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In the present day’s high tales

In the present day is Jan. 6, the day Congress is scheduled to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s victory within the Electoral Faculty. The environment is anticipated to be very different from four years ago, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Round 140 law enforcement officials had been injured. Whereas the FBI has labeled the assault as an act of home terrorism, Trump has referred to it as a “day of affection.” He has additionally promised to pardon folks charged for his or her involvement within the assault.

• 🎧 When Trump ran for president once more, he embraced the concept the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, was overblown and mentioned there have been no weapons. NPR’s Tom Dresibach tells Up First that this declare is fake. Trump additionally mentioned his supporters at most “acquired somewhat out of hand” — a story that judges who heard the greater than 1,500 circumstances have dispelled. Trump promised pardons on Day One in workplace however has been obscure about who would obtain them. Aquilino Gonell, who was a Capitol Police sergeant throughout the assault and whose accidents compelled him to retire, says he feels betrayed by the election. “What did I risk my life for?” Gonell says.
• ➡️ Among the individuals who stormed the Capitol believed within the QAnon conspiracy idea that claims Trump is concerned in a secret battle in opposition to evil members of the alleged deep state. After the assault, a number of social media platforms pushed to ban QAnon content material. Here is why it hasn’t gone away.
• ➡️ There are delicate methods this 12 months’s certification course of will differ from 2021’s on account of Congress passing new guidelines. These are some of the key changes.

CNN is combating a defamation lawsuit in courtroom as we speak. After the Taliban took management of Afghanistan in 2021, CNN reported as a part of its investigation into claims of “black market rescues” {that a} safety marketing consultant was amongst these providing to evacuate folks determined to flee the nation — for a worth. When the story aired, a photograph of Zachary Younger, a safety contractor who had provided to evacuate folks from Afghanistan, was proven. Younger says he sued CNN to clear his identify.

• 🎧 Younger’s attorneys say his character was maligned, and he wasn’t doing it for people however for deeper-pocketed organizations like U.S. and European nongovernmental organizations. His attorneys declare he misplaced thousands and thousands of {dollars} on account of this story, based on NPR’s David Folkenflik. CNN apologized some months after the story first appeared, saying it should not have utilized the “black market” label to Younger. The community’s attorneys have taken a extra aggressive tone, saying Younger lied to CNN reporters and that the network couldn’t confirm he evacuated anyone as he claimed. Behind the scenes, some editors at CNN have expressed misgivings concerning the reporting.

The 82nd Golden Globes befell final evening in Beverly Hills. Comic Nikki Glaser hosted. The queer musical-thriller Emilia Pérez took dwelling the transfer film awards, together with one for finest musical or comedy movie. On the tv facet, FX’s Shōgun led wins and took dwelling awards in each class it was nominated for. Here is the full list of last night’s winners.

• 🎧 Although Emilia Pérez‘s huge wins had been no shock, says NPR’s Mandalit del Barco, who was contained in the ballroom on the Beverly Hilton Lodge final evening, there have been some stunning moments. The film musical Depraved solely took dwelling one win for its field workplace achievement. In 2022, the Globes confronted criticism after the Los Angeles Occasions reported there have been no Black members of the Hollywood Overseas Press Affiliation, which used at hand out these awards. The group has since been purchased and formally disbanded. The quantity and forms of voting members have been expanded to incorporate greater than 300 leisure journalists from world wide.

In the present day’s hear

Palestinian artist Tamer Nafar performs throughout a pageant in the city of Sakhnin in northern Israel on Oct. 23, 2016.

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The Arabic and Hebrew music panorama has been shaken up by the Israel-Hamas struggle. NPR’s Daniel Estrin says he did not hearken to music for a very long time after the Oct. 7 assaults as he simply could not abdomen it. The music scene additionally mirrored this. First, there was shock, then silence, as many musicians weren’t writing. Now, there’s a burst of latest music. Estrin spoke with Israeli music critic Einav Schiff and Palestinian musician Tamer Nafar about a number of the songs on their playlists and to replicate on over a 12 months of struggle.

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Jossiel Estefes “Onex stands beside his bike in a fuel station in Connecticut throughout a experience.

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Mayolo López Gutiérrez

Brothers Andrés and Eddie Lucero based the South Bronx-based Aztec Rebels bike membership in 2016 after studying concerning the tradition and politics of one other Bronx-based bike membership. They dreamt of growing an area the place they may hear their very own music, converse their language and be understood. They began with 5 founding members. Since then, they’ve expanded to greater than 20 full members. “Individuals are all the time in search of a household, and that is why typically they get into gangs. We need to be that place the place Mexicans can come and be in a protected atmosphere, with out violence, however with a household,” Eddie says.

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A workforce of 100 researchers from the Universities of Birmingham and Oxford uncovered round 200 dinosaur footprints alongside 5 trackways in southeast England throughout a week-long excavation in June 2024.

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1. Researchers discovered round 166-million-year-old footprint tracks at a limestone quarry in southeast England, offering insights into sure dinosaurs’ dimension and velocity. Five trackways were uncovered: 4 are suspected to be the large 60-foot, 2-ton Cetiosaurus and the fifth a Megalosaurus.
2. Congestion pricing was launched yesterday within the middle of New York Metropolis. The measure, which expenses many drivers $9 to enter Manhattan at peak hours, went by way of regardless of a late attempt by New Jersey to stop it in courtroom.
3. A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist has resigned from the Washington Submit after the editorial web page editor rejected her cartoon depicting media and tech giants submitting to President-elect Donald Trump.

This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.