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Today’s high tales

The U.S. Supreme Court is ready to listen to arguments in an essential environmental case at this time. It will think about whether or not to pause a federal rule obligating states to be a “good neighbor.” At the guts of the dispute is a provision of the Clean Air Act that protects people and states subject to pollution that floats downwind from different states. These “downwind states” wrestle to fulfill federal air high quality requirements, and their residents can face well being problems because of air pollution from afar.

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a problem from GOP-led states and trade teams looking for to dam the EPA’s “good neighbor” provision, which is designed to cut back smog and air air pollution.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a problem from GOP-led states and trade teams looking for to dam the EPA’s “good neighbor” provision, which is designed to cut back smog and air air pollution.

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• Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia, together with a number of firms and commerce teams, need the courtroom to dam the rule, saying it’s unreasonable and imposes a financial burden. NPR’s Carrie Johnson experiences on Up First. The Environmental Protection Agency says the rule is already working in lots of states to restrict ozone air pollution. 

Alabama fertility clinics are going through an unsure future after the state’s Supreme Court dominated final week that frozen embryos created by way of in vitro fertilization have the identical rights as kids. The ruling stems from a case the place a affected person at an Alabama facility destroyed frozen embryos belonging to a few {couples}, prompting them to file a wrongful demise lawsuit. A decrease courtroom mentioned the {couples} could not accomplish that as a result of the embryos weren’t individuals, however the state Supreme Court disagreed.

• The state’s medical affiliation has “grave concerns” in regards to the ruling, and a few clinics say they should shut down, reporter Melanie Peeples tells Up First from Birmingham. She says the case is unlikely to head to a higher court, so it is as much as the state to additional outline its wrongful demise statute. Many clinics harvest as many eggs as they’ll from girls to present them the most effective odds of being pregnant. This follow is not prone to proceed if it turns into unlawful to destroy frozen embryos.

Many scholar mortgage debtors are waking up debt-free this morning. The Education Department introduced at this time it zeroed out balances for almost 153,000 individuals who borrowed $12,000 or much less, have been paying their scholar loans for no less than 10 years and enrolled within the Biden administration’s new Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan.

Picture present

Caregiver Liliya Khodunay cuts Anna’s hair in Anna’s dwelling in Milan, Italy, in February 2023.

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Caregiver Liliya Khodunay cuts Anna’s hair in Anna’s dwelling in Milan, Italy, in February 2023.

Chiara Negrello

Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Italy was the EU nation dwelling to one of many greatest communities for individuals of Ukrainian origin. Many Ukrainians in Italy are girls working as caretakers for the aged. In 2020, photographer Chiara Negrello’s household employed Lyubov Mala, a middle-aged Ukrainian caretaker for her grandma, who had suffered COVID problems. The relationship between Mala and Negrello’s household turned the premise of her mission, “Caring for our Past.”

See Negrello’s photographs of Ukrainian caretakers and skim in regards to the tensions they experience as they take care of Italy’s aged whereas watching their nation at struggle.

Life recommendation

This tuna, chickpea and parmesan salad bowl packs a protein punch, which is essential for constructing muscle power.

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This tuna, chickpea and parmesan salad bowl packs a protein punch, which is essential for constructing muscle power.

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Sarcopenia, or muscle loss, impacts greater than 45% of older Americans, particularly girls. The lack of power can improve the chance of falling — the main reason for demise from damage amongst older adults. A protein-rich weight-reduction plan is simply as essential as resistance coaching to keep up power. Health specialists have some recommendation for packing more protein into your meals:

• Greek yogurt or eggs are a fantastic possibility for breakfast. Yogurt will be eaten candy or savory. An egg a day will not elevate coronary heart illness threat in wholesome individuals.
• Opt for fish in your salads. Not solely is it filled with protein, but it surely additionally accommodates unsaturated fat, that are good for coronary heart well being.
• Lentils, chickpeas and tofu are nice plant-based choices.
• For the carb-lovers: Farro has twice the quantity of protein as rice.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

This illustration supplied by the European Southern Observatory this month depicts the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the intense core of a distant galaxy that’s powered by a supermassive black gap.

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This illustration supplied by the European Southern Observatory this month depicts the record-breaking quasar J059-4351, the intense core of a distant galaxy that’s powered by a supermassive black gap.

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• Australian scientists have found the fastest-growing black gap ever recorded. It has a mass 17 billion occasions bigger than our solar and swallows the equivalent of a sun on daily basis. 
• Beyoncé’s nation single, “Texas Hold ‘Em,” debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. She is just the second solo woman to attain the feat with no accompanying artists, after Taylor Swift.  
• AI will quickly be capable of do greater than generate concepts. Tech startups like Rabbit are growing “AI agents” that can complete errands like ordering DoorDash or reserving a trip, serving to individuals get extra completed whereas spending much less time on their telephones. 

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