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Today’s high tales

Gaza is in a humanitarian disaster, days into the warfare between Israel and Hamas. Power is out, and the enclave is completely under siege — lower off from meals, gas, water and electrical energy. The battle has claimed a complete of no less than 2,500 Palestinian and Israeli lives. The crossing into Egypt has been hit no less than thrice. Morning Edition host Leila Fadel is in Jerusalem, the place she’s been calling individuals in Gaza in a single day.

An Israeli military self-propelled howitzer fires rounds close to the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Wednesday.

Jack Guez/AFP through Getty Images

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An Israeli military self-propelled howitzer fires rounds close to the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Wednesday.

Jack Guez/AFP through Getty Images

• Fadel shares a dialog with NPR producer and Gaza resident Anas Baba on Up First. He says he left his job to evacuate his household however couldn’t find safety. “Where am I going to take them?” he says. “Where am I going to hide them?” Palestinians are frightened they’re going to be lower off from the world. One journalist tells Fadel, “Don’t forget us. We are innocent people.” 
• Wafaa Abuzayda was visiting her household in Gaza when the warfare broke out. She’s amongst a whole bunch of trapped Palestinian Americans. She says the toughest feeling is hiding her fear from her 1-year-old son, who would not perceive what’s occurring. When requested to provide a message to the U.S. authorities, she merely pleaded, “Please save us.”
• In Israel, among the worst violence from Hamas happened in small communal cities referred to as kibbutzim. They’re uniquely Israeli and have a big legacy there. Read about their historical past and what life is like now.
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Tel Aviv. NPR’s Michele Kelemen traveled with him. On Morning Edition, she says U.S. diplomacy is targeted on supporting Israel, keeping the situation contained and stopping involvement from others within the area.
• In the U.S., President Biden assured leaders of American Jewish teams that he is taken steps to boost security measures for Jewish communities.
• This information has been devastating to course of — particularly for youngsters. Here’s recommendation on how to talk to kids about what’s occurring.

House Republicans nominated Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise to serve as the next House speaker yesterday. But he would not have sufficient votes to be elected by the total House.

• Rep. Jim Jordan misplaced the nomination and shortly supported Scalise. But NPR’s Deirdre Walsh says a few of Jordan’s supporters aren’t budging. Republicans are frightened they give the impression of being unable to control amid the violence in Israel and Gaza and a looming authorities shutdown.

Sam Bankman-Fried’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Ellison has completed her testimony in his fraud trial. She painted Bankman-Fried because the mastermind behind an effort to steal billions from clients, traders and lenders. Here are five takeaways from her testimony — and why it issues.

Picture present

Portfolio Award Winner: The historical mariner. Pangatalan Island, Palawan, the Philippines. The tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for greater than 100 million years however now faces habitat destruction and overfishing for meals and for its blood, used within the growth of vaccines.

Laurent Ballesta/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Portfolio Award Winner: The historical mariner. Pangatalan Island, Palawan, the Philippines. The tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for greater than 100 million years however now faces habitat destruction and overfishing for meals and for its blood, used within the growth of vaccines.

Laurent Ballesta/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The London Museum of History has introduced this yr’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year winners. Judges checked out greater than 40,000 entries from almost 100 nations. Take a look on the images. They’ll take you underwater, into the woods and excessive above cities — and showcase the precarity of life on Earth.

Deep dive

Mikki Smith lets out a cry as she adjusts to the frigid water. It was her first time with the Puget Sound Plungers in Seattle, Washington.

Mike Kane for NPR

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Mikki Smith lets out a cry as she adjusts to the frigid water. It was her first time with the Puget Sound Plungers in Seattle, Washington.

Mike Kane for NPR

The subsequent time you want self-care, think about swapping your sheet masks for a plunge in icy chilly water. All over the world, persons are in search of the transformative results of a dip in a frigid lake, ocean or ice bathtub. But are the well being advantages simply hype? Researchers separate fact from fiction for NPR:

• Acute, repeated chilly publicity might help with blood sugar — however you must shiver to get essentially the most profit.
• Cold publicity might launch anti-inflammatory markers within the physique. It’s unclear if this helps with long-term, continual irritation.
• Research on the chilly’s results on nervousness and melancholy reveals nice promise. Stress from a chilly plunge might help you adapt to different aggravating conditions

Ready to strive chilly plunging? Take researcher François Haman’s recommendation: not that lengthy, not that always and never that chilly.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Small rocks and dirt from an asteroid, outdoors a spherical pattern assortment gadget in a NASA lab.

Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold/NASA

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Small rocks and dirt from an asteroid, outdoors a spherical pattern assortment gadget in a NASA lab.

Erika Blumenfeld & Joseph Aebersold/NASA

1. NASA has analyzed the primary bits of the asteroid sample brought back to Earth final month. The black rocks and dirt had been carbon- and water-rich.
2. California is now the primary state to create an “Ebony Alert” system for locating lacking Black ladies and kids. They go lacking at a disproportionate charge within the U.S. however not often make nationwide headlines. 
3. The Biden administration needs to ban “junk fees” — the hidden charges added to every part from short-term leases to meals supply — that value customers an estimated $64 billion yearly. 

This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.