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All 5 passengers within the Titan submersible died in a “catastrophic implosion,” in accordance with the U.S. Coast Guard. They discovered particles close to the bow of the Titanic, with no proof of a collision.
The 5 males who had been aboard the Titan had been declared lifeless on Thursday after search and rescue crews discovered proof the submersible had imploded.
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The 5 males who had been aboard the Titan had been declared lifeless on Thursday after search and rescue crews discovered proof the submersible had imploded.
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- Rescue groups have indicated it will likely be tough to get well the our bodies, in accordance with NPR’s Jasmine Garsd. On Up First this morning, she stories the expedition skirted regulation as a result of it occurred on worldwide waters, however provides that this high-profile incident might result in extra regulation of the adventure-tourism trade.
- The 5 males onboard beloved adventures and taking dangers. This is what we find out about them thus far.
- One of many passengers, OceanGate founder and CEO Stockton Rush has one other connection to the Titanic: His spouse is a descendant of a pair who died within the shipwreck.
Tomorrow is the primary anniversary of the Supreme Courtroom overturning Roe v. Wade. Since then, greater than a dozen states have enacted abortion restrictions. The difficulty of abortion has upended the nation’s political panorama.
- NPR’s Sarah McCammon stories that the bans imply folks should journey a lot farther for abortion entry. Analysis reveals Individuals, on common, should journey greater than 3 times farther to discover a facility that gives abortions. McCammon provides suppliers really feel the pressure too. “Many have struggled to maintain up with the demand,” she says.
- Final fall, NPR requested listeners how abortion legal guidelines have affected their lives. Greater than 350 shared their tales. Examine eight very private accounts.
The FDA has accredited the primary gene remedy for muscular dystrophy, an incurable illness. The company rejected a request to make it out there for all youngsters with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the commonest type of the illness. The remedy is restricted to sufferers aged 4 and 5 till extra security proof is offered.
A Russian court docket rejected an attraction from Wall Road Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich yesterday and refused to launch him from pretrial detention. Gershkovich was arrested in March on espionage fees. The U.S. says he is being wrongfully detained. Gershkovich’s dad and mom traveled to Russia to attend the listening to.
From our hosts
Eight-member band St. Paul and The Damaged Bones is understood for its raucous soul music. Its newest album “Angels and Science Fiction” is delicate, reflective, and the closest the Birmingham-based band will get to people music.
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Eight-member band St. Paul and The Damaged Bones is understood for its raucous soul music. Its newest album “Angels and Science Fiction” is delicate, reflective, and the closest the Birmingham-based band will get to people music.
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Debbie Elliott is visitor internet hosting Morning Version. As NPR’s nationwide correspondent, she covers the most recent information and politics and is attuned to her native South’s wealthy tradition and historical past.
Visitor-hosting Morning Version this week gave me the pleasure of speaking with Paul Janeway, frontman of the soul band St. Paul and the Damaged Bones. I have been following them for greater than a decade after my good friend, Birmingham restauranteur Pardis Stitt, advised me a few rising native band
Janeway grew up in a rural Alabama city the place church was the epicenter. He at all times dreamed of changing into a preacher however wound up a singer-songwriter. I believe watching him carry out dwell is sort of like being in church. “It is like much more accepting church, and loving church,” he says. “And much more cursing.”
He wrote a few of the songs for the band’s new album, “Angels in Science Fiction,” after he came upon he was going to grow to be a father throughout the pandemic. The music is extra delicate and reflective than the raucous soul the eight-piece band is understood for. Janeway says it is the closest they will get to a people file.
I hope you will take pleasure in our dialog. Spoiler alert: There is a haunting in Memphis…
Weekend picks
Mamoudou Athie voices Wade and Leah Lewis voices Ember within the new Disney Pixar movie Elemental.
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Mamoudou Athie voices Wade and Leah Lewis voices Ember within the new Disney Pixar movie Elemental.
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Take a look at what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:
Motion pictures: Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is filled with the studio’s normal imaginative visuals and dives into the immigrant household expertise.
TV: NPR critic Eric Deggans calls Nick Fury Marvel’s “baddest dude NOT in a cape” in Secret Invasion. The sequence is offered on Disney+.
Books: Garrett Neiman’s Wealthy White Males: What It Takes to Uproot the Previous Boys’ Membership and Rework America makes a compelling argument that inequality harms us all.
Music: When you’ve bought a summer time highway journey deliberate, you are in luck: Pop Tradition Completely satisfied Hour host Stephen Thompson and NPR Music contributor Marissa Lorusso have three songs excellent in your drive.
Video games: Last Fantasy XVI’s deal with motion and storytelling makes it one in every of Sq. Enix’s strongest outings for the reason that flip of the century.
Quiz: Check your information information and watch out for trick questions on NPR’s weekly information quiz.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
Big African land snails — seen right here in 2019 — have been noticed not too long ago in three counties in Florida, spurring state officers to enact quarantines and eradication efforts in opposition to the invasive pests.
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Big African land snails — seen right here in 2019 — have been noticed not too long ago in three counties in Florida, spurring state officers to enact quarantines and eradication efforts in opposition to the invasive pests.
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- Invasive large African land snails are again in Florida, and the state is shifting shortly to destroy them to guard crops.
- Native Individuals expertise greater charges of psychological well being points than their white counterparts, however lower than 1% of therapists within the U.S. are Native American. Texas Native Well being goals to alter this. (by way of HPPR)
- Individuals are flocking to the Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles monastery to view the well-preserved stays of “miracle” Missouri nun Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster. Many imagine her seemingly “incorruptible” physique might sign sainthood. (by way of KCUR)
This text was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.
