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Today’s high information

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not responsible to felony fees yesterday at a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., as crowds of individuals exterior yelled, “Lock him up.” He’s been charged with four counts associated to his makes an attempt to overturn the 2020 election outcomes.

Nadine Seiler protests as she holds a banner exterior the Washington, D.C., federal courtroom on Tuesday in Washington.

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Nadine Seiler protests as she holds a banner exterior the Washington, D.C., federal courtroom on Tuesday in Washington.

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• NPR’s Carrie Johnson was in courtroom all day yesterday. On Up First at present, she says Trump seemed somber in the courtroom however on the airport after the listening to, he mentioned, “This was never supposed to happen in America.” The subsequent listening to is Aug. 28, when Trump is anticipated to be taught when the trial will start.
• On Morning Edition, Mississippi Congressman Bennie Thompson mentioned the arraignment was not something to look forward to as Americans however one thing the nation cannot go ahead with out as a result of “our democracy, in its present type, is very fragile.”
• Trump was the one individual charged within the indictment, although prosecutors additionally included six unnamed co-conspirators. Here’s what we know about them to date.

The Labor Department will launch hiring and unemployment numbers for July later at present. Forecasters predict that U.S. employers added about 200,000 jobs final month.

• “There are a lot of openings. Layoffs are rare. Worries about a recession have receded considerably,” says NPR’s Scott Horsley. He provides extra folks have entered the workforce up to now few months, and it is a good signal if the development continues in July as a result of “the more people who are in the workforce, the more the economy can grow without putting upward pressure on inflation.”

Alexei Navalny, a fierce critic of Russia’s Vladimir Putin, is ready to be sentenced on a number of legal fees, together with extremism. He’s presently serving a nine-year sentence on fraud and embezzlement fees, and prosecutors are asking for 20 extra years. His supporters have known as the costs and circumstances of the trial absurd.

Antarctica is often surrounded by hundreds of thousands of sq. miles of ice this time of 12 months. But sea ice has been lowering over time, and this 12 months scientists recorded the smallest quantity of sea ice ever. This may have devastating long-term effects within the U.S., inflicting probably catastrophic sea degree rise in coastal Texas and different locations alongside the Gulf of Mexico later this century.

From our hosts

The Hollywood Sign is seen in Angeles, California.

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The Hollywood Sign is seen in Angeles, California.

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This essay was written by A Martinez. He got here to NPR in 2021 and is one in every of Morning Edition and Up First’s hosts. He was beforehand the host of Take Two at LAist in Los Angeles.

What makes you consider house?

For me, it is essentially the most well-known signal on the earth: 9 white block letters, every 45 toes excessive, spelling out HOLLYWOOD.

As a child, it was the very first thing I’d see within the morning once I regarded out my window. It was at all times there, towering over Los Angeles, reminding everybody that that is the place magic occurs. I’ve hiked dozens and dozens of occasions to the highest of Mount Lee to be so shut that it appears like I may attain down and contact it. Whether I’m proper subsequent to it or far-off, it makes me comfortable to know that it has been there for 100 years.

It has at all times symbolized creativity, fantasy and enjoyable — and it at all times will. But I have to admit that seeing it nowadays jogs my memory of the way it’s additionally a enterprise. One that is at an inflection level that appears like it’ll change how Hollywood makes that magic and the way we see it. Screenwriters and actors are still on strike, for ever and ever. Whenever offers are completed to get everyone again to work, what sort of Hollywood will they be coming again to?

Weekend picks

David Tennant as Crowley and Michael Sheen as Aziraphale in season 2 of the Prime Video collection Good Omens.

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David Tennant as Crowley and Michael Sheen as Aziraphale in season 2 of the Prime Video collection Good Omens.

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

Movies: Break out your swords and shout “Cowabunga!” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is a visually gorgeous reboot to the franchise.

TV: David Tennant and Michael Sheen are again in Good Omens. The second season follows Sheen’s Aziraphale and Tennant’s Crowley as they conceal an archangel that is misplaced his reminiscence.

Books: Crack open Nasim Alikhani’s new cookbook, Sofreh, this weekend for a recent take a look at Persian delicacies. The recipes mirror an expansive vary of Persian culinary traditions, previous and future.

Music: Little Moon’s Emma Hardyman simply wrapped up her Tiny Desk Contest On the Road Tour. Listen to the winning song and meet up with how Hardyman’s life has modified since.

Sports: The knockout stage of the Women’s World Cup begins tomorrow. These are the storylines to watch.

Quiz: Read at present’s e-newsletter rigorously. At least two of at present’s articles reveal solutions within the weekly news quiz.

Recipe: Forget lemonade. Beat the warmth with lassi, a yogurt drink from India. All you want is a few yogurt, milk, sugar and ice.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Post Malone on the 52nd annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremony in New York in June. The rapper simply bought a one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering card valued as excessive as $2 million.

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Post Malone on the 52nd annual Songwriters Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremony in New York in June. The rapper simply bought a one-of-a-kind Magic: The Gathering card valued as excessive as $2 million.

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1. Watch out — Post Malone now possesses the one ring to rule them all. The rapper lately bought a Lord of the Rings-themed Magic: The Gathering buying and selling card valued at $2 million. 
2. Who you gonna name? New analysis discovered that colleges usually tend to call a mom than a dad if issues get bizarre within the neighborhood.
3. Many Black Americans are lacking large elements of their ancestry. Researchers learning DNA from free and enslaved folks at Catoctin Furnace in Maryland have been in a position to trace ancestry for almost 42,000 folks.

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