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From rain and floods to extreme heat waves With temperatures above 110 degrees, climate change has taken its toll across the country. ABOVE up first This morning, NPR’s Lauren Sommer said the weather-related disasters Americans are seeing this summer are what science says we should be anticipating.
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- Even if conditions will deteriorate depends on “how quickly we can cut emissions,” Sommer said. She added extreme heat waves could be nearly three times as common if emissions don’t fall fast enough. Sommer spoke to a climate scientist who said it was time long term thinking and begin converting buildings and infrastructure to consider climate change.
Russian Defense Ministry yesterday said it would consider all ships in the Black Sea heading to Ukraine as “hostile”. The announcement comes after Russia withdrew from an agreement to allow grain exports from Ukrainian ports earlier this week. The strikes followed the withdrawal of troops, which Ukraine said was aimed at a key grain export point.
- Although the Russians do not explicitlyy said they were going to attack the ships, NPR’s Joanna Kakissis said the implication was clear, make it “very hard to convince commercial shipping companies using the Black Sea shipping route.”
- This is what ends of the grain deal means for food safety And global food prices.
Doctors will testify today for the second day of the trial Challenge Texas’ abortion ban. One doctor is among 13 women – denied abortion despite pregnancy complications – suing Texas AG Ken Paxton and the state health board. Others will provide expert testimony.
- NPR’s Selena Simmons-Duffins said that yesterday’s testimony from other women was intense, and at times, everyone is crying – including state attorneys general. Women who want Texas’ temporary abortion ban on pregnancy complications. But state attorneys general want to dismiss the lawsuit, arguing that the doctors should be blamed for denying care.
Researchers are taking a radical approach to fight malaria, a mosquito-borne disease that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year. Instead of trying to control mosquito populations, some scientists want to genetic engineer them become inhospitable to malaria pathogens, making them allies in the fight against the disease. But environmentalists are troubled by the idea of releasing genetically modified animals into the wild.
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Madhur Jaffrey, Indian-American actress, chef and author, poses for a portrait before the release of “Indian Cooking Invitation: 50th Anniversary Edition” at her home in Hillsdale, New York, United States, on Friday, June 23, 2023.
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Madhur Jaffrey, Indian-American actress, chef and author, poses for a portrait before the release of “Indian Cooking Invitation: 50th Anniversary Edition” at her home in Hillsdale, New York, United States, on Friday, June 23, 2023.
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This essay was written by Michel Martin. She is the newest host of Morning Edition. She previously hosted the All Things Review Weekend, the podcast Check It Out This Saturday, and Tell Me More.
Let me get one thing straight: Unlike the magnificent Madhur Jaffrey, I can always cook a little something.
She explains in the introduction to her classic Invitation to Indian cooking (now re-released after 50 years) that, growing up with servants in India, she never cooked until she attended drama school in England. There, “transparent roast beef with succulent potatoes and cabbage” was enough to make her beg her mother to send her the recipe. The rest, as they say, is history: Jaffrey went on to write dozens of cookbooks (and acted in films, illustrated books, raised a family – she succeeded uncomfortably!)
But it all started 50 years ago with that first cookbook
I still have my original! I did Are not grew up with servants. Both my parents work and I want to help. She wasn’t a fool – my mother encouraged me. She gave me a Betty Crocker children’s cookbook when I was probably 9 or 10 years old. I went through each recipe.
Later, as an adult, I want to cook for my roommates (and maybe boyfriends?). I don’t remember how or why I picked it up. I know that I love Jaffrey’s food. Above all, I like encouragement. Jaffrey’s message is one we can all relate to: Food is the source of life. It is also love and culture, and that is means to be shared.
Illuminate me
Dan Harris is meditating.
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Illuminate me is a special series with NPR’s Rachel Martin about in-depth conversations about the human condition.
Longtime journalist Dan Harris worked with Rachel Martin at ABC News from 2008-2009. In 2014, he published 10% happier, a memoir and meditation guide for beginners. Harris launched an app and podcast after the book became popular and left ABC News. Harris and Martin catch up and discuss Western mindfulnessBuddhism and aerial panic changed his life.
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People walk on the Stanford University campus below Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said Wednesday, July 19, 2023, he will resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found flaws in other papers written by his lab.
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People walk on the Stanford University campus below Hoover Tower in Stanford, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said Wednesday, July 19, 2023, he will resign, citing an independent review that cleared him of research misconduct but found flaws in other papers written by his lab.
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- Marc Tessier-Lavigne, president of Stanford University, resigned after the board concluded that several academic papers he authored contained manipulated data.
- A few days after Carlee Russell returned, the police say they are still there is no evidence of the missing child She reported it to 911, and she was doing searches regarding the kidnapping prior to her disappearance. Russell disappeared last Thursday and returned Saturday after she said she saw a child wandering the Alabama interstate.
- When Hollywood actors and writers go on strike, Netflix announced the financial report for the second quarter yesterday, showing steady growth for the streaming service.
This bulletin has been edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.
