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Today’s prime tales

President Biden will host Japan and South Korea’s leaders right now at Camp David. Presidents have used the mountain retreat for 80 years to host international leaders, however that is the primary time since 2015 that any have been invited. Here’s a have a look at Camp David’s long legacy of diplomacy.

Members of an honor guard stand at consideration for the arrival of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to Camp David on June 26, 2008.

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Members of an honor guard stand at consideration for the arrival of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to Camp David on June 26, 2008.

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• South Korea and Japan have had a strained relationship courting again to when South Korea colonized Japan, in keeping with NPR’s Asma Khalid. But she tells Up First right now that it is improved in recent times. The three international locations will announce a dedication to “step up security coordination” and “establish an understanding that a security challenge for one country poses a concern to the other.” She provides that the Camp David setting brings “a level of intimacy and gravitas” to the assembly. 

About 20,000 residents in Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, are rushing to evacuate as a wildfire burns uncontrolled close to town. Canada is seeing its worst wildfire season ever recorded, with greater than 230 lively fires threatening the northwest area and greater than 1,000 burning nationwide.

• Canada’s Global News reporter Jayme Doll says officers are involved the fireplace might reach the city as quickly as Saturday. Thousands of individuals have been airlifted out of town yesterday, however many waited in line for hours solely to be instructed to return again right now as there have been no extra flights. Doll, who needed to evacuate whereas on trip a number of weeks in the past, says that the wildfires are a brand new actuality for Canada as temperatures heat.

Maui’s Emergency Management Agency Administrator Herman Andaya has resigned, citing well being points. Andaya has been criticized for not activating Hawaii’s siren system in the course of the wildfires. At a press convention, he mentioned he did not remorse his choice as a result of he was involved residents would head towards the mountains into the fires in the event that they heard the sirens, that are primarily used to warn of tsunamis.

• Residents have additionally expressed frustration with the slow pace of recovery after the fireplace, NPR’s Greg Allen stories on Morning Edition. A forensic anthropologist who labored on restoration efforts after the 2018 hearth in Paradise, Calif. instructed him it is a painstaking course of as a result of “you want to make sure that you recover as much as possible” in order that “the family gets a full accounting of their loved ones.

The average cost of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage jumped to 7.09% this week— the highest in 21 years. Rising rates have increased the price of a typical home loan, pricing out first-time buyers. It’s also discouraged homeowners with smaller mortgages from upgrading their houses, leading to a shortage of homes for sale.

Deep dive

Lawmakers, lecturers, faculty board members and fogeys collect for a city corridor assembly on new Florida curriculum requirements for Black historical past on Thursday in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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Lawmakers, lecturers, faculty board members and fogeys collect for a city corridor assembly on new Florida curriculum requirements for Black historical past on Thursday in Miami Gardens, Fla.

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Many of Florida’s college students return to high school this month. The state’s faculty system has been within the headlines lately after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a invoice banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in public schools, and the state’s board of training accredited a new social studies curriculum. Here’s how classes will look different this yr:

• Students Okay-12 might see movies from the conservative nonprofit Prager University Foundation.
• More college students will now be eligible for vouchers to attend non-public colleges.
• Parents should signal a consent kind to permit lecturers to name college students something aside from their beginning title. 
• Teachers will not be allowed to name a scholar by their most well-liked pronouns.

Weekend picks

Kaley Cuoco and Lake Bell voice Harley and Poison Ivy on Harley Quinn.

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Kaley Cuoco and Lake Bell voice Harley and Poison Ivy on Harley Quinn.

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Check out what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:

Movies: A royal marriage ceremony and a catastrophic cake smash places the queer, enemies-to-lovers romance in movement in Red, White & Royal Blue.

TV: Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are again in one other season of Max’s animated sequence. But this time, Harley’s one of the good guys.

Books: Jump right into a noir model thriller that explores the realities of the Japanese American post-WWII expertise with Mike Davis’ Evergreen.

Music: In the 2000s, Be Your Own Pet’s frenetic punk sneered at maturity. The band returns from a 15-year hiatus with Mommy, an album that builds on its oppositional beginnings.

Quiz: If you’ve got been being attentive to this week’s newsletters, you need to be a Trump indictment professional by now and get a minimum of a ten/11 on the NPR information quiz. Test your self here.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

John Hunt catches a fish throughout his in depth fun-filled summer time.

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John Hunt catches a fish throughout his in depth fun-filled summer time.

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1. Despite file warmth waves, canceled flights, and extra, Americans are determined to have fun. Domestic leisure journey has reached pre-pandemic ranges, in keeping with the U.S. Travel Association.
2. A research from USC Annenberg taking a look at 1,600 prime movies from 2007 to 2022 reveals that whereas 2022 was a excessive level for women and girls of coloration in lead roles, inclusivity is still lacking in Hollywood studios.
3. New York City is banning TikTok from all authorities gadgets, becoming a member of a number of federal businesses and states concerned about security risks. 

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