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Today’s high tales

Millions of Americans will likely be affected by final week’s Supreme Court rulings on affirmative motion, pupil mortgage forgiveness and LGBTQ+ rights. The choices have massive implications for the 2024 election.

Vice President Kamala Harris sits with NPR’s Michel Martin for a dialogue on the Black Maternal Healthcare Crisis throughout Essence Festival in New Orleans, LA on June 30, 2023.

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Vice President Kamala Harris sits with NPR’s Michel Martin for a dialogue on the Black Maternal Healthcare Crisis throughout Essence Festival in New Orleans, LA on June 30, 2023.

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• “This is really going to come down to a political messaging war,” NPR political correspondent Domenico Montanaro says on Up First this morning. While some suppose Biden overpromised and underdelivered, the White House blames Republicans. Young voters will likely be a key base for Democrats, and Montantaro says there are additionally questions on whether or not extra Black Americans will likely be motivated to vote subsequent yr.
• “This is a severe second, and fundamental issues are at stake,” Vice President Kamala Harris tells Michel Martin on Morning Edition in her first interview for the reason that rulings got here down. “I do believe that there is a national movement afoot to attack hard-won and hard-fought freedoms.

Violent protests in France have raged for nearly a week over the police killing of Nahel M., a teenage boy of Algerian and Moroccan descent, despite the teen’s grandmother calling for calm. The government has deployed 45,000 police across the country. Here’s everything we all know in regards to the unrest up to now.

• NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley is in France and spoke to young protesters. Many were of Arab and African descent, and they told her police are racist and treat them horribly. Beardsley says while protests have quieted, political leaders are under pressure to address the deep-seated racism within the police.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk introduced over the weekend in a Tweet that he was capping the number of Tweets customers can learn per day to “address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation.”

• “Musk is trying to make more money,” says NPR’s Bobby Allyn. Twitter has been burning money for months, in line with Allyn, and Musk hopes folks will open their wallets to learn extra Tweets. But Allyn provides that social media specialists say this makes Twitter much less public and extra like a walled backyard.

Israel has launched air and floor raids on the Jenin refugee camp, a small space of the occupied West Bank the Israeli army says is a hub for militant Palestinian exercise. At least seven Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded.

• On Morning Edition, NPR’s Daniel Estrin stories Israel is utilizing firepower not seen since the second Palestinian rebellion greater than a decade in the past. Though Estrin says it’s not a significant offensive, issues may escalate if Palestinian civilians are killed or if militants in Gaza, Lebanon or Syria reply by firing rockets.

Deep dive

Four circumstances of malaria have been detected in Florida and one in Texas.

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Four circumstances of malaria have been detected in Florida and one in Texas.

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How involved ought to Americans be in regards to the 5 latest malaria circumstances documented in Florida and Texas? Here’s what we know so far:

• The CDC says the circumstances aren’t linked to worldwide journey, and the sufferers contracted the P. vivax pressure.
• The pressure has milder signs however can nonetheless be deadly. The company advises anybody who contracts malaria to go to the hospital.
• Experts say with out extra data, it is inconceivable to elucidate how P. vivax acquired to the U.S.
• Longer and hotter summers and elevated rainfall as a result of local weather change may make components of the U.S. extra hospitable to malaria-carrying mosquitoes.

Picture present

Musicians Denitia, Larysa Jaye and Tylar Bryant pose for a photograph earlier than their set at Lulu’s Downstairs in Manitou Springs, Colo., on June 17, 2023. They are members of the Black Opry, a touring musical revue devoted to uplifting Black artists in nation music.

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Musicians Denitia, Larysa Jaye and Tylar Bryant pose for a photograph earlier than their set at Lulu’s Downstairs in Manitou Springs, Colo., on June 17, 2023. They are members of the Black Opry, a touring musical revue devoted to uplifting Black artists in nation music.

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Black folks have all the time had a deep connection to nation and Americana music, which has its roots within the music of the deep South and Black Appalachia. Holly G wished to doc the small however highly effective group of Black artists contributing to the style right this moment. Her Black Opry listing has blossomed right into a touring present and a full-blown community of musicians, artists and followers.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Joby Aviation has gotten FAA permission to start test-flying its first manufacturing prototype plane.

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Joby Aviation has gotten FAA permission to start test-flying its first manufacturing prototype plane.

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1. Could commuters hail taxis within the sky quickly? The FAA has given Joby Aviation the inexperienced gentle to start out flight testing a prototype air taxi.
2. Trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney says she’s been scared to go away her home after receiving backlash for her partnership with Bud Light. She provides the brand never reached out to supply help.
3. Scientists working off the coast of Costa Rica say they’ve found a new active octopus nursery. It’s solely the third identified nursery on the earth.

This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.