Abortion, Biden in South Korea, Russia-Ukraine war: Daily Briefing Friday

? Fast rundown: Oklahoma lawmakers have handed an all-out abortion ban; President Joe Biden is on a five-day go to to Asia; some concern retribution on hundreds of Ukrainian troops leaving Mariupol in Russia’s fingers; the Texas GOP AG main runoff; Harry Kinds’ new album is lastly right here.

??‍♀️Hello! I am Nicole, and this is Friday’s information. 

? Up first: A church service was held on Thursday night in Buffalo, New York, to honor victims of the lethal grocery store capturing. 

⚫ The white man accused of killing 10 Black folks in a racist bloodbath at a Buffalo grocery store appeared briefly in court docket after he was indicted by a grand jury.

Extra information to know now:

? The gunman in a hate-fueled capturing assault at a Southern California church despatched copies of a diary to a Chinese language-language media outlet earlier than he fatally shot a parishioner and wounded 5 others, the newspaper that obtained the package deal reported.

? A potential monkeypox case was reported in New York Metropolis as an outbreak spreads to seven nations. 

? Black most cancers loss of life charges are falling, however stay larger than in different teams.

✍ Illinois’ governor signed a invoice banning ”ghost weapons,” untraceable weapons typically comprised of a package bought on-line that presently don’t require a background test.

? Children ages 5-11 can begin receiving third doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine after the CDC signed off on the boosters.

? Deciding what to put on for a Zoom assembly? Our product specialists at Reviewed have gathered the right outfits for a work-from-home life-style so you possibly can look implausible on digicam and be comfy.

? On as we speak’s 5 Issues podcast, hear from abortion suppliers in Oklahoma because the state passes the nation’s strictest anti-abortion legislation. You’ll be able to take heed to the podcast day-after-day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or in your good speaker.

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Oklahoma lawmakers cross invoice banning abortions after ‘fertilization’

Oklahoma is poised to implement the strictest anti-abortion legislation within the nation after state lawmakers on Thursday gave closing passage to a invoice that bans abortion from the purpose ”fertilization.” If signed by Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt, this invoice would supersede a Texas-style abortion ban Stitt signed earlier this month that largely prohibits the process after six weeks. Stitt, who has vowed to signal all anti-abortion payments that advance to his desk, is predicted to signal the invoice, HB 4327. Abortion suppliers within the state plan to problem in court docket the measure that would take impact any day. Restricted exceptions to the invoice embrace abortions crucial to avoid wasting a lady’s life and people carried out to finish pregnancies that occurred as a consequence of rape or incest, as long as the girl reported the crime to legislation enforcement. The vote spurred state Republican Rep. Garry Mize to specific frustration with the Legislature for not doing extra to assist pregnant Oklahomans get assist and sources. He stated: “What are we doing? Are we truly going to place our cash the place our mouth is?”

? Video: Some states prep for extra sufferers if Roe v. Wade falls. 

? Emergency contraception, additionally known as ”Plan B,” continues to be authorized in Oklahoma and different states.

Biden to go to Samsung semiconductor plant in South Korea

President Joe Biden begins his five-day Asia journey with a go to to a Samsung semiconductor plant Friday, a cease meant to show the rising cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea on expertise and different points. When South Korea’s earlier president, Moon Jae-in, traveled to Washington final 12 months, the nations introduced “mutual and complementary investments” in semiconductors and batteries for electrical automobiles. The intent is to broaden manufacturing of key merchandise and strengthen provide chains to be much less reliant on China. Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan stated Biden “will have interaction with expertise and manufacturing leaders in Korea who’re mobilizing billions of {dollars} in funding right here in the USA to create hundreds of good-paying American jobs.” Biden will grapple with a large number of overseas coverage points throughout his go to to South Korea and Japan, however he additionally crafted an itinerary clearly meant to are likely to the issues of his residence viewers as nicely. 

? Russia, North Korea, international democracy: This is what to anticipate from Biden’s Asia journey.

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? Gabrielle Blair is a Mormon mother-of-six whose viral Twitter thread locations the accountability of undesirable pregnancies on males. Her 63-tweet thread has garnered practically 40 million impressions, and helps folks reframe the abortion debate.

? Feminine refugees from Ukraine are displaying up at prepare stations all through Europe, the place they’re being met by shadowy males who traffick them.

? The White Home and Congress took steps to fight the nationwide child components scarcity. However don’t anticipate aid in a single day.

 ✍ A lady enslaved by a significant Harvard donor fought for reparations and received. Why her story nonetheless issues.

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Organizations warn of Russian retribution in opposition to Ukrainian troops

In what seemed to be the ultimate stage within the practically three-month siege, greater than 1,700 Ukrainian troops have surrendered in current days after weeks of defending the port metropolis of Mariupol, Russian authorities stated, with some taken to areas managed by Russian-backed separatists. Now, some are voicing fears that Russian forces could inflict retribution on the troops. The Worldwide Committee of the Pink Cross is making an attempt to register the Ukrainian troops as prisoners of conflict, gathering private data from lots of of troopers, as a part of its function in making certain the humane remedy of POWs beneath the Geneva Conventions. In the jap Donbas area, 12 folks had been killed when Russia shelled the neighboring cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, regional governor Serhiy Haidai stated in a Telegram put up Friday. Russian floor troops additionally tried to assault Severodonetsk however took losses and retreated, Ukraine’s Common Workers stated in its Friday morning replace.

? Thursday Ukraine recap: POW “pleading for forgiveness” from Ukraine widow.

? ”Struggle for survival”: Senate approves $40 billion in Ukraine help as final support package deal runs out.

? U.S. support to Ukraine may hit $53B: This is what it covers, the way it compares and who pays for it.

Deadline to forged votes in Texas GOP AG main runoff that includes George P. Bush

Friday is the final day for Texans to forged their vote in a runoff for the GOP nomination for lawyer normal between two-term Texas Lawyer Common Ken Paxton and George P. Bush. Bush, who’s leaving his land commissioner put up to problem Paxton, will face the Donald Trump-backed incumbent once more after neither garnered a majority of the votes forged within the March 1 Republican main. Paxton led with 42.7% of the first vote, whereas Bush obtained 22.8%, forcing the runoff.   Since March 2, Bush has raised $2.3 million, edging Paxton, who raised $2 million in that point. In a current interview with the Austin American Statesman, a part of the USA TODAY Community, Bush stated of Paxton that “Texas deserves higher.” He added that, “Our get together deserves to have anyone that may champion necessary values beneath the federal Structure.”  

? U.S. senator weighs in: Sen. John Cornyn calls Texas AG Ken Paxton’s authorized troubles “a supply of embarrassment.”

? Video from Austin: Who can vote in a runoff? Explaining the Texas runoff elections.

Nations proceed to calm down COVID-19 restrictions for globetrotters

Beginning Friday, all U.S. vacationers arriving in Israel by airplane will not should take a PCR take a look at upon arrival and won’t should quarantine. This comes as nations throughout the globe are persevering with to calm down worldwide journey restrictions associated to COVID-19. Many nations corresponding to Laos, Jamaica and the Czech Republic at the moment are permitting extra guests to enter after, in some circumstances, greater than two years of tight restrictions. The European Union is predicted to drop its masks mandate for air vacationers beginning subsequent week and New Zealand will reopen its borders to vacationers by July, the federal government introduced Could 11. The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention final month eliminated all of the remaining nations on its “Do Not Journey” checklist, however the CDC recommends all vacationers keep updated on their COVID-19 vaccines and “comply with all home and worldwide journey necessities and proposals.” 

? The place are masks nonetheless required now that the masks mandate has been lifted?

? Put up-pandemic journey: Is it OK to ask one other passenger’s vaccine standing or request they masks up?

ICYMI: A few of our prime tales yesterday

⛳ Phil Mickelson was ”not missed” on the Champions Dinner, a previous PGA Championship winner stated.

? Gaffe: George W. Bush condemns Vladimir Putin’s ”brutal, unjustified invasion of Iraq,” that means Ukraine.

? Interview with Jean Good on ”Hacks” Season 2: “Fixed stress” of parenting with out her late husband.

? Some say this Georgia seaside is among the greatest seashores within the U.S.

? Assessment: ”Downton Abbey: A New Period” continues British household saga in stable, soapy vogue.

?? Rihanna, A$AP Rocky welcome first little one after internet-breaking being pregnant.

Harry Kinds releases anticipated third album, ‘Harry’s Home’

Harry Kinds is again along with his first album since 2019’s “Tremendous Line,” with the discharge of “Harry’s Home” Friday. The album – Kinds’ third solo effort – follows the discharge of the album’s first single, “As It Was,” which has topped the Billboard World 200 chart for a number of weeks. “Harry’s Home,” whose title is a nod to Joni Mitchell’s 1975 music “Harry’s Home / Centerpiece,” incorporates a dazzling unfold of sounds, from spunky horns to glistening synthesizers to sinewy bass traces, USA TODAY’s Melissa Ruggieri writes in her overview. Ruggieri provides that Kinds’ pursuit of “musical experimentation one way or the other by no means sounds indulgent, and his blatant alerts to his forebears, whether or not ‘80s new wave or ‘70s funk, are at all times freshly dressed.” 

? 12 spring albums we will not wait to listen to: Harry Kinds, Miranda Lambert, Arcade Fireplace and extra.

? Photograph of the day: ‘Prime Gun: Maverick’ UK premiere ?

“Prime Gun: Maverick,” has landed throughout the pond with royal aptitude! The sequel to Tony Scott’s 1986 motion drama, which soars again to the massive display on Could 27, had its United Kingdom premiere on the Leicester Sq. Gardens in London on Thursday. Simply the day earlier than, Tom Cruise mania descended in Cannes the place the actor walked the purple carpet and obtained a shock Palme d’Or, the competition’s prime award. The Cannes cease was a part of a worldwide tour for the movie forward of its launch in theaters. Paramount Photos delayed its launch for 2 years in the course of the pandemic, a transfer that seems to be paying off with glowing critiques and box-office expectations that “Prime Gun: Maverick” will simply mark Cruise’s largest opening weekend ever.

✈ This is each music on the unique 1986 ”Prime Gun” soundtrack, ranked (together with “Hazard Zone,” clearly)

Click on right here for images from the star-studded occasion, beginning with this shot of Tom Cruise with Prince William and Duchess Kate.

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