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Citi to cover travel-related abortions, Oscars recap: 5 Things podcast
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:
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.
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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.
Elisabeth Buchwald:
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.
Taylor Wilson:
You’ll find this full story in at present’s episode description.
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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.
Starting at present, Ukraine and Russia will meet in particular person in Turkey in response to Zelenskyy, although Russia’s high negotiators stated these talks will truly start tomorrow.
Simply over a month since Russia’s invasion, greater than 3.6 million refugees have fled the nation of 44 million in response to the United Nations Refugee Company. And a further 6.5 million individuals have been displaced inside Ukraine. Over 12 million have been affected total within the space’s hardest hit by the conflict.
In the meantime, Russia seems to be more and more centered on Ukraine’s east. That is the place among the worst destruction has come and in addition the place most of Ukraine’s navy is true now. On Friday, the Russian navy declared that the primary stage of its operation had largely been achieved. Many observers say the shift in technique may mirror President Vladimir Putin’s acknowledgement that his plan for an all out blitz in Ukraine failed and that he was compelled to slim his objectives and alter techniques. The pinnacle of Ukraine’s navy intelligence Kyrylo Budanov stated yesterday that the change in focus may mirror Putin’s hope to interrupt Ukraine in two like North Korea.
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Nicely, it was an Academy Awards to recollect. The Oscars returned final evening to Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and the present introduced hosts again: Regina Corridor, Amy Schumer and Wanda Sykes. However the evening’s greatest headline grabbing second got here when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on stage and cursed him out over a joke Rock made about Smith’s spouse, Jada Pinkett Smith. Entertain This! host Ralphie Aversa recapped what occurred from Los Angeles.
Chris Rock:
Oh wow!
Ralphie Aversa:
Whoa! That is the second that stole the Oscars. Chris Rock on stage right here on the Dolby Theatre making a remark about Jada Pinkett Smith, Will’s spouse. Not the primary time it occurred. It occurred again in 2016 when Chris was internet hosting the Academy Awards and it occurred once more Sunday evening.
Chris Rock:
Jada, I really like you. G.I. Jane 2, cannot wait to see it. All proper.
Ralphie Aversa:
Rock was on stage to current finest documentary however quickly after the joke, Smith joined him.
Chris Rock:
Oh wow!
Ralphie Aversa:
As community delays tried to catch up, Smith was caught on digicam yelling at Rock to maintain Jada’s title out of his mouth. As for Rock, the LAPD says he will not press fees. Overshadowed in all of this, the award for Finest Doc, it went to Questlove Summer season of Soul. I requested the multi-hyphenate about incomes a nod for his directorial debut on the purple carpet.
Questlove:
I used to be within the pandemic and I wanted to place my creativity someplace on this world and I put all of it within the movie. And I assume that is the results of it.
Ralphie Aversa:
It was additionally an enormous evening for Ariana DeBose. She gained Finest Supporting Actress for West Facet Story. She’s the primary Afro-Latina actress and first overtly homosexual actress of coloration to win.
Ariana DeBose:
For all of the issues we have now to work on, we have taken some lovely steps ahead and I have a good time that tonight.
Ralphie Aversa:
And Troy Kotsur, the primary deaf male actor to win an Oscar. He takes residence the award for his supporting position in CODA. The film went on to win Finest Image. And oh yeah, Will Smith did find yourself profitable his first Oscar, too, for taking part in Venus and Serena Williams’ dad in King Richard. Smith tearfully apologized to the Academy in his acceptance speech.
Will Smith:
Folks speak loopy about you. On this enterprise you bought to have the ability to have individuals disrespecting you.
Taylor Wilson:
Will Smith was all of the speak at one of many hottest after events hosted by Vainness Honest. Here is actor Henry Golding adopted by Queer Eye’s Karamo Brown.
Henry Golding:
I feel they’re each legends. I feel there’s one thing deeper type of to be mentioned and I hope they each step up man to man and determine all of it out, which I am positive they may. Thanks a lot.
Karamo Brown:
Yeah. I feel what we have to study is that as celebrities, we have a look at them as if they are not human beings. And typically we poke, we poke, we poke and tonight was a excessive emotion evening for Will Smith, regardless. And I feel we have now to typically keep in mind at a sure level, everybody breaks, however I feel these are two males that may truly come collectively, determine it out and say, “Okay, sufficient is sufficient. I am sorry.” You realize what I imply? However I have not been in that state of affairs. I by no means condone violence or something of that nature, however I additionally may perceive defending these you like.
Taylor Wilson:
As for the evening’s greatest award, CODA gained finest image, telling the story of a singer who’s the kid of deaf mother and father. For all of the winners and extra of final evening’s high moments, head to USATODAY.com.
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Excessive warmth already disrupts air journey. And with local weather change, it’ll worsen. Reporter Elizabeth Weise explains what the airline trade and airplane producers are doing to get forward of the issue and what their position could be in inflicting it.
Elizabeth Weise:
There’s two vital issues to find out about. One, warmth doesn’t make planes fall out of the sky like a toolbox as one of many take a look at pilots that I spoke with stated. So that you needn’t fear that an excessive warmth occasion goes to make your aircraft not fly safely as a result of as soon as they’re means up within the environment, it is chilly up there and so they do nice. The difficulty is raise. When a aircraft takes off, it is received engines that push it ahead within the air. It is received wings which can be set on the proper angle similar to in case you stick your hand out of the window in a automobile that is going quick and also you tilt it up a bit of bit, the air pushes it upward. That is precisely how a aircraft takes off. When it is actually sizzling, the air will get much less dense. When the air is much less dense, it takes extra energy or an extended distance for a aircraft to have the ability to take off.
Usually talking, when issues recover from 110, 115, it is attainable and it has occurred {that a} flight would possibly, for instance, must take away passengers or baggage as a result of it has to tackle extra gasoline in order that it could actually rise up to the correct speeds. As we more and more see these excessive warmth occasions in america, we will must begin to take these items under consideration. So the airways and extra importantly airplane producers are already serious about this and dealing on it. And one, as a result of they assume means far out and two, as a result of whenever you purchase an airplane, it’ll be in your stock of planes for 10, 20 years, relying on the airline. And they also actually need to assume arduous about what planes am I shopping for now? What are the circumstances going to be in 10 or 20 years? And what do I wish to personal then?
So the issues we’re seeing our lighter planes, planes utilizing supplies which can be lighter. So there’s simply much less weight. So it takes much less gasoline to get them up within the air and maintain them there. We’re additionally seeing an increasing number of environment friendly engines being designed. Each 5 or 10 years, we get new engine designs that basically enable planes to make use of much less gasoline, which is what in the long run, that is all about. After which the federal aviation administration has additionally come out with a local weather change plan as a result of the opposite aspect of this to recollect is that they do not trigger international warming, however there may be good portion of america’ CO2 emissions and so aviation additionally must decrease its CO2 emissions. And within the subsequent couple of years, we should always see the primary electrical airplanes come out. These will solely be for brief haul flights as a result of aviation gasoline is simply so power dense. It is actually arduous to exchange it for an extended haul flight. However for brief haul flights, it is trying like we’ll have electrical planes. I imply, in case you’re flying from Seattle to Portland or one thing like that, however that is plenty of flights, in order that might be useful.
Taylor Wilson:
You’ll find Elizabeth’s full story in at present’s episode description.
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The US Capitol will reopen to the general public at present for guided excursions. The transfer comes two years after the coronavirus pandemic put a cease to visits, although for now, excursions will solely be for restricted teams which have already registered prematurely. It is the most recent push by Congress to calm down COVID-19 restrictions. Masks necessities contained in the Capitol have been relaxed weeks in the past and the adjoining Capitol customer heart is tentatively set to reopen to restricted guests on Might thirtieth.
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