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Today’s high tales

Six individuals are presumed lifeless after the cargo ship Dali crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning. The Dali is owned by Singapore-based firm Grace Ocean Private and was chartered by Danish firm Maersk. The U.S. Coast Guard ended its lively search and rescue final evening and transitioned to a restoration mission. Here’s what we know — and don’t — in regards to the bridge collapse.

The metal body of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on high of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday.

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The metal body of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on high of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed in Baltimore, Md., on Tuesday.

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• NPR’s Andrew Limbong is in Baltimore, the place he tells Up First that the National Transportation Safety Board is main the investigation. Singaporean officers are on their technique to the U.S. to help. Limbong reviews that it may be some time before we get answers. The six lacking individuals had been Hispanic development employees filling potholes on the time of the crash. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore mentioned the crew’s mayday sign prevented extra deaths.
• The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore says a “momentary loss of propulsion” might have triggered the crash. Experts say an electrical failure could have been a contributing issue.
• The collapse has disrupted a significant East Coast transit route and shut down a big part of the Baltimore port. The auto trade will really feel one of many worst adverse economic consequences of the incident.
• Social media influencers and right-wing media figures unfold conspiracy theories on-line within the hours after the collapse. Many rumors on X got here from accounts with subscription checks, that means their posts are boosted by the algorithm. Critics say the system incentivizes the sharing of inflammatory content material.
• Roughly 10% of drowning deaths in North America occur in submerged autos. Here’s how to escape if you end up in a single.
• See photographs from Baltimore because the recovery effort continues.

NBC has dropped its latest contributor, former Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel, following public backlash and concern from the community’s high expertise. McDaniel, a Trump ally, was employed two weeks after stepping down from her RNC function.

• On Morning Edition, NPR’s David Folkenflik says hiring McDaniel introduced questions of whether or not her loyalties lie with NBC’s viewers, newsroom, Trump or her personal profession aspirations. He says this incident would make Republicans trust the network less than “if they had done nothing with McDaniel to begin with.” 

Deep dive

Some TikTok creators have embraced the de-influencer motion, like Diana Wiebe, seen in a screenshot right here, who goes by the TikTok deal with @depressiondotgov and critiques social media influencing.

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It’s frequent to see influencers on social media attempt to persuade you to purchase new skincare, clothes, books, devices and extra. But up to now few years, a brand new pattern of de-influencing has emerged. As these de-influencers achieve reputation, what began as a backlash to promoting could have real benefits for the atmosphere.

• De-influencing encourages individuals to purchase much less stuff and use what they have already got.
• Content creator Christina Mychaskiw says she makes de-influencing movies as a result of the purchasing haul movies she watched rising up normalized overconsumption.
• Some content material creators have capitalized on the pattern. They make movies “de-influencing” viewers from one product to advertise a extra reasonably priced one — a technique that Mychaskiw says nonetheless encourages consumption.
• Other creators have taken the pattern one step additional by de-influencing viewers from sure merchandise and offering recommendation on find out how to reside extra sustainably. 

Picture present

A beloved cherry blossom tree named “Stumpy” blooms for the final time as the town’s bushes attain their peak bloom early on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 18.

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A beloved cherry blossom tree named “Stumpy” blooms for the final time as the town’s bushes attain their peak bloom early on the Tidal Basin in Washington, D.C., on March 18.

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Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms draw greater than one million guests each Spring. This yr, many are honoring one very particular tree. Stumpy is a scraggly tree that all the time manages to bloom regardless of his stature. But this yr, he’ll be lower down, together with greater than 100 others, as a part of a undertaking to rebuild and lift the ocean partitions round D.C’s tidal basin.

See photographs of how guests have been celebrating Stumpy’s life throughout peak bloom.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

French bulldogs have skyrocketed in reputation. Legislation being thought-about in New Hampshire might put guidelines on breeding ones with persistent respiratory issues.

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French bulldogs have skyrocketed in reputation. Legislation being thought-about in New Hampshire might put guidelines on breeding ones with persistent respiratory issues.

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1. New Hampshire might turn out to be the primary state within the U.S. to limit French Bulldog breeding. Although they’re the preferred breed within the nation, they’re recognized for well being issues.
2. Police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and the FBI are investigating after the University of Utah ladies’s basketball workforce alleged they had been racially harassed whereas staying within the metropolis for the NCAA March Madness match. 
3. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced Nicole Shanahan, a rich California lawyer, as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election. 

This e-newsletter was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.