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I found it interesting how the cows had preferences in music that was being played. They would come when they liked it and leave once a song they disliked was being played. I believe that this was both relaxing to the cows along with the artist. One of the artist even stated that they believe that just as music relaxes humans it relaxed the cows as well. This benefited the artist just as much as the cows that they decided to make it the main concept for this music a School or boot camp. They found that they brought out a comfort to these artist that was only consistently shown through this method.

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A collaboration between a cattle farmer and a Danish music training program brings regular recitals to pampered livestock.

The Students of the Scandinavian Cello School performing for Mogens and Louise Haugaard's cows on April 23. Credit... Carsten Snejbjerg for The New York Times

LUND, Denmark - During a recent performance of Tchaikovsky's "Pezzo Capriccioso," a handful of audience members leaned forward attentively, their eyes bright, a few encouraging snuffles escaping from the otherwise hushed parterre. Though relative newcomers to classical music, they seemed closely attuned to the eight cellists onstage, raising their heads abruptly as the piece's languid strains gave way to rapid-fire bow strokes.

When it was over, amid the fervent applause and cries of "bravo," there could be heard a single, appreciative moo.

On Sunday, in Lund, a village about 50 miles south of Copenhagen, a group of elite cellists played two concerts for both some music-loving cows and their human counterparts. The culmination of a collaboration between two local cattle farmers, Mogens and Louise Haugaard, and Jacob Shaw, founder of the nearby Scandinavian Cello School, the concerts were meant to attract some attention to the school and the young musicians in residence there. But to judge by the response of both two- and four-legged attendees, it also demonstrated just how popular an initiative that brings cultural life to rural areas can be.

Until a few years ago, Shaw, 32, who was born in Britain, had toured the world as a solo cellist, performing in hallowed venues including Carnegie Hall and the Guangzhou Opera House. When he moved to Stevns (the larger municipality to which Lund belongs) and opened the Scandinavian Cello School, he soon discovered that his neighbors the Haugaards, who raise Hereford cows, were also classical music lovers. In fact Mogens, who is also a former mayor of Stevns, sits on the board of the Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Left to right: The cattle farmers Mogens and Louise Haugaard, and Jacob Shaw, who founded the Scandinavian Cello School. Credit... Carsten Snejbjerg for The New York Times

When the cellist, who had toured Japan, told the farmer about how the country's famously pampered Wagyu cows were raised to produce tender beef, it didn't take much convincing for Mogens to adopt one component of their upbringing for his own cattle.

Beginning in November 2020, a boom box playing Mozart and other classical music in the Haugaard barn has serenaded the cows daily. About once a week, Shaw and any students in residence have come over for a live performance.

Although it remains unclear whether their new listening habits have affected the quality of the cows' meat, the farmer noted that the animals come running whenever the musicians show up, and get as close as possible while they play.

"Classical music is very good for humans," Haugaard said. "It helps us relax, and cows can tell whether we're relaxed or not. It makes sense that it would make them feel good too."

It's not always good for the people who perform it, however. Shaw said he founded the Scandinavian Cello School to help fledgling musicians prepare for the less glamorous demands of a professional career in an industry that can sometimes chew up young artists in the constant quest for the next big thing.

While touring internationally as a self-managed artist, he found himself exhausted by the grind of negotiating contracts, promoting himself and relentless travel, he said in an interview. That experience - coupled with a stint as a professor at a prestigious music academy in Barcelona - made him realize there was a hole there that needed filling.

"Classical music is very good for humans," Mogens Haugaard said. "It helps us relax, and cows can tell whether we're relaxed or not. It makes sense that it would make them feel good too." Credit... Carsten Snejbjerg for The New York Times

"I kept coming across fantastic young talents who simply weren't being given the tools to get out there," said Shaw. They might have excellent teachers to work with them on the music itself, but what was missing was "that extra bit of help," he said, in the areas like booking concerts, preparing for competitions and handling social media.

In its original incarnation, the Scandinavian Cello School was an itinerant organization - more a traveling boot camp than an academy. But in 2018, Shaw and his girlfriend, the violinist Karen Johanne Pedersen, bought a farmhouse in Stevns and turned it into a permanent base for the school. Its students, who come from all over the world and are mostly aged between 17 and 25, stay for short-term residencies at which they hone their musical as well as professional skills - including how to achieve a work-life balance.

The location helps with that. Situated less than a half mile from the sea, the school also offers the visiting musicians the opportunity to help out in a vegetable garden, forage in the nearby forest, fish for dinner, or just relax in an area far from the city.

That environment is part of what drew Johannes Gray, a 23-year-old American cellist, currently living in Paris, who won the prestigious Pablo Casals International Award in 2018. Gray initially visited the Scandinavian Cello School in 2019, and then returned for in the school's first post-pandemic intake, attracted by both the career development opportunities and the leisure activities.

"Jacob's been giving me advice on how to create a program and basically package it to make it more interesting," Gray said. "But we're also both extreme foodies, and we love cooking, so after a long day of practicing, we can go out and fish, or plan this huge feast. It's not just about the music."

As much as the musicians benefit from the environment, so this primarily agricultural region profits from the small influx of international artists. The school receives some financial support from local government and businesses. In return, the visiting musicians - seven have come for the current residency - perform at schools and care facilities in the region. And they play for the cows.

Because of coronavirus restrictions, the two concerts on Sunday were held outdoors, and human attendance for each was limited to 35. (Both sold out.) Among the attendees, who had the opportunity to snack on burgers made by a local chef from the Haugaards' beef, was Denmark's minister of culture, Joy Mogensen, who noted that this was the first live concert she had attended in six months.

"I've witnessed a lot of creativity these last months," she said in an interview. "But digital just isn't the same. I hope it's one of the lessons we take from corona, how much we all - even cows - miss being together for cultural events."

Both species in attendance seemed to enjoy themselves. Before the concert, the cows had been scattered across the field, munching grass in the bright sunshine and nursing their newborn calves. But as the musicians, clad in formal wear, took their seats on the hay-strewn stage, and began the dramatic opening bars of the Danish composer Jacob Gade's "Jalousie (Tango Tzigane)," the cows crowded over to the fence that separated them from the human audience, and jostled for position.

After a program including an arrangement of Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody" and a crowd-pleasing encore of Édith Piaf's "Hymne de l'Amour," the musicians were as charmed by their livestock listeners as their human ones.

"It's actually nice playing for cows," said Gray. "We saw it in rehearsal - they really do come over to you. And they have preferences. Did you see how they all left at one point? They're not really Dvorak fans."

Credit... Carsten Snejbjerg for The New York Times

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A collaboration between a cattle farmer and a Danish music training program brings regular recitals to pampered livestock. LUND, Denmark - During a recent performance of Tchaikovsky's "Pezzo Capriccioso," a handful of audience members leaned forward attentively, their eyes bright, a few encouraging snuffles escaping from the otherwise hushed parterre.

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https://www.npr.org/2021/04/30/992038052/blm-and-teacher-s-free-speech
This debating on whether or not this teacher should get in trouble for supporting the BLM movement on school grounds. The school had told her to take down the flags about BLM. In my opinion, she shouldn't be getting in trouble for supporting a movement to stop the hate. The school was also wrong for telling her to take down the BLM flag. As well as they have no place to tell her what not to put up in her classroom she is just trying to spread positivity in her classroom during these hard times.

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Mario Gonzalez , a 26-year-old man, was brutally murdered by police officers after they attempted to handcuff him. He was unarmed and minding his own business. I'm not sure what caused the officers to take action but they did not have to use an excessive amount of force to simply handcuff a single man to the point where he actually died.

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Alameda Police "mishandled" the arrest of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez last week and caused his death, according to the attorney representing the man's family.

Gonzalez died April 19 after police pinned him to the ground for at least five minutes. The Alameda Police Department said Gonzalez suffered a "medical emergency" after a scuffle with officers.

Julia Sherwin, the attorney representing Gonzalez's family, said Gonzalez's actions that day didn't warrant law enforcement response from the start.

"He's unarmed. He's just got a comb. He's been combing his hair and he's been loitering there for half an hour," she told NPR's Eric Westervelt. "Why this required a law enforcement response right at that moment is beyond me."

Sherwin said officers never told Gonzalez why he was under arrest before they attempted to handcuff him.

Interim Alameda Police Chief Randy Fenn said that in the body camera footage, Gonzalez "does not appear to be violent or abusive" before officers move to arrest him.

Fenn said it's unclear whether officers used justifiable action or excessive force. Three ongoing investigations will determine whether the officers acted appropriately.

Body camera footage released Tuesday by Alameda Police shed more light on the events before, during and after Gonzalez's interaction with officers. During the struggle with Gonzalez, officers can be seen placing arms and knees on his back to keep him restrained.

The names of the four involved Alameda Police Department employees were released Wednesday. Officer James Fisher, was hired by the city in 2010, and officers Cameron Leahy and Eric McKinley, were hired in 2018. All three remain on paid administrative leave. Civilian Parking Enforcement employee Charlie Clemmens was also involved in the incident and is on leave.

Gonzalez's family accused the officers of excessive force and said the police murdered Mario Gonzalez.

On the day of Gonzalez's death, callers complained to 911 dispatchers that he was standing alone in a small park in a residential area and talking to himself. He had what appears to be two bottles of alcohol, Sherwin said.

When officers arrived, "they just completely mishandled the situation," she said. Gonzalez appears impaired in the body camera video.

But "he was very calm and his family reports that that's just how he was," Sherwin said. "He was a mellow, calm guy who didn't ever become aggressive with people."

Fenn said ongoing investigations into the events that day, the results of which he hopes will be released within a few weeks, should reveal "What was the state of mind of the officers? What were they intending to do?"

The Alameda County Sheriff's Department and Alameda County District Attorney's Office opened separate criminal investigations. An independent investigation by Louise Renne, the former city attorney for San Francisco who was hired by Alameda City Manager Eric Levitt, is also underway.

Sherwin said the family wants to see the autopsy and toxicology reports to understand any contributing factors to Gonzalez's death.

"But having to handle these cases for two decades and looking at the body cam video," she said, "I know that Mario died because he was proned out on the ground and had officers on top of him for five minutes."

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Lawyer Says Police Didn't Need To Arrest Man Who Died After Being Pinned To Ground

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Alameda Police "mishandled" the arrest of 26-year-old Mario Gonzalez last week and caused his death, according to the attorney representing the man's family. Gonzalez died April 19 after police pinned him to the ground for at least five minutes. The Alameda Police Department said Gonzalez suffered a "medical emergency" after a scuffle with officers.

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I found this interesting considering that there has been a rise in public shootings and it feels like they are supporting people without permits to carry guns.

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-30/after-covid-deaths-families-cherish-items-from-loved-ones
Many people have family members that have been infected with COVID, and put into hospitals. Unfortunately not all of h them make it out. After their deaths the families tend to cherish their belongings and their memories of them. I find that interesting because it’s very sad to lose someone within your family but it’s good that you can cherish their memory of them and have their belongings. Sometimes it’s the best you can do.

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Nathan Herber was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma at the young age of four years old. He was forced to leave his beloved Minnesota school to undergo treatment. 900 days passed and Nathan beat cancer and was welcomed back with open arms by his teachers and schoolmates. March 25th was his first day of school and there were students lined up in the parking lot waiting to show Nathan that he was loved and that he was never alone.
In my opinion this should be an example of how all things should be in life. Nathan was showed praise and given love for beating the deadly disease. All people should be celebrated for their accomplishments big or small however, this will never be the case because of all of the negativity in the world. Anyone and everyone will drag you down due to jealousy.

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Nathan Herber underwent more than 900 days of treatment.

After spending months in the hospital, it was finally Nathan Herber's first day of school.

Nathan was only 4 years old when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018. He had to leave his school in Rochester, Minnesota, to undergo aggressive treatment at the nearby Mayo Clinic.

After 900 days of treatment, online school and a tough battle that at one point had Nathan on life support, he is back where he belongs.

On March 25, more than 300 of his fellow students lined the school parking lot to surprise Nathan and wave "hello" on his last day of treatment.

Nathan, his twin brother Justin and his big brother Grant, joined "World News Tonight" on Tuesday to recall the special moment. Nathan said he was excited to see some old buddies.

"I'm gonna be happy, because I might be able to see my friends from all the [classes] that I had last time," he said.

Becky Herber, Nathan's mother, said her son's story can resonate with a lot of other students who are waiting to return to in-person classes this year.

"Our hope for everybody returning to school this year is to never give up," she said. "To know that this isn't forever. That there will be an end, and things will be normal again."

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6-year-old cancer survivor receives heartwarming welcome back to school

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Nathan Herber underwent more than 900 days of treatment. After spending months in the hospital, it was finally Nathan Herber's first day of school. Nathan was only 4 years old when he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2018. He had to leave his school in Rochester, Minnesota, to undergo aggressive treatment at the nearby Mayo Clinic.

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Senate OKs Bill to Fight Hate Crimes against Asian Americans, Indian American Groups Applaud | Global Indian | indiawest.com

This website is talking about a bill that was passed recently to stop hate crimes against Asian Americans. Don't get me wrong, I completely agree with the bill, but my whole thing is that black people have been asking for this same thing for four hundred years and the government is still allowing cops to kill us and let white people lynch black people. White people get away with hate crimes against black people all the time and nothing is done. I understand that the Asian community needed this bill, but I feel that we're in more need than them. Asian hate crimes just started escalating, not saying that they haven't happened, but started escalating. While in the black community, this has been a thing since slaves first came.

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/blm-co-founder-praised-assata-shakur

This website is about the co-founder of BLM supporting and praising Assata Shakur, a cop-killer. This article is about how Assata Shakur was accused of the murder of a police officer, in a shootout in New Jersey. She escaped prison 41 years ago and has a $2 million bounty on her head. I liked this article because it shows that people will stand by someone even if the government claimed them a criminal. She was also apart of the Black Liberation Army, a black power revolutionary in the 1970s to early 1980s. Many black people have been accused of crimes they didn't commit, and even though she's on the run, I'm happy she was able to escape.

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https://www.chron.com/culture/article/OPINION-Texas-Crown-Act-law-Black-hair-length-16135255.php  Summary: This article is about, Black hair style's, student told to cut off they're dreadlocks at school make's no sense. can't get a job because of a hair style doesn't add up at all, " As a Black woman, I am tired of feeling like I can't or shouldn't enter certain spaces because my hair "isn't done" or straightened. I am tired of being asked if my hair is real or if someone can touch it. It's the hair I was born with, not a science experiment."!!

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Indonesian Military Locates Wreckage Of Missing Submarine : NPR
summary:  "The KRI Nanggala 402 went missing early Wednesday morning. The Indonesian navy said Saturday that it believed the ship had sunk with the crew of 5 presumed dead and later confirmed. The article talks about what the president  said and how the military responded, etc. I find this interesting because of how it just vanished.

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Summary: This article is talking about the latest software update iOS14.5 and how the new feature can cause trouble for companies. The new feature makes it were the app cant collect data about you to give you personalized adds. But some apps are taking a big hit from this new feature like Facebook is loosing 7% of there revenue do to this iOS update.
My opinion from this selection is that its good to have a little bit more private even if it hurts companies. Cause I don't want companies taking my information and selling it to others to make money.

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Editor's note: Apple and Facebook are among NPR's financial supporters.

Starting Monday, iPhone and iPad users will have a simple but powerful new way to control how their data is used.

With Apple's latest software update, iOS 14.5, iPhone and iPad users will now encounter pop-ups in the apps they use, asking whether the user wants to allow the app "to track your activity across other companies' apps and websites." The user can then select whether or not to allow the app to track them and share their data.

That little pop-up could create big trouble for companies that make their money through targeted advertising - including Facebook.

Apple released a video explaining how the new features work, and how users' data is collected and sold: "Some apps have trackers embedded in them that have more data than they need - sharing it with third parties like advertisers and data brokers. They collect thousands of pieces of information about you to create a digital profile that they sell to others."

Apple says the average app has six trackers harvesting data.

The video goes on to explain that third parties use these profiles to target ads - and also "to predict and influence your behaviors and decisions. This has been happening without your knowledge or permission."

"Maybe you're okay giving an app your email or location," the Apple ad says. "And if you're not, well, that's what the prompt is for."

Previously, people had to go into their phone's settings and proactively turn off ad personalization.

Targeted advertising is central to the business models of companies including Facebook and Google - but Google has a deal with Apple to make it the default search engine on Apple products. (That deal is part of an antitrust case the Justice Department filed against Google last year.)

Facebook's revenue could take a 7% hit due to the new privacy controls, according to mobile expert Eric Seufert. He and economist Julian Runge say Apple's new framework, called AppTrackingTransparency, "may be the most economically impactful and brazen change to privacy policy in years."

Facebook has fought hard against the new framework, taking out full-page ads in newspapers, as well as TV and radio spots. The company has focused on the stories of small business owners whom it says will be hurt by the obstacles to targeting potential customers with ads.

But Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently said that this company could be poised to benefit from the change.

"It's possible that we may even be in a stronger position if Apple's changes encourage more businesses to conduct more commerce on our platforms by making it harder for them to use their data in order to find the customers that would want to use their products outside of our platforms," Zuckerberg said last month on the audio chat app Clubhouse, according to The Associated Press.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation lauded the new privacy controls: "Requiring trackers to request your consent before stalking you across the Internet should be an obvious baseline," though it noted the changes only extend to third-party data sharing, and do not limit data collection by the app itself.

Whether Apple's new privacy pop-ups make a big impact will depend on how well users understand what they mean, says Jennifer King, Privacy and Data Policy Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

"It's very hard to know right now if iOS users will understand what this screen is asking them to do and whether they will ask their apps not to track in large enough numbers to have any real effect on revenue," King wrote in an email to NPR.

She says the changes will also shed light on whether companies really need such invasive tools in order to target ads.

"It's basically a real-time experiment that regulators, in particular EU regulators, will be watching closely-and if the companies survive it, it lends credence to the argument that regulation in this area will not doom online advertisers in the ways they've been claiming it will," King says.
NPR Tech Correspondent Shannon Bond contributed to this report.

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Apple Rolls Out Major New Privacy Protections For iPhones And iPads

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Editor's note: Apple and Facebook are among NPR's financial supporters. Starting Monday, iPhone and iPad users will have a simple but powerful new way to control how their data is used.

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https://www.npr.org/2021/04/26/990930748/u-s-will-share-60-million-doses-of-astrazeneca-vaccine-with-other-countries.Once reviewed by the FDA , the U.S will be sharing 60 million doses of AstraZeneca. The specific countries are not specified , but The White House says that we have enough Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson doses. The AstraZeneca vaccine has not been cleared for use yet. But Jen Psaki, White House secretary, says it will be in the coming weeks. I find this interesting because why do we have extra vaccines? Where did they come from?

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Summary: President Biden had promised to enforce better U.S. immigration laws to improve the immigration system, but he has yet to fight for improved immigration laws and has continued to use Trump-era immigration policies.

Latinx Files: The cruelty of Biden's immigration policy

Trump's run as president was really hard to watch, especially when it came to U.S. immigration. When the U.S. election came around, it was obvious that almost everyone in America wanted Trump out of office, including myself. When Biden became president, I truly believed things regarding the U.S. border and immigration would get better, for Biden promised to fight for better immigration policies, but as of now, Biden has yet to fight for a better immigration system. Instead of staying silent and just trying to find agreement with Congress, Pres. Biden should fight for what's right and finally improve the issues regarding the U.S. border.

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https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2021-04-29/los-angeles-covid-reopening-dance-studios
This article is about the negative impact the pandemic has had on dance studios especially in LA. When the pandemic hit dance studios were forced to close down and with this it meant that no income will be coming to them. With no income to pay rent for the dance studios it made it more difficult to keep going with the business. After vaccines the studios could open to 25% capacity which did not benefit the dance studios because they were spending more than when full capacity was a thing. However, for some owners this was not about the money but about teaching others to have grit and follow dance. In conclusion, many business have suffered because of the pandemic but what its important is to not give up on it. In my opinion this is very relatable for many because the pandemic has affected negatively. I liked this this article because for me dance it is an important hobby and I'm sure it is for many. With dance studios being closed it not only affects the business but the people as well because dance is a way to get away from stress for many of us.

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Along with auto-companies, Apple can't keep up with the demand of newest Ipads and Mac computers. Due to the pandemic Apple has had to reduce their number of conductors resulting in the loss of $3 to $4 billion from sales. This interested me because Apple just came out with new colors to their laptops/ computers. Why do this if you don't have enough resources or people to make the devices. They should've just held off on putting out new products or figured out way to cut back on cost.

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Supply chain disruptions are taking a bite of out Apple, and it may make it harder to get your hands on that shiny new tablet or laptop.

Apple warns that it can't make enough iPads and Macs to keep up with demand, thanks to the global shortage in semiconductors that has already disrupted production at almost every major car company, from Ford to VW.

Luca Maestri, Apple's chief financial officer, said late Wednesday that the lack of supply will cut into sales of both these products and lop off between $3 to $4 billion of its revenue in the next three months.

The announcement came in an earnings call just a week after the company introduced new iPads and computers.

A lack of semiconductors has hampered the world's biggest automakers for months, forcing them to cut production and even shut entire plants down because of a lack of the essential parts.

Computer chip manufacturing requires significant lead time, with much of the world's supply coming from a handful of companies. And during the pandemic, demand for electronics like laptops and tablets has soared, as so much of life went online.

"The last three quarters of Mac have been the best three quarters ever in the history of the product," Apple CFO Luca Maestri told investors on Wednesday, noting that the demand was driven by large numbers of people working and learning from home.

Meanwhile, sales of new cars recovered far more quickly than anyone had anticipated. The simultaneous spike in demand - from electronics and vehicles - quickly outpaced what semiconductor companies could deliver.

Automakers felt the blow first, and the pain continues. BMW is temporarily halting production at a Mini plant, joining the ranks of the global automakers who have taken a hit to assembly lines. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the last few months included "some of the most difficult supply chain challenges that we've ever experienced in the life of Tesla."

Ford predicted their output this year will be reduced by more than a million vehicles because of chip restraints, which means some $2.5 billion in forfeited profits.

Perhaps counterintuitively, Ford reported a very strong quarter financially. The semiconductor dilemma has caused the global supply of new cars to go down, which, predictably, has pushed the price of vehicles up. That means the company is making more money on each vehicle it produces.

That's a silver lining for automakers, but a red flag for consumers, as these prolonged supply constraints could continue to push up prices on goods like cars and electronics.

The Biden administration has emphasized the importance of investing in domestic supply chains, to prevent this kind of bottleneck.

Companies in Taiwan - the world's dominant supplier of computer chips - are boosting production, and willing to shift some of the scarce supplies to the auto industry, Taiwan's economy minister Wang Mei-hua told NPR. But she warned it would take time for new supply of chips to reach automakers.

Tech executives and automakers alike are trying to figure out how long this crunch will last, and how best to cope.

"The semiconductor shortage and the impact to production will get worse before it gets better," CEO Jim Farley said.

Nokia's CEO told Bloomberg the chip shortage could drag on for a year or two.

Apple CEO Tim Cook told investors that in order to forecast when the supply crisis would be over, "we would need to know the true demand from each of these players and how that's going to change over the next few months. And so it's very, very difficult to give you a good answer."

"We will do our best," Cook said. "That's what I can tell you."

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It's Not Just Cars: iPads And Macs Suffer Wrath of Semiconductor Crunch

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Supply chain disruptions are taking a bite of out Apple, and it may make it harder to get your hands on that shiny new tablet or laptop. Apple warns that it can't make enough iPads and Macs to keep up with demand, thanks to the global shortage in semiconductors that has already disrupted production at almost every major car company, from Ford to VW.

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https://www.npr.org/2021/04/13/986498513/1st-century-roman-statue-looted-a-decade-ago-found-in-belgium-by-off-duty-police
Summary:
An Italian police officer discovers a stolen Roman statue that was looted at an archaeological site nearly a decade ago, at an antique store.
I find it interesting because I like art history and lost media/art. Also interesting when you find out how these lost treasures are found.

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Summary: This article discusses the effects of human-caused climate change on the planet and how it is causing the world's ice glaciers to melt. Due to high temperatures caused by human production of pollution and other chemicals glaciers are melting at a faster and higher rate. This is alarming news to scientists because even what used to be "stable" glaciers are melting and progressively causing rises in water levels. Soon enough the affects of climate change will be irreversible.
I find this very interesting because climate change and how it impacts life on Earth is a topic I am very serious about. I hate to see how we want to move and explore other planets before we fix and heal our own. I personally feel we aren't doing enough or moving at a fast enough pace to stop the serious and devastating effects of climate change. This is a serious topic more people should be aware of and take into consideration when promoting deals like funding companies that produce harmful chemicals that are released into the environment.

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Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world's mountain glaciers.

Scientists blame human-caused climate change.

Using 20 years of recently declassified satellite data, scientists calculated that the world's 220,000 mountain glaciers are losing more than 328 billion tons (298 billion metric tons) of ice and snow per year since 2015, according to a study in Wednesday's journal Nature. That's enough melt flowing into the world's rising oceans to put Switzerland under almost 24 feet (7.2 meters) of water each year.

The annual melt rate from 2015 to 2019 is 78 billion more tons (71 billion metric tons) a year than it was from 2000 to 2004. Global thinning rates, different than volume of water lost, doubled in the last 20 years and "that's enormous," said Romain Hugonnet, a glaciologist at ETH Zurich and the University of Toulouse in France who led the study.

Half the world's glacial loss is coming from the United States and Canada.

Alaska's melt rates are "among the highest on the planet," with the Columbia glacier retreating about 115 feet (35 meters) a year, Hugonnet said.

Almost all the world's glaciers are melting, even ones in Tibet that used to be stable, the study found. Except for a few in Iceland and Scandinavia that are fed by increased precipitation, the melt rates are accelerating around the world.

The near-uniform melting "mirrors the global increase in temperature" and is from the burning of coal, oil and gas, Hugonnet said. Some smaller glaciers are disappearing entirely. Two years ago, scientists, activists and government officials in Iceland held a funeral for a small glacier.

"Ten years ago, we were saying that the glaciers are the indicator of climate change, but now actually they've become a memorial of the climate crisis," said World Glacier Monitoring Service Director Michael Zemp, who wasn't part of the study.

The study is the first to use this 3D satellite imagery to examine all of Earth's glaciers not connected to ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctic. Past studies either only used a fraction of the glaciers or estimated the loss of Earth's glaciers using gravity measurements from orbit. Those gravity readings have large margins of error and aren't as useful, Zemp said.

Ohio State University's Lonnie Thompson said the new study painted an "alarming picture."

Shrinking glaciers are a problem for millions of people who rely on seasonal glacial melt for daily water and rapid melting can cause deadly outbursts from glacial lakes in places like India, Hugonnet said.

But the largest threat is sea level rise. The world's oceans are already rising because warm water expands and because of melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica, but glaciers are responsible for 21% of sea level rise, more than the ice sheets, the study said. The ice sheets are larger longer term threats for sea level rise.

"It's becoming increasingly clear that sea level rise is going to be a bigger and bigger problem as we move through the 21st century," said National Snow and Ice Data Center Director Mark Serreze.

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Satellites show world's glaciers melting faster than ever

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Glaciers are melting faster, losing 31% more snow and ice per year than they did 15 years earlier, according to three-dimensional satellite measurements of all the world's mountain glaciers. Scientists blame human-caused climate change.

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Gov. Greg Abbott announced Tuesday he would sign legislation allowing guns to be carried freely in public without a license. Only a week ago, Abbott refused to say whether he supported such a proposal. Although the Senate does not have the necessary votes to pass the legislation, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says he is doing his best to move it through the process.
The Senate committee is hearing the measure on Thursday. Abbott told a North Texas radio host on Tuesday, "I think it's making progress."

Why I found it interesting:
I didn't just hear about this today, I actually first heard of this from my sister. When my sister first brought it up I thought it was just one of those false claims but then after seeing this article, I realized it was true. I am actually concerned because if this becomes a reality then many people will now have access to guns and some people will abuse that power of owning a gun.

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Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he would sign legislation allowing Texans to carry handguns in public without a license, breaking his silence on a proposal that has been building unprecedented momentum in the Texas Legislature.

"I support it, and I believe it should reach my desk, and we should have 'constitutional carry' in Texas," Abbott told North Texas radio host Rick Roberts.

As recently as a week ago, Abbott had declined to say whether he supported such a proposal, which the House passed earlier this month. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has said the Senate does not have the votes for the legislation, but he is trying to find a way to move it through the process.
RELATED: Texas House gives 'constitutional carry' initial OK, allows people to carry guns without a license
Last week, Patrick created a new committee with a majority of permitless carry supporters. The House legislation, House Bill 1927, was then referred to the panel, and HB 1927 is set for a hearing Thursday.

Abbott said he has talked to "several senators" on the new Senate Special Committee on Constitutional Issues.

"I believe it is making progress," Abbott said. "Once the Senate passes it out, the House and Senate will convene and work out any differences and get it to my desk, and I'll be signing it."

Abbott's support continues to demonstrate how far the push for "constitutional carry" has come in recent weeks. It has stalled earlier in the legislative process during previous sessions, and last session, then-House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, declared it "dead" after a gun rights activist showed up at his Lake Jackson home to advocate for the proposal.
The Texas Tribune is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that informs Texans - and engages with them - about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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Abbott to sign bill allowing permitless carrying of handguns, believes Senate is 'making progress'

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Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he would sign legislation allowing Texans to carry handguns in public without a license, breaking his silence on a proposal that has been building unprecedented momentum in the Texas Legislature. "I support it, and I believe it should reach my desk, and we should have 'constitutional carry' in Texas," Abbott told North Texas radio host Rick Roberts.

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This article is about the promise of withdrawing troops from the Afghan war by September 11th. While Afghan war generals are aware of the potential dangers of this withdrawal, some remain optimistic about what they've learned from partnering with the US.
I found this article interesting because of my lack of knowledge about the war. While I do know what started it, I did not know about the continuation of it after all these years. I wonder what will happen when our troops come home, and when this war will finally end. As for the soldiers, I am happy for them to finally see their families after such a long period of time.

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Earlier this month, President Biden announced that the U.S. would withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, effectively bringing an end to a "forever war" spurred by the terrorist attacks 20 years earlier on Sept. 11, 2001. His promise has been met with backlash from both Republicans and moderate Democrats in Congress.

Republican Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming called it "fundamentally dangerous," while progressive Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren praised the plan, saying "our continued presence there does not make the U.S. or the world safer."

The announcement also raised a lot of questions: will the Afghan government hold once the U.S. leaves? What is the Taliban's next move? What about women's rights? And will this lead to more war?

The Afghan Air Force is 100% reliant on contractors to maintain their Blackhawk helicopters and C-130 cargo planes, and Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, has warned that the Afghan military will collapse without continued U.S. support. But in an interview on NPR's All Things Considered, Gen. Sami Sadat, commanding general of the Afghan army, was more optimistic.

"The Afghan military is one of the more advanced militaries that learned from the best, from the U.S. forces," he says. "To be honest, for the past one year, the Afghan forces have held their ground pretty good, I'd say."

Sadat spoke with NPR about what life looks like for him and his men in one of the most dangerous parts of the country - the Helmand province, what's at stake for them once the U.S. has withdrawn its troops and whether the U.S. won the war in Afghanistan.

This interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Interview Highlights
On typical military operations in Helmand and contact with the Taliban
Usually, we start our day with digging out a lot of IEDs laid on the roads, and then [we engage in firefight] contacts with Taliban. The Taliban trying to establish illegal checkpoints and charge traders and passengers as they pass along. We are also conducting major offensive operations against the Taliban as the peace talks have, unfortunately, failed. I am one of the commanders who never believed in the talks and I still don't. And I was prepared for this day, so I pushed all my units - around 11,000 Afghan soldiers - and every 24 hours in my region of operation conduct about 170 military operations. You know, patrols, raids, night raids, day raids. It's pretty busy here.
On Gen. Frank McKenzie's warning that the Afghan military will collapse without U.S. backing
I mean, I understand the American context. The worry is correct. We in Afghanistan are grateful for what the United States did for us. They came to our aid in one of the most darkest days of our history. But throughout the last 20 years together, the Americans and Afghans established the profound foundation for a system that is lasting. So I'm not worried about any kind of a collapse scenario. However, you know, people have their own minds and opinions. The Afghan Air Force is a modern air force, but it's mostly the U.S. technology, so we will continue to depend on technical and financial support of the U.S. military, especially with the Afghan Air Force...I think UH-60s and C-130s are the two big transport fleets used by the Afghan Air Force that will require continuous contract support, but it will all depend on the U.S. rules of engagement and how politicians play and earmark the money from Congress when it's sent for helping us.
On whether U.S. money is enough to help the Afghan military remain stable
Let me give you an example. Last week we conducted the night raid into Musa Qala. Musa Qala is the Taliban's center of operational gravity in Afghanistan after Quetta, Pakistan, which is their strategic center of gravity, Musa Qala is the second. I went there for eight hours, conducted the night raid, freed up to 50 prisoners, killed a bunch of Taliban. We occupied the Musa Qala bazaar for seven hours and it was all Afghan plan, Afghan intelligence, Afghan Air Force and one of our special forces units. So such is the capability of the Afghan forces. For the past one year it's been a challenge, but also an experience for us. Because now suddenly we saw the U.S. forces are not on our table every morning, it was on our own. To be honest, for the past one year, the Afghan forces have held their ground pretty good, I'd say.
On his training with Americans
One of the things I'm grateful for the U.S. as they leave - there is two reasons. One is for a selfish reason: I will miss them because I have some of my best friends in there. Also, you know, together working as a team between different countries in a complex environment, such as Afghanistan in the middle of the firefight, in the middle of the blood and the sorrow, it actually gives you a new perspective - how to adapt, how to build a team, how to lead a team, and how to win basically. So I'm grateful. I feel very honored and privileged.
On whether the U.S. won the war in Afghanistan
Winning the war? No. Did the U.S. help create an environment that can diminish the war and win over the terrorists? Yes. You and I will be talking probably next year...and we will beat the odds. We always did. And this is the legacy of the United States, especially the United States military, leaving behind a system that is democratic, that's open-minded, a society that is transforming, and hopefully, it will last and become an example in our region. Now, call me an optimist, but this is what I am. This is why I serve. This is why I chose the worst place in Afghanistan to take command and to lead my men.

Sam Gringlas, Ashish Valentine and Courtney Dorning produced and edited the audio interview. Mano Sundaresan adapted it for Web.

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Afghan General Says Army Will Survive U.S. Troop Withdrawal

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Earlier this month, President Biden announced that the U.S. would withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, effectively bringing an end to a "forever war" spurred by the terrorist attacks 20 years earlier on Sept. 11, 2001. His promise has been met with backlash from both Republicans and moderate Democrats in Congress.

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Since I saw the speech President Biden gave yesterday. I wanted to have a better insight about the topics he was talking about such as The American Rescue Plan, infrastructure, immigration. Etc. I also wanted to know about how the process of writing this speech worked.

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Good Thursday morning from this fully vaccinated reporter👋 Tips, comments, recipes? Reach out and sign up for the Power Up newsletter. Thanks for waking up with us.

It's not just a big and arbitrary benchmark for the president. Thursday also marks the 100th day in office for the youngest Democrat to serve in the U.S. Senate since Joe Biden, who assumed office in 1973 at the age of 30, THE OTHER 100 DAYS: I report this morning.

Jon Ossoff is used to being the center of attention. First, as a candidate in a 2017 special House election, then running in Georgia's Senate race against Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.), and now as a freshman senator. Ossoff, along with friend and peer Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.), were both sworn-in on the same day as Biden after winning hugely significant runoff elections in the Peach State.

The victory by the Georgia Democrats handed Biden control of the Senate, allowing the White House to envision and attempt a much more ambitious agenda, unveiled Wednesday night in a speech to Congress. Whether Ossoff succeeds is also a test of whether Biden's go-big message will prevail with 2022 voters.

The Georgia senators have served as the enforcers of the centerpiece of the Biden administration's $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan: the inclusion of $1,400 stimulus checks to many Americans hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The checks were the first economy policy-related items Biden mentioned last night. And on Thursday, in another sign of Georgia's political relevance, the president and the first lady will visit the state.

Helping sweep the Democrats into power doesn't mean Ossoff has avoided controversy. He has found himself in the middle of several thorny debates given his place in the 50-50 Senate, meaning every vote could mean victory - or defeat - for Biden.

Ossoff, and Warnock, have generally been reliable champions for Biden's progressive agenda,urging swift action on the stimulus payments by arguing they had to deliver on their campaign promises. Ossoff also quietly helped broker a deal reached last month between two South Korean battery companies locked in a bitter trade dispute to avoid torpedoing one of the biggest economic investments in Georgia's history.

"There was a real recognition and appreciation that Rafael and I had delivered the majority and that none of this - I mean none of this - would be possible had we not prevailed," Ossoff told The Washington Post in an interview, adding his new colleagues welcomed what he described as an "assertive and outspoken" approachto passing the stimulus package "from the new guy."

But the 34-year-old Jewish millennial - who is up for reelection in 2026 after winning by just 1.2 points last year in a state Donald Trump still claims he won - has been criticized by activists and progressives for not calling to eliminate the filibuster entirely and they want him to ramp up efforts to assure the passage of voting rights legislation.

Democrats "must be willing to consider changes to Senate rules to protect voting rights, and I remain open to changes to the Senate rules to protect voting rights," he said on Wednesday. Ossoff declined to say whether he'd ask Biden to overhaul the filibuster to expand voting rights.

Happening today: "President Joe Biden will meet with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, during a swing through Georgia to celebrate his first 100 days in office, White House officials said," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Greg Bluestein reports.

"Biden is set to visit Carter in his hometown of Plains in southwest Georgia during the trip on Thursday, which will also involve a drive-in rally at an unspecified location in metro Atlanta."

'IT"S GOOD TO BE BACK': "President Biden on Wednesday night used his first speech to a joint session of Congress to argue for a dramatic expansion of government services, making a plea for sweeping plans to provide universal preschool, free community college and expanded health care and new tax breaks for families - much of it funded for by higher taxes on the wealthiest Americans," our colleagues Matt Viser and Tyler Pager report.

"While he also renewed calls for an array of priorities - including immigration changes, gun control and police reform - Biden more broadly portrayed a country that is rapidly emerging from the depths of a global pandemic and has survived events that, in his view, tested American democracy as rarely before."

"Biden's remarks juxtaposed a more traditional presidential cheerleading for America - a country he declared was 'on the move again' - with far more unusual warnings about existential threats to American democracy and references to a country that repeatedly flies flags at half-staff because of mass shootings."

"I took the oath of office - lifted my hand off our family Bible - and inherited a nation in crisis," Biden said. "The worst pandemic in a century. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War."

"Now, after just 100 days, I can report to the nation: America is on the move again," he added. "Turning peril into possibility. Crisis into opportunity. Setback into strength."

The speech marked a pivotal turning point in Biden's presidency, as he pitched Congress - and the country - on his ambitious legislative agenda and a much expanded role for government. The price tag for his two infrastructure packages could reach $4 trillion, to be paid for by a tax hike on corporations and wealthy individuals.

"...the succession of costly proposals amounts to a risky gamble that a country deeply polarized along ideological and cultural lines is ready for a more activist government and the sort of redistribution of wealth long sought by progressives," the New York Times's Peter Baker reports. "Mr. Biden's Democrats have only the barest of majorities in the House and Senate to push through the most sweeping of legislation and, successful or not, he may have framed the terms of the debate for the next election."

He also "called for legislation to improve policing across the United States and to restrict access to high-powered firearms. He expressed hope that negotiations to rein in police abuses may reach bipartisan agreement and called on lawmakers to come to a deal by next month, one year after Mr. Floyd's death, but no consensus across the aisle appears likely for meaningful gun legislation."

Notable was a defense of transgender people: "To all the transgender Americans watching at home - especially the young people who are so brave - I want you to know that your president has your back."

THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE: "... Republicans on Capitol Hill were prepared to tell a different story: how a new president betrayed his campaign promises about how he would govern," our Marianna Sotomayor and Mike DeBonis report.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-Ga.), who have the GOP response, "slammed Democrats for not moving more swiftly to reopen schools amid the coronavirus pandemic, praised former president Donald Trump's efforts to develop a vaccine, declaring that Biden 'inherited a tide that had already turned,' criticized their approach to race relations as fighting 'discrimination with different discrimination,' and defended the GOP's effort to restrict voting in numerous states after Biden's victory."

"And he delivered Republicans' central political criticism of Biden, charging that he campaigned as a uniter and a moderate but has governed as a liberal relying only on Democratic votes in Congress."

Scott also referenced his work on police reform - and criticized Democrats who "all seem to want the issue more than they wanted a solution."

Save the date: "Biden will meet with the four top House and Senate leaders from both parties on May 12 to discuss 'policy areas of mutual agreement and identifying common ground,'" our colleague Colby Itkowitz reports.

"The meeting comes after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) complained that he had not spoken to Biden since the election even though he'd requested a face-to-face meeting with the new president. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has spoken to Biden by phone a handful of times."

MORE SPEECH REACTION: It was only a few months ago that "insurrectionists had tried to stampede through the Capitol's doors. Police officers had to aim their guns at the doors to keep a mob of fellow Americans out of this chamber. So, it was quite something to see those doors open wide and see a President Biden walk through - living proof that our democracy held up," our colleague Robin Givhan writes.

On the patient politician: "For more than 40 years - and after two failed presidential bids - Biden watched as the House Sergeant-at-Arms announced another president into the House chamber for speeches to Congress. On Wednesday, it was Biden's name in lights on the marquee - a testament to an extraordinary degree of political patience that few politicians can rival," CNN's Kevin Liptak reports.

But first, a victory lap. "Biden and his top advisers have long said that the success of his presidency will depend on how he handles the pandemic. And he started the speech ticking off some accomplishments," our Post colleague Annie Linskey writes.

President Biden pitched his plan to invest in American families and infrastructure in a speech to a joint session of Congress on April 29. (Mahlia Posey/The Washington Post)

On changing the way the nation serves its people: "Taken together, the Democratic president's proposals represent an ambitious effort to redefine the government's role in shaping the economy. Betting that government can be a driving force for growth, the White House is shifting away from long-held assumptions within both parties that the public sector is inherently less efficient than the private and that policymakers should generally defer to markets," the Wall Street Journal's Catherine Lucey and Sabrina Siddiqui report.

Big government is back. "Seizing an opportunity born of calamity, Biden has embraced major action over incremental change. But he will be forced to thread a needle between Republicans who cry government overreach and some Democrats who fear he won't go big enough," the Philadelphia Inquirer's Jonathan Lemire and Josh Boak report.

All the president's women. "Vice President Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made history on Wednesday, marking the first time two women shared the stage sitting behind Biden during his first congressional speech," the HuffPost's Sanjana Karanth reports.

"For an event that is wrapped up in pomp and circumstance, the images from such nights can leave a lasting impression. And this tableau - a visual representation that the first and second in line of presidential succession are both women - depicts the progression of women in American politics," the Times's Alisha Haridasani Gupta reports.

Meanwhile, as Democrats praised Biden's "vision" and "extraordinary progress," those on the right seemed underwhelmed. "Biden gives heartfelt talks, not stirring orations. His voice sometimes descended to a near-whisper. The virus deprived him of the crackling atmosphere that usually surrounds these addresses. It was a plain-spoken speech by a plain-spoken guy," Fox News's Howard Kurtz reports.

McConnell didn't even address the speech. "I am so glad the nation heard Sen. Tim Scott's (R-S.C.) outstanding Republican response to Biden's address," McConnell (R-Ky.) said in a statement. "Republicans stand for the principles and policies that unite Americans and expand opportunity for working families. Not radical agendas designed to push us apart."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called the speech "boring, but radical."

While President Biden was speaking about immigration reform at an April 28 joint session of Congress, the camera turned briefly to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.). (The Washington Post)

And another Republican wished he wasn't there:

The right-wing media bashed the bigness of Biden's proposals:

FEDS RAID GIULIANI'S APARTMENT: "Federal investigators on Wednesday seized cellphones and computers from Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City who became Trump's personal lawyer, stepping up a criminal investigation into Giuliani's dealings in Ukraine," the New York Times's William K. Rashbaum, Ben Protess, Maggie Haberman and Kenneth P. Vogel report.

"The execution of search warrants is an extraordinary action for prosecutors to take against a lawyer, let alone a lawyer for a former president. The move marked a major development in the long-running investigation into Giuliani, which examines some of the same people and conduct that were at the center of Trump's first impeachment trial."

"It was also a remarkable moment in Giuliani's long arc as a public figure. As mayor, Giuliani won national recognition for steering New York through the dark days after the Sept. 11 attacks, and earlier in his career, he led the same U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan that is investigating him now, earning a reputation as a hard-charging prosecutor who took on organized crime and corrupt politicians."

Giuliani's attorney, Robert Costello, told CNN's Erica Orden and Paula Reid that the former mayor's assistant, Jo Ann Zafonte, "received a subpoena to appear before a grand jury next month."

Giuliani's son, Andrew Giuliani, slammed the raid, accusing the Justice Department of 'politiczation.'

Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, on April 28 expressed outrage over federal agents' search of his father's Manhattan home. (The Washington Post)

But the White House has denied any involvement, per our colleague Eugene Scott.

TRUMP SUPPORTER FOUND GUILTY OF THREATENING TO KILL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: "Brendan Hunt, a Trump supporter who called for killing members of Congress days after the Jan. 6 insurrection, was found guilty Wednesday of making a death threat against elected officials," our colleague Shayna Jacobs reports.

"The jury, which took about three hours to reach its verdict, found that comments Hunt made in a disturbing video posted online two days after the U.S. Capitol riot amounted to a genuine threat to murder lawmakers in Washington. He faces up to 10 years in prison."

"Although Hunt did not participate in the riot, his case is believed to be the first of those charged in connection with it to go to trial. His prosecution in Brooklyn federal court has been seen as a test of how far violent speech can go before it crosses a line into criminality and comes as such politically charged rhetoric on social media has come under increasing scrutiny."

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This article is about the FDA putting effort towards banning menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. My dad sent this article to me early this morning and I found it really interesting. I think it will be intriguing to see how well this goes over with Americans because many do not like being told what not to do. I also find it interesting how they are not banning tobacco, just methanol, which 'masks unpleasant flavors' in cigarettes making it easier to become addicted to. I personally think this ban is great because people should not smoke cigarettes.

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This article is about the things that vaccinated people can do out in public now that they are vaccinated. It goes into different social interactions and how to stay safe. Also, we don't know what people are and aren't vaccinated so it just talks about being safe, and how vaccinated people can start going back to how it was before. I like this article because it lets people know what we need to do to stay safe and get back to how it was before COVID.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/04/29/991253897/youre-vaccinated-congrats-now-what-can-you-do-safely