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Today’s high tales

A lady was killed, and not less than 21 others, together with youngsters, had been injured in a shooting yesterday on the finish of the Chiefs Super Bowl parade in Kansas City, Mo. At least three folks have been arrested, in line with police. Lisa Lopez-Galvan, a mom of two and a preferred radio DJ, died in surgical procedure.

People flee after photographs had been fired close to the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade on Feb.14 in Kansas City, Mo.

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People flee after photographs had been fired close to the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade on Feb.14 in Kansas City, Mo.

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• Police haven’t launched a motive or the suspects’ names, NPR community station reporter Frank Morris studies on Up First from KCUR in Kansas City. After a joyous celebration filled with households and children, Morris says the general public is now left to grapple with the “bewildering anguish that comes after a mass capturing.”
• See photos from the scene.

Russia is creating a space-based nuclear functionality that could possibly be used to focus on satellites, in line with a supply conversant in the matter. National safety adviser Jake Sullivan is anticipated to fulfill with House leaders as we speak, although he didn’t verify the briefing’s matter.

• NPR’s Geoff Brumfiel says it is notable the U.S. referred to as the system a “nuclear capability” and not a bomb. The worldwide Outer Space Treaty bans states from putting within the Earth’s orbit “any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction.” Though the U.S. has accused Russia of breaking different treaties, violating this one would “run a lot of risks,” Brumfiel says.

The bubonic plague has appeared in Oregon for the primary time in almost a decade. Health officers say the particular person possible caught it from their cat. Doctors handled the affected person with antibiotics and gave their contacts treatment. They do not anticipate the illness to unfold or trigger any deaths. So, simply how harmful is the illness that precipitated the Black Death — the 14th-century pandemic that killed 30% to 50% in elements of Europe? Here’s what you need to know.

From our hosts

Jan Vogler performs a 1707 Stradivari cello made throughout Bach’s lifetime. He compares it to studying to swim in an Olympic pool: “the pressure on me is more to have imagination to match the instrument.”

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Jan Vogler performs a 1707 Stradivari cello made throughout Bach’s lifetime. He compares it to studying to swim in an Olympic pool: “the pressure on me is more to have imagination to match the instrument.”

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This essay was written by Michel Martin, certainly one of Morning Edition and Up First’s hosts.

I’ve a working joke with a producer I work with quite a bit. Because we’re based mostly in several cities, there’s loads of texting or emailing. So once we lastly get to speak, some catching up has to occur. If I occur to say seeing some film or live performance that individuals are speaking about, she invariably asks me, “Are you forever changed?”

I discover this hilarious as a result of, after all, she needs me to say sure. But the reply is nearly at all times no. But then, a couple of days in the past, I heard Amanda Gorman and Jan Vogler.

Vogler is a cellist with loads of power and concepts; a couple of years in the past, he labored with actor Bill Murray on a efficiency that included readings and occasional dancing. It ultimately grew to become a documentary. Gorman made historical past as America’s youngest inaugural poet in 2021. Vogler had the notion to pair Gorman’s poetry with the Bach cello suites; she agreed. The fruit of their work can be heard at Carnegie Hall on Saturday. I (and now you) had the privilege of a sneak preview.

And one way or the other, sure, I do really feel modified.

Gorman’s work has this exceptional, restorative high quality. For some cause, I really feel higher each time I hear her. Vogler referred to as it her optimism. His music additionally left me feeling like I used to be strolling on clouds. He stated one thing that has caught with me: “Poetry, there’s this in between the words, and with music, it’s the same — in between the notes, actually, the real message happens.”

Between the notes, between the phrases…the actual message occurs.

Deep Dive

Temu has soared in reputation because it launched in 2022. Here, a photograph illustration exhibits the Temu app in an app retailer mirrored in movies of Temu shoppers in Washington, D.C.

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Temu has soared in reputation because it launched in 2022. Here, a photograph illustration exhibits the Temu app in an app retailer mirrored in movies of Temu shoppers in Washington, D.C.

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Temu’s catchy Super Bowl advert promised customers would be capable to “shop like a billionaire.” The Chinese-owned low cost e-commerce app has loved explosive development prior to now yr. As of Tuesday, Temu held the highest spot on Apple’s listing of procuring apps, adopted by Shein, Shopify and Amazon. Its rise in reputation has fueled skepticism from shoppers and U.S. officers alike. Here’s what you need to know earlier than procuring:

Temu provides low costs partly as a result of it guarantees a direct, streamlined hyperlink between shoppers and Chinese producers.

Unlike the fast-fashion firm Shein, Temu focuses extra on house items and plasticware than clothes, making it certainly one of Amazon’s greatest threats.

Lawmakers say Temu is abusing a loophole in a U.S. legislation that lets corporations skip import charges on smaller shipments by sending particular person packages to folks’s properties fairly than importing merchandise in bulk.

Pinduoduo, the Chinese retailer behind Temu, has for years been on the U.S. listing of “Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy.”

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Match Group, which owns relationship apps together with Tinder and Hinge, was sued on Wednesday in a swimsuit claiming the apps are designed to hook customers so the corporate to make extra revenue, fairly than serving to folks discover romantic companions.

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Match Group, which owns relationship apps together with Tinder and Hinge, was sued on Wednesday in a swimsuit claiming the apps are designed to hook customers so the corporate to make extra revenue, fairly than serving to folks discover romantic companions.

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1. The firm behind the favored relationship apps Tinder and Hinge is being sued for false promoting. The lawsuit alleges the Match Group’s apps do not help people find love however as an alternative flip them into “addicts” who maintain paying for subscriptions and perks. 
2. When JoAnne Foley was a brand new nurse in 1980, fatally unwell infants had been often given minimal consideration earlier than they died. But a colleague and unsung hero’s compassionate treatment of a dying baby girl helped form her strategy to nursing.
3. If you may have bother saying “no” to folks, take a lesson from this AI chatbot. The creators of Goody-2, the “most responsible” chatbot, programmed it to refuse every request.  

This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.