs, Reuters reports.
Why it matters: Dignitaries at a ceremony in Manhattan Beach called the return of government land unjustly acquired from Black citizens unprecedented in the U.S. — and a model for other jurisdictions.
What happened: Bruce's Beach — 7,000 square feet of prime real estate — had been a resort where Black people gathered and enjoyed the beach in the segregated L.A. County of the early 20th century.
‘While her husband, Charles [Bruce], worked as a dining-car chef on the train running between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, Willa ran a popular lodge, cafe and dance hall — providing Black families a way to enjoy a weekend on the coast,’ the L.A. Times reported in 2020.
In 1924, Manhattan Beach officials, ostensibly claiming eminent domain to build a park, forced out the Bruces. Over decades, the land was transferred to the state and then the county.
Activists and politicians determined the real motivation for eminent domain was racism. A state law was passed last year to approve returning the land to the Bruces' heirs.
The property now belongs to Marcus and Derrick Bruce, great-grandsons of Willa and Charles Bruce, who said they'll share the proceeds with their extended family.
Derrick Bruce attended Wednesday's ceremony along with his son, Anthony Bruce, who'll manage the property, which houses a lifeguard training facility. L.A. County will lease the land for $413,000 per year.” Read more at Axios
“Federal law-enforcement officials found what appears to be a Fabergé egg on board a seized Russian oligarch’s yacht, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said Wednesday. The $300M luxury boat was brought to San Diego Bay in June after it was seized by U.S. officials in Fiji following sanctions being imposed on its owner, Suleiman Kerimov. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Monaco said the bejeweled egg was one of the most ‘interesting’ discoveries feds had made while raiding oligarchs’ seized yachts. If authenticated, the egg would be a priceless collectible and one of the last known surviving examples of the 69 iconic objets d’art made by the House of Fabergé jewelers in Russia between 1885 and 1917.” [The Daily Beast] Read more at CNN
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“A new documentary series directed by Ethan Hawke examines the lives and careers of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, one of Hollywood's most-revered and longest marriages.” Read more at NPR
“A discarded coffee cup may have helped investigators crack a decades-old murder case. A man was charged Sunday in the murder of 19-year-old Lindy Sue Biechler, who was stabbed to death in 1975 in her Lancaster County, Pa., home.” Read more at NPR
“Shockingly distant galaxies, clues about alien atmospheres, weirdness around Jupiter — so many discoveries have been uncovered by the James Webb telescope that astronomers are positively giddy.” Read more at NPR
“The percentage of young adults living with parents, grandparents, older siblings or roommates has nearly tripled since 1971, new data from the Pew Research Center shows.” Read more at NPR