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Today’s high tales
Hundreds of scholars have been arrested throughout the nation as pro-Palestinian protests spread nationwide. It’s been one week since police cleared an encampment of demonstrators at Columbia University. The college students rapidly reestablished their encampment. Since then, colleges like UT Austin and the City College of New York have organized related protests towards Israel’s conflict in Gaza.
Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University throughout a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday, April 25 in Atlanta.
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Georgia State Patrol officers detain a demonstrator on the campus of Emory University throughout a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Thursday, April 25 in Atlanta.
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- Columbia officers on Wednesday gave college students 48 hours to disperse, or they might contemplate “alternative options,” NPR’s Adrian Florido tells Up First. That deadline is now looming. Protesters suspect they are going to be forcibly eliminated, because the encampment is going down on the heart of the varsity’s commencement ceremony location. USC has already canceled its essential commencement ceremony. Florido says other schools may begin to do the same as a result of pupil protesters say they are not going anyplace.
- Eleanor Stein is a faculty professor who protested within the Vietnam War as a pupil in 1968. On Morning Edition, she compares her past experience with the what’s occurring at Columbia as we speak.
After listening to arguments yesterday, a majority of the Supreme Court appeared skeptical of granting former President Donald Trump immunity from prosecution for felony acts. Trump’s legal professionals argue that the steps he took to remain in energy after President Biden gained the 2020 election have been a part of his official duties, thus, he cannot be prosecuted for them. Here’s everything you need to know about what the courtroom’s determination would imply for Trump — and the presidency as an entire.
- NPR’s Nina Totenberg analyzes how the conservative Supreme Court justices’ experiences could shape their opinion on Trump’s immunity.
New York state’s high courtroom has overturned the 2020 felony intercourse crime conviction of former Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein. The New York State Court of Appeals dominated on Thursday that Weinstein did not receive a fair trial partly as a result of the trial decide allowed ladies to testify about allegations that weren’t a part of the case. Weinstein was one of the high-profile males accused of sexual assault in the course of the #MeToo motion. Though the appeals courtroom ordered a brand new trial, Weinstein will stay in jail for a separate conviction from a California sexual assault trial. Editor’s be aware: This report contains descriptions of sexual assault.
- The New York trial decide allowed witnesses to testify to prior “bad acts” beneath the Molineux rule, whose precedent dates again to the 90s, NPR’s Anastasia Tsioulcas experiences. But authorized consultants inform her permitting Molineux witnesses leads to a very subjective decision, which makes a conviction simpler to problem.Â
From our hosts
This essay was written by Steve Inskeep, Morning Edition and Up First host. Steve and the Morning Edition workforce have returned to China — and Steve has observed it is lots completely different than when he was final there 5 years in the past. He’ll share a few of his observations and what he is heard from locals on Morning Edition as we speak and within the coming days.
Delivery rider in Beijing, China, on April 24, 2024.
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Delivery rider in Beijing, China, on April 24, 2024.
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It’s been arduous for outsiders to get a firsthand view of China lately. First, the nation sealed itself off from the pandemic; then, many expatriates left China; and now, although pandemic restrictions have been lengthy since lifted, journalists and others do not get in fairly as usually as at another instances. So we have taken an opportunity to go searching whereas masking diplomatic conferences: this week’s go to by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
One of the methods we have appeared on the financial system is by speaking to supply drivers, who whiz by means of the streets on silent motorbikes (all of them electrical, by legislation), delivering meals, groceries, garments, water cooler tanks and virtually anything. The pay is healthier than another jobs — some drivers left their dwelling villages to earn extra within the metropolis — although one driver, Liu Shiwei, said business isn’t good. As he ate a easy lunch of noodles and beer, he mentioned orders have been down, and too many drivers competed for them.
Why are there so many drivers? Liu thinks it is as a result of there’s not sufficient work elsewhere, and he could also be proper. Last 12 months China’s youth unemployment soared so excessive the federal government stopped publishing statistics. That’s only one signal of the strains on the world’s second-largest financial system, which has not recovered from the pandemic in the best way a lot of its individuals needed.
Steve sits down with Secretary of State Antony Blinken following a gathering between Blinken and China’s President Xi Jinping and different high Chinese officers. Listen to Steve’s exclusive interview with Blinken here.
Weekend picks
Protagonist Zau, flanked by the Masks of the Moon and Sun he’ll use to battle by means of the enchanting world of Kenzera.
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Protagonist Zau, flanked by the Masks of the Moon and Sun he’ll use to battle by means of the enchanting world of Kenzera.
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Check out what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:
Movies: The trailers for the Zendaya-led Challengers have been steamy. But the Pop Culture Happy Hour hosts say this terrific new movie is a lot greater than an attractive tennis film.
TV: Netflix’s Baby Reindeer is a darkish, haunting story of a comic who’s cruelly stalked by a mentally in poor health girl. NPR’s Glen Weldon writes that it is each troubling and troublesome — as a result of it depicts queer sexuality as one thing that occurs to individuals.
Books : Amy Tan, finest identified for writing The Joy Luck Club, did not got down to write a ebook in 2016. She was depressed with the state of the world and attempting to lose herself in nature by means of fowl watching. That expertise impressed her newest ebook, The Backyard Bird Chronicles.
Music: St. Vincent tells NPR that her latest album, All Born Screaming, is an train in “tension and release” — with some moments that play as sonic “jump scares.”
Theater: The new Broadway play Stereophonic options music from Arcade Fire’s Will Butler. It gives a hyper-realistic have a look at the prices and glories of creating artwork.
Games: Tales of Kenzera: ZAU has all the pieces you’re keen on in a online game: sprawling ranges, frictionless motion, frantic fight, and a lush soundtrack. Moreover, its story offers a deep lesson on grief and the ability we maintain within the face of indescribable loss.
Quiz: The outcomes of every week’s NPR information quiz can hit you proper within the intestine. I used to be known as “wholly adequate” for my 9/1 rating. How will you do?
three issues to know earlier than you go
Rick Mangnall remembers the time he was helped after a critical automobile accident by two Hispanic males in an outdated white pickup monitor.
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Rick Mangnall remembers the time he was helped after a critical automobile accident by two Hispanic males in an outdated white pickup monitor.
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- Rick Mangnall was stranded on the street in 2008 after a critical automobile accident. He says he’ll always remember the gesture of comfort his unsung hero gave him when two males in a white pickup truck stopped to assist.Â
- More than 280 in style musicians, together with Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan and Diplo, have signed a letter urging lawmakers to reform the concert ticketing system.Â
- A Chicago girl is accusing American Airlines of racial discrimination after a flight attendant allegedly confronted her for utilizing the aircraft’s first-class rest room.
This e-newsletter was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.