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Climate change is not only make heatwaves more common — that is also make them hotteraccording to a new study from an international team of researchers from World Weather Attribution.
Tens of millions of Americans have had to live under extreme heat warnings or advisories over the past few weeks, including Phoenix. Climate change is making heat waves more common, a new study finds.
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Tens of millions of Americans have had to live under extreme heat warnings or advisories over the past few weeks, including Phoenix. Climate change is making heat waves more common, a new study finds.
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- Scientists Talk to NPR’s Nathan Rott that The discovery is not surprising because the effects of greenhouse gases on global temperatures are well known. ABOVE up first, Rott says, “the clear big picture solution is to stop warming the planet.” But many climate scientists say the international community’s goal of limiting global temperatures to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit above pre-industrial levels is out of reach.
- In America, the heat kills The average number of people per year is more than hurricanes, tornadoes and floods combined. This is what it does to the body.
- How do you keep cool No air conditioning? Read Best advice from listeners like you.
Thousands of Israeli reservists are refusing to serve, doctors are on strike and protesters took to the streets last night after the Israeli government through a controversial overhaul its judicial branch. Under the new law, Israel’s Supreme Court can no longer block the hiring and firing of officials if it finds it unreasonable. The law was passed despite President Biden’s urging against it.
- Opposition activists say they petitioned Supreme Court to challenge the law, but it is unclear whether it will intervene, as NPR’s Daniel Estrin describes the law as equivalent to an amendment to the US constitution. Estrin adds that supporters say the law is “the first step in a broader move to change democratic institutions to further target Palestinian rights.”
President Biden is expected to designate three sites as one National monument to Emmett Till Today. Two sites in Mississippi where Till was kidnapped, tortured and killed in 1955 at the age of 14. Today will be his 82nd birthday. The third location in Illinois will honor his mother, who insisted on holding an open coffin funeral for her son to show the brutality of the Jim Crow South.
- Maya Miller of Gulf States News say these sites will now be federally protected, which means more resources to “teach what really happened.” She added that supporters of the title believe that “racial reconciliation begins with speaking the truth.”
DOJ sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott about his refusal to remove a piece of float placed in the Rio Grande between Mexico and Texas to obstruct the border crossing. Abbott missed yesterday’s deadline to remove the float. The DOJ said Abbott’s efforts to impede migrants were “illegal” and raised “humanitarian concerns”.
Deep diving
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – JUNE 29: People walk through the gate on the Harvard Courtyard on the campus of Harvard University on June 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS – JUNE 29: People walk through the gate on the Harvard Courtyard on the campus of Harvard University on June 29, 2023 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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The Supreme Court may have ended affirmative action based on race, but there is another type of bias in college admissions – and it favors rich kids.
- The richest 1% of American children According to Harvard University researchers, children from middle-class families with similar SAT scores are more than twice as likely to attend America’s most elite private universities.
- Along with legacy admissions and sports recruitment, rich kids rank better non-academic. They have the resources to participate in more extracurricular activities, get better letters of recommendation, and write better personal essays.
- The “Ivy-Plus universities” studied has a huge impact on who gets to positions of influence in our society. It is important for these universities to reform the way admissions are done and remove bias against the wealthy, the researchers say.
Illuminate me
The poet Hanif Abdurraqib struggled with the pain of losing important people in his life. He ponders the ways in which his spirituality is defined by his understanding of loss.
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The poet Hanif Abdurraqib struggled with the pain of losing important people in his life. He ponders the ways in which his spirituality is defined by his understanding of loss.
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Illuminate me is a special series with NPR’s Rachel Martin about in-depth conversations about the human condition.
Editor’s Note: This conversation covered grief and suicide. If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline by dialing 9-8-8 or Crisis text line by texting HOME to 741741.
Poet, author and music critic Hanif Abdurraqib orphaned mother when he was 12 years old. Over the years, he has lost many friends to suicide or drug overdose. Raised in Islam, he tell Rachel Martin that his spiritual identity and beliefs in the afterlife are “inextricably linked with loss.” Abdurraqib discuss how to grieve can “make a home in us” and how music can help us deal with loss.
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Casey Phair of South Korea, left, and Carolina Arias of Colombia compete for the ball during the Group H soccer match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25.
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Casey Phair of South Korea, left, and Carolina Arias of Colombia compete for the ball during the Group H soccer match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25.
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- At 16 years old, New Jersey teenager Casey Phair is the youngest player to ever compete in a World Cup. Only her don’t play for America – she is on the Korean team.
- Carlee Russell who went missing in two days in Alabama after telling 911 she saw a stranded toddler, was admit she wasn’t kidnapped and did not see a child wandering on the highway.
- Check your pantry if you shop at Trader Joe’s. company is recall two types of cookies because they may contain ice.
