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Citi to cover travel-related abortions, Oscars recap: 5 Things podcast

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On at present’s episode of the 5 Issues podcast: What Citi’s abortion coverage means for corporations

Reporter Elisabeth Buchwald explains how the corporate’s coverage helps pay for abortion-related journey. Plus, Ukraine’s president says he would contemplate a neutrality pact, we glance again at a memorable Academy Awards, reporter Elizabeth Weise seems on the conundrum of rising temperatures and air journey and the U.S. Capitol reopens to the general public.

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Taylor Wilson:

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Good morning. I am Taylor Wilson and that is 5 Issues it’s essential to know Monday, the twenty eighth of March 2022. At the moment, firm’s selections amid tightening abortion restrictions. Plus an Academy Awards to recollect and extra.

Listed here are among the high headlines: 

  1. China has begun its greatest lockdown in two years, the transfer in Shanghai is to conduct mass COVID-19 testing and to assist management a surging outbreak there. The lockdown is China’s most intensive since shutting down Wuhan the place the virus was first detected in late 2019.
  2. A 68 yr outdated girl has died after being pulled from the Colorado River throughout a boating journey within the Grand Canyon. She reportedly fell into intense rapids.
  3. After which there have been 4. School basketball’s remaining 4 is about on the boys’s aspect. On Saturday, Villanova will play Kansas, adopted by North Carolina and Duke.

Citigroup quietly expanded workers’ well being protection in January to incorporate paying for journey to get an abortion. Different massive employers could face related selections as states impose new restrictions. Finance reporter Elisabeth Buchwald has extra.

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The attention-grabbing factor about what Citi is doing is that they’re eager to have this coverage to draw and retain staff, particularly in states like Texas, the place abortions are restricted after six weeks. And loads of different states are contemplating tighter restrictions as effectively, particularly because the Supreme Courtroom considers doubtlessly reversing among the Roe v. Wade legal guidelines which have been in impact for some time now. And corporations are type of on this troublesome place, sometimes ones that do not wish to take a stance in politics and wish to be fairly impartial or discovering themselves like Citi saying that they must do one thing as a result of staying silent is not an possibility. At the least that is what sources advised me. And if the Supreme Courtroom does reverse a few of Roe v. Wade, there is not any means that corporations can keep silent. It impacts a lot of their workforce right here. The opposite attention-grabbing factor with what Citi is doing is no matter what the Supreme Courtroom decides, it places stress on different banks and different rivals to institute a coverage like that. They’re the primary main financial institution to do it and one in every of a handful of main companies. We have seen some others like Salesforce providing to pay for journey bills if individuals wish to transfer out of Texas. We have seen Match, which is headquartered in Texas, providing to pay for his or her workers to get an abortion out of the state. And Bumble can be doing the same factor. However then there are many corporations like Charles Schwab and Oracle that relocated to Texas from California who aren’t doing something in the mean time. I reached out to them and I did not hear something again. So all that’s to say that, sure, it may put plenty of stress on them.

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You’ll find this full story in at present’s episode description.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy advised unbiased Russian journalists yesterday that his authorities would contemplate declaring neutrality and to supply safety ensures to Russia. Zelenskyy stated the pact would maintain Ukraine nuclear free as effectively. However he added that the settlement would should be assured by third events and put to Ukrainian voters in a referendum after Russian troops withdraw from the nation. Russia nearly instantly banned these remarks from being printed as a part of a extra normal effort that threatens 15 years of jail time for anybody publishing info in opposition to Moscow’s narrative of the conflict.

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Dozens of monkeys escape from South Carolina research facility

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Dozens of monkeys escape from South Carolina research facility

River, left, and Timon, both rhesus macaques who were previously used in medical research, sit in an outdoor enclosure at Primates Inc., in Westfield, Wis., on May 13, 2019. The sanctuary is a 17-acre rural compound where research animals can live their remaining years when their studies are done. A report released on Thursday, May 4, 2023, says a shortage of monkeys available for medical research undermines U.S. readiness to respond to public health emergencies.

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Dozens of monkeys have escaped from a research facility in Yemassee, S.C., prompting police to urge residents to lock their doors and windows until the primates have been captured.

The Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center is home to the 43 escaped female rhesus macaque primates, which police describe as very young and weighing between 6 and 7 pounds.

“The Yemassee Police Department, in collaboration with Alpha Genesis, have initiated search teams to help locate the escaped primates. Alpha Genesis currently have eyes on the primates and are working to entice them with food,” police said in a statement.

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“The public is advised to avoid the area as these animals are described as skittish and any additional noise or movement could hinder their safe capture.”

The monkeys had never been used for testing due to their young age, and they’re too young to carry diseases, the statement said.

Attempts to reach Alpha Genesis for comment went unanswered.

Speaking to CBS News, Alpha Genesis CEO Greg Westergaard said that a caretaker accidentally left a door to the enclosure unsecured. The ensuing escape, he said, was like an all-too-literal version of monkey see, monkey do.

“It’s really like follow-the-leader. You see one go and the others go,” Westergaard said. “It was a group of 50 and seven stayed behind and 43 bolted out the door.”

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Even though he called the escape “frustrating,” Westergaard said he hoped the monkeys would ultimately return home of their own free will.

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Biden Promises Americans an Orderly Transition of Power to Trump

President Biden vowed to honor the Constitution with an orderly transfer of power to President-elect Donald J. Trump.

I know for some people, it’s a time for victory, to state the obvious. For others, it’s a time of loss. Campaigns are contests of competing visions. The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made. I’ve said many times, you can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t love your neighbor only when you agree. I will do my duty as president. I’ll fulfill my oath and I’ll honor the Constitution. On Jan. 20, we’ll have a peaceful transfer of power here in America. Yesterday, I spoke with President-elect Trump to congratulate him on his victory. And I assured him that I’d direct my entire administration to work with his team to ensure a peaceful and orderly transition. That’s what the American people deserve. Yesterday, I also spoke with Vice President Harris. She’s been a partner and a public servant. She ran an inspiring campaign and everyone got to see something that I learned early on to respect so much: her character. She has a backbone like a ramrod. She has great character — true character. She gave her whole heart and effort, and she and her entire team should be proud of the campaign they ran. Remember, a defeat does not mean we are defeated. We lost this battle. The America of your dreams is calling for you to get back up. The American experiment endures. We’re going to be OK, but we need to stay engaged. We need to keep going. And above all, we need to keep the faith.

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43 monkeys escape from a South Carolina medical lab. Police say there is no serious danger

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Forty-three monkeys escaped from a compound used for medical research in South Carolina but the nearby police chief said there is “almost no danger” to the public.

“They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish,” Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander said Thursday morning.

The Rhesus macaque primates escaped from the Alpha Genesis facility Wednesday when a new employee didn’t fully shut an enclosure, Alexander said.

The company usually handles escapes on site, but the monkeys got outside the compound about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) from downtown Yemassee, Alexander said.

“The handlers know them well and usually can get them back with fruit or a little treat,” Alexander told The Associated Press by phone.

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But rounding up these escapees is taking some more work. Alpha Genesis is taking the lead, setting up traps and using thermal imaging cameras to recapture the monkeys on the run, the chief said.

“There is almost no danger to the public,” Alexander said.

People living nearby need to shut their windows and doors so the monkeys can’t find a place to hide inside and if they see the primates, call 911 so company officials and police can capture them.

Alpha Genesis provides primates for research worldwide at its compound about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Savannah, Georgia, according to its website. The company did not respond to an email asking about Wednesday’s escape.

In 2018, federal officials fined Alpha Genesis $12,600 after dozens of primates escaped as well as for an incident that left a few others without water and other problems with how the monkeys were housed.

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Officials said 26 primates escaped from the Yemassee facility in 2104 and an additional 19 got out in 2016.

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