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Happy Monday. Let's get you caught up on the weekend. 👇
⏰🚀 Ready, Set, Go: Today’s newsletter takes 4.16 minutes to read. (With the 360° view: 6.85 minutes.)
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👇📰 Quick Bits
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🚀 Who's the True Rocket Man?
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🎁 DONUT Headline: Richard Branson and Virgin Galactic successfully flew to space yesterday, beating fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos and rival Blue Origin by nine days.
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Billionaire Richard Branson reached the edge of space and safely returned to Earth on Sunday in a private flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity spacecraft. (Watch: NBC News coverage.)
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The nearly 71-year-old Branson and five Virgin Galactic crewmates flew 53.5 miles above the New Mexico desert - high enough to experience weightlessness and witness the curvature of the Earth - for three to four minutes before returning home to a runway landing.
Yes, but... While the FAA defines space as starting 50 miles above sea level, many in the international community consider the start of space to be the Kármán line, which is 62 miles (100 km) above sea level.
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"None of our astronauts have an asterisk next to their name." –Space company Blue Origin in a recent #subtweet. Blue Origin plans to travel past the Kármán line,
👀 On the horizon... Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is set to become the second person to travel to space in their own ship when a company rocket takes him and three others to space on July 20.
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Zoom out: Space tourism could be a $3B market by 2030, according to a UBS estimate from last year.
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🏫📝 Updated CDC School Guidance
Image: Hunter D'Antuono/AP
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🎁 DONUT Headline: The CDC updated its public health guidance for schools on Friday.
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Fully vaccinated students and teachers don't need to wear masks in school when classes return in the fall, according to updated CDC guidelines published Friday.
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The agency also urged schools to stay open for in-person learning, even in places where social distancing isn't possible or where cases are rising – in which instance, it recommends those who are unvaccinated be tested weekly.
📸 The Big Picture: The CDC's guidance is only a recommendation, leaving it up to the individual states and local school districts on how best to handle the fall semester. (In other news, school board meetings are about to get more fun.)
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Its new mask guidelines will likely have no impact on students under 12, who are currently ineligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine – though Pfizer hopes to apply for FDA approval for children ages 5 to 11 in September.
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Important to Note: The CDC didn't advocate for schools to require COVID-19 vaccines for teachers or students.
From the Right: WSJ
From the Left: Axios
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🍩 DONUT Holes…
Image: Deep Dive Dubai
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🤿🕳️ The world's deepest pool recently opened in Dubai. Within the 196-feet-deep pool is an “underwater city” with apartments, a library, and an arcade. (Video tour.)
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✍️ President Biden signed an executive order on Friday including 72 initiatives "to promptly tackle some of the most pressing competition problems across our economy." (From the Left | From the Right)
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🗣️ Former President Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Sunday. (From the Left | From the Right)
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🏢 The death toll from the Surfside building collapse rose to 90; another 31 people remain unaccounted for.
🎾🥊⚽🏀 Sports, Sports, and More Sports:
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Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon yesterday to claim his 20th Grand Slam title (tying Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer for most all time) | Ashleigh Barty won the women's side, becoming the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon since 1980.
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UFC's Dustin Poirier emerged victorious against the notorious Conor McGregor. McGregor injured his lower left leg in the first round (Video; not for the faint of heart.)
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Italy won Euro 2020, defeating England in a 3-2 shootout following a 1-1 draw in the final.
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The Milwaukee Bucks won Game 3 of the NBA Finals last night but still trail 2-1 in the best-of-seven series; Game 4 is set for Wednesday.
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🔥 The Hot Corner
💬 Heard Through the Grapevine… “I believe that it is critical that the events at issue be reviewed by an independent body such as the Office of the Inspector General in order to determine whether any interactions that occurred between Biogen and FDA review staff were inconsistent with FDA policies and procedures.” –Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock, in a letter calling for investigation into the agency’s recent approval of Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm. (Background on the situation.)
🔢 Stat(s) of the Day... 14-year-old Scripps Spelling Bee winner Zaila Avant-garde isn't just good with words.
You go, girl.
📖 Worth Your Time… The inside story of the new NASA missions to Venus.
🔭 The Week Ahead
Monday: Senate reconvenes after a two-week recess; MLB Home Run Derby
Tuesday: Labor Department reports June inflation numbers; MLB All-Star Game
Wednesday: Next hearing in Britney Spears' conservatorship case
Thursday: U.S. weekly unemployment claims; British Open begins
Friday: National Personal Chef's Day
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🗣👂 Dose of Discussiona
🇭🇹 What in the World Happened in Haiti?*
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Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister of Haiti, speaking in Port-au-Prince on Thursday; Image: Estailove St-Val/Reuters
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🎁 DONUT Headline: The assassination of Haiti's President Moïse - whose political career was dogged by controversy - has thrown Haiti into political turmoil. What's going on and should the U.S. get involved?
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The U.S. will not be sending military troops to Haiti - as requested by the country's interim leader - in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, a senior Biden administration official told ABC News on Saturday.
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The news comes one day after the White House agreed to send senior officials from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security to assist Haiti's investigation into Moïse's assasination.
📜 Background: Moïse was initially elected president of Haiti in 2015, but the contest was later annulled due to allegations of electoral fraud. He also won the follow-up election - which featured record-low voter participation - and took office in 2017.
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In January 2020, Moïse began ruling Haiti by decree after the country failed to hold parliamentary elections due to political gridlock.
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In February 2021, he refused to leave office at the end of his five-year term, claiming his presidency was supposed to last until 2022 due to the delay caused by the 2015 election. This caused thousands to protest.
❓ What We Know About The Assassination (So Far)
A group of gunmen broke into President Moïse's home in the Pelerin neighborhood at 1 a.m. local time last Wednesday and shot him 12 times.
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Moïse died on the scene, while his wife - who was shot an unknown number of times - survived and was airlifted to Florida, where she is in stable condition.
According to Haitian police, there are at least 28 suspects in total – 17 have been apprehended, three have been killed, and eight remain at large. Officials say 26 of the suspects are Colombian, and the other two are Haitian-American (both of whom are in custody).
👀 Looking ahead... In the hours after Moïse's killing, interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph - who was supposed to be replaced last week - took command of the police and army, declaring a "state of siege" for 15 days (though it is unclear ($) if he has the legal authority to do so).
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Only 10 of Haiti’s 30 Senate seats are currently filled, but eight of the senators have called for a new government to replace Joseph.
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Ariel Henry, who was appointed prime minister by President Moïse but had not yet taken office, also claims he should be running the country.
*This headline was changed after publishing based on reader feedback.
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🛸🌄📲 Calling from the Future…
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🤖🍕 Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars?
Image: Bertrand Guay/AFP
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🎁 DONUT Headline: A new pizzeria opened in Paris that's staffed entirely by robots.
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From order-taking to placing the meals in a box, every position at Pazzi is handled by autonomous robots.
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Developed over the course of eight years, the automated pizza production process was carefully crafted to ensure a consistently high quality end product.
The culinary robots’ co-inventor, Sébastien Roverso, says the goal of the novel eatery is to allow customers to enjoy the spectacle of the automated chefs at work as they wait for their food.
Keep reading.
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🤗 Daily Dose of Positive
👨🚒🖍Comfort Cards
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Image: InspireMore
Search and rescue teams have been working around the clock to locate victims and clear piles of debris from the tragic Surfside condo collapse on June 24th.
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Tasked with the burden of identifying missing persons’ remains, it’s no surprise that many of the rescue team members have been feeling low as the search drags into week three.
Images: Facebook
More than 500 children have stepped in to help lift the rescue team’s spirits, drawing adorable thank you letters, cards, and sending sweet messages to the hard working heroes.
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“The innocence of children reminds us that the world is a beautiful place, no matter what tragedy we might be dealing with. Nothing is more comforting than a note from a child just to say thank you.”
Keep reading.
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💡 Dose of Knowledge
🙌 Get Back
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What's the name for the part of your back you can't reach?
A) Agastopia
B) Nudiustertian
C) Acnestis
D) Jentacular
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💡 Dose of Knowledge Answer
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C) Acnestis
Almost… there... The spot on your back that’s always just out of reach no matter how hard you try actually has a name – acnestis.
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🍩 Daily Sprinkle
“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.”
- Helen Keller (1880-1968), American author and disability rights activist
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