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Today’s high tales

The Federal Aviation Administration has laid out a plan for Boeing 737 Max 9 jets to fly once more, but in addition imposed new limits on production on the firm’s factories. More than 170 planes have been grounded since a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines flight in midair earlier this month.

• An obvious Boeing whistleblower has blamed mistakes at the Washington plant, alleging that 4 key bolts for the door had been by no means re-installed after upkeep work earlier than the jet left the manufacturing unit. 
• Max 9 planes may very well be again within the air as quickly as tomorrow as soon as they full the FAA’s upkeep and inspection plan, NPR’s Joel Rose tells Up First. He says the FAA is imposing manufacturing caps not solely on the Max 9 however different 737 traces, a uncommon step by the federal government.
• Aviation security analyst and former industrial pilot Kathleen Bangs instructed Morning Edition that whereas those limits will hurt Boeing’s bottom line, the corporate is in some ways “too big to fail” as a result of it will get extra income from U.S. taxpayers than its industrial jets. 

An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane is seen at Portland International Airport on January 9, 2024 in Oregon. The aircraft made an emergency touchdown following a midair fuselage blowout on Jan. 5.

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An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane is seen at Portland International Airport on January 9, 2024 in Oregon. The aircraft made an emergency touchdown following a midair fuselage blowout on Jan. 5.

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Former South Carolina Gov. and U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley is pinning her presidential hopes on her home state, which holds its major on Feb. 24. At a rally in Charleston final evening, Haley criticized former President Donald Trump as “chaos” for the nation and knocked him for his psychological lapses. She additionally touted her personal achievements from her time as governor, from financial growth to felony justice reform.

• It’s not clear that Haley’s message is getting by way of to voters, NPR’s Stephen Fowler reports from Charleston. When it involves securing the votes and delegates wanted to beat Trump, Fowler says in some ways “the math ain’t mathin’.” 

Alabama is ready to hold out an execution immediately utilizing nitrogen gasoline, a way that has never been used before in the U.S. This would be the second time the state makes an attempt to execute Kenneth Smith, who was convicted for his position in a 1988 murder-for-hire plot. His first execution try, by deadly injection in 2022, was referred to as off after staff spent hours looking for a vein for the IV.

Today’s hear

Religiously unaffiliated folks now make up 28% of U.S. adults, based on a brand new examine from Pew Research. That’s a bigger cohort than Catholics or evangelical Protestants.

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Religiously unaffiliated folks now make up 28% of U.S. adults, based on a brand new examine from Pew Research. That’s a bigger cohort than Catholics or evangelical Protestants.

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Religious “Nones” are actually the biggest cohort within the U.S. A brand new examine from Pew Research Center discovered that the nation’s share of religiously unaffiliated adults — which means they contemplate themselves to be “atheists,” “agnostics” or “nothing in particular” — has grown to twenty-eight%, up from 16% in 2007. Nones are usually younger, white, male and liberal. And researchers say they may change electoral politics within the coming a long time — if they are often persuaded to go to the polls. Read the story or give it a listen.

Deep dive

The scene on the U.S. Supreme Court on the day it overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Researchers estimate that 64,565 rape-caused pregnancies have occurred in states that banned abortion since then.

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The scene on the U.S. Supreme Court on the day it overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. Researchers estimate that 64,565 rape-caused pregnancies have occurred in states that banned abortion since then.

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New analysis estimates that rape has caused more than 64,500 pregnancies within the 14 states the place abortion is banned. Few states with whole bans on abortion have exceptions for rape, and people who do require victims to report the rape to authorities — which analysis reveals solely occurs in a fraction of sexual assaults.

• Data on sexual assault and being pregnant is restricted, so researchers analyzed figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Bureau of Justice Statistics and FBI Uniform Crime Reports.
• Polls present that the majority Americans help entry to abortion after rape, although such exceptions usually are not legally or logistically possible in lots of states that ban the process.
• High-profile circumstances of abortion after rape — together with in Kentucky and Ohio — have become political flashpoints because the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. 

3 issues to know earlier than you go

An experimental gene remedy examined in younger kids with an inherited type of deafness restored some listening to for many of them.

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An experimental gene remedy examined in younger kids with an inherited type of deafness restored some listening to for many of them.

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1. Gene remedy is displaying promise for treating inherited deafness, researchers say. An experimental gene remedy restored at least some hearing for 5 of six taking part kids.
2. Jon Stewart is returning to The Daily Show — which has spent greater than a 12 months on the lookout for its new host — as executive producer and part-time host by way of the 2024 presidential election.  
3. The Palestinian nationwide soccer crew has superior to the knockout phases of the AFC Asian Cup for the primary time, sparking a moment of joy amid war. 

This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.