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A U.S. official has knowledgeable NPR that the seek for a brand new chief to switch Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth is underway. The choice comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing army operational particulars in a Sign group chat, on his personal cellphone together with his spouse, brother and private lawyer. Hegseth shared data on this chat about airstrikes on Houthi targets on the identical time in March that he shared related particulars in one other Sign chat with prime officers and a journalist who was mistakenly added.
Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth speaks to reporters throughout the White Home Easter Egg Roll on the South Garden of the White Home on April 21, the day after The New York Occasions reported that he shared data final month to a second personal Sign group chat about upcoming strikes in Yemen.
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- 🎧 The White Home initially known as the story about changing Hegseth pretend information. Publicly, President Trump stood firmly by him yesterday, NPR’s Quil Lawrence tells Up First. Navy and veteran sources are outraged to know about the second Signal chat as a result of they are saying it put lives in danger. Former Protection Division spokesperson John Ullyot resigned final week and revealed an opinion piece saying the previous month on the Pentagon has been a full-blown meltdown of infighting that is hurting Trump. Three different Pentagon advisers have been escorted out of the Pentagon and accused of leaking data to the press.
Pope Francis died of “a stroke, adopted by a coma and irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse,” in line with The Vatican’s Dr. Andrea Arcangeli. Tributes have poured in from all over the world remembering the primary pope from Latin America as a pacesetter who advocated for the poor.
- 🎧 NPR’s Ruth Sherlock, who’s in Rome, says there are actual feelings and a way of loss. Francis advocated for migrants and the setting, and was seen as friendlier to LGBTQ+ trustworthy. Nonetheless, he has additionally been accused of not making substantial enough changes in the church. The pope’s physique might be moved to St. Peter’s Basilica, the place individuals can view him beginning tomorrow. His funeral will happen on Saturday. Politicians from all over the world, together with Trump, are expected to attend.
- ➡️ Look again at defining moments in Pope Francis’ papacy via pictures.
- ➡️ The Vatican has an intricate algorithm that govern the papal transition. The general public would not get to observe this course of unfold typically. Here is what to expect within the days and weeks to return.
At the moment, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom tackles two bedrock values in public faculties. On one facet is the custom of native faculty boards figuring out class curriculum for everybody. The opposite facet argues that public faculties ought to accommodate spiritual objections to some supplies by permitting mother and father to opt their children out of some classes. On the heart of the case is the Montgomery County, Md., faculty system — probably the most religiously numerous county within the U.S. The college board authorised 5 storybooks with LGBTQ+ characters to be used in elementary faculties. However some mother and father believed publicity to those supplies conflicted with their spiritual beliefs.
- 🎧 The college board within the case mentioned they initially allowed opt-outs, however it grew to become a logistical nightmare to take kids out of a classroom when a single storybook that options same-sex mother and father or homosexual and lesbian children may come up at any time. NPR’s Nina Totenberg says the justices may side with the objectors who wish to decide out.
Dwelling higher
Dr. Olena Weaver of MD Anderson Most cancers Heart in Houston appears at mammogram imagery. The common mammogram on the left exhibits a lady with dense breast tissue; on the proper is a contrast-enhanced mammogram.
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Dwelling Higher is a special series about what it takes to remain wholesome in America.
Roughly 40% of girls have breast tissue that ranges from dense to extraordinarily dense, which will increase their threat of growing most cancers. Dense breast tissue may make it tougher to detect most cancers utilizing each conventional 2D and even newer 3D mammograms. As of September 2024, federal rules require all mammogram stories embody details about breast density. Comply with-up imaging, resembling an MRI, could also be helpful for girls who fall into the dense breast classes. However that’s not always the case.
- ➡️ The harms behind further screening may embody subsequent testing, resembling biopsies, and publicity to extra radiation if follow-up X-rays are ordered.
- ➡️ Value can be a major barrier. Out-of-pocket pricing for an MRI will be about $1,000.
- ➡️ There are questionnaires and on-line instruments to assist girls gauge their private most cancers dangers. Deciding whether or not to do follow-up assessments shouldn’t be easy and might range primarily based on household historical past, genetics and life-style.
- ➡️ Mammograms detect, on common, 5 cancers out of 1,000 affected person scans. Dr. Wendie Berg, a radiology professor on the College of Pittsburgh, says screening MRIs discovered one other 15 cancers per thousand, even after a mammogram and ultrasound.
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WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 21: Youngsters and their mother and father take part within the White Home Egg Roll on the South Garden on April 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The White Home is anticipating 1000’s of kids and adults to take part within the annual custom of rolling coloured eggs down the White Home garden, which was began by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Photographs)
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Trump and first woman Melania Trump welcomed 1000’s of individuals to the South Garden of the White Home yesterday for the annual Easter egg roll. The custom dates again to Rutherford B. Hayes’ presidency. It has been a mainstay of Pennsylvania Avenue since 1878, save for struggle and meals shortages. For the primary time, Monday’s egg roll solicited company sponsors. The White Home acknowledged that the cash raised will go to the White Home Historic Affiliation, a nonprofit.
- 📷 Take a look on the many kids who took half within the egg roll.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
Linda McMahon, throughout a cupboard assembly on the White Home in Washington, D.C.. The U.S. Division of Schooling says it would start resuming collections of defaulted scholar loans on Could 5.
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- The U.S. Division of Schooling says it would resume the collection of defaulted student loans on Could 5 after a five-year hiatus.
- In celebration of Mom’s Day, NPR needs to hear about the most memorable gift you’ve got ever obtained or given for the vacation.
- Greater than half of 1,260 People surveyed by the language studying web site Preply say they watch shows with subtitles as a result of the soundtracks are too arduous to grasp.
This article was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
