Новости за 01.02.2023

It’s really great when people’s lives are made better, but mass uplift should not be subject to the goodwill or charity of a few. This is the major takeaway of a new viral video of MrBeast’s latest charitable act.

The president of the New College of Florida was forced out by a board of trustees stacked with appointees of Governor Ron DeSantis, who is cracking down on “woke” thought in state schools, and replaced with another DeSantis ally.

The College Board on Wednesday released an updated curriculum for its new Advanced Placement African American Studies course — and now missing are many Black writers and scholars on intersectionality, critical race theory, the queer experience, and Black feminism. Black Lives Matter is now optional in the new curriculum.

As Israel continues to escalate its violent campaign against Palestinains, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined CNN’s Jake Tapper for an interview, in which the Israeli Prime Minister said he is not going to be bothered to get “hung up” on peace with Palestinians.

Nikki Haley will run for president in 2024, The Post and Courier reported, a significant shift away from her previous stance that she would not compete against her former boss Donald Trump.

Imagine that you are arrested tomorrow and charged with two separate crimes. You put up a robust legal defense and even manage to persuade the jury that you didn’t commit one of them. Then you go to the sentencing phase for the other offense. You might think that you can only be sentenced for the crime that you were convicted of, not the one for which a jury acquitted you. You would be wrong—but hopefully not for much longer.

The killing of Tyre Nichols, the 29-year-old who died from his injuries after being brutally beaten by Memphis police officers, has renewed hopes in some quarters that Congress may resurrect discussions around police reform legislation. But past failures could spell doom for the current effort, even as this most recent incident of police violence remains front of mind for many Americans. The political conditions that allowed negotiations to crumble nearly two years ago have only intensified in a newly divided Congress... Читать дальше...

We’ve known for a while that gas stoves are bad for both your health and the environment. But a few weeks ago, the discourse went into overdrive. First, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced it would consider regulations on indoor air pollution from gas stoves. Not long after, a study asserted that gas-burning stoves are responsible for roughly 12.7 percent of childhood asthma cases nationwide. Suddenly, the appliance acquired a crowd of newly passionate defenders, including Tucker Carlson... Читать дальше...

In the 1980s, millions of monarch butterflies fluttered across North America, migrating north and east from California and even parts of Mexico, upward through the South and Midwest before stretching up through the plains and Northeast, spanning even to southern Canada. But in the decades since, the monarch population has plummeted, going from millions to 335,479, according to the most recent count published this week. Some years, the population of Western monarchs in particular, residing west of the Rockies... Читать дальше...

One day after the Republican National Committee directed Republicans to “go on offense” against abortion rights, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed a bill codifying abortion rights as a guaranteed right to Minnesotans. The legislation will shield residents from any looming Republican attacks, even those that come from the courts.

Florida officials are on a tear to block school programs that they deem too “woke.” Governor Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday he plans to defund diversity, equity, and inclusion programs on state college campuses, as public school teachers are hiding their classroom libraries thanks to a new law.