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A little bird told me that Ron DeSantis is going to announce a White House run tomorrow. The U.S. has plans for a super expensive tricked-out spy submarine. And residents of Guam are bracing for Super Typhoon Mawar.
👋 Hey y'all! Laura Davis here, comin' in hot with Tuesday's news.
But first, my heart is soaring. ❤️ A heart was flown 2,506 miles from Alaska to Boston, breaking a transplant record. Here's how it was done.
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Tweet, tweet: DeSantis to announce run for president
SpaceX Founder Elon Musk will help launch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign into orbit with an event on Twitter, according to four sources with knowledge of the plans. Musk, the CEO of Twitter, will hold a Twitter Spaces event with DeSantis at 6 p.m. Wednesday. DeSantis also is expected to formally file his presidential paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday and put out a campaign launch video. 👉 Here's what we know.
'That’s her alright!': She stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then, Gov. DeSantis made her a state regulator. Did he know?
Florida restaurant Hamburger Mary's sues DeSantis over law they say targets drag shows.
Nearly 2,000 children sexually abused by Catholic leaders in Illinois
A multiyear investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois found at least 1,997 children across the state were abused. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday released a nearly 700-page report detailing decades of child sex abuse by members of the Illinois Catholic dioceses, including narrative accounts of abuse committed by clerics. Many of the narratives were written in consultation with survivors, are based upon their experiences, and are told from the survivor’s point of view. 🔎 Here's a closer look.
What everyone's talking about
The crackdown begins: Netflix launches paid account sharing in the US.
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Most families gave up on virtual school. But what about kids who thrive there?
Better late than never? Overdue library book returned nearly 100 years after it was checked out.
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New frontier for warfare: The ocean floor
Space warfare? Old news. The freshest frontier for potential combat is the ocean floor, and the U.S. and other nations – especially Russia and China – are scrambling for dominance. It’s called seabed warfare. And for the U.S. Navy, that means building a $5.1 billion spy submarine that will patrol the deepest reaches of the ocean and deploy mini-subs and drones that can battle hostile forces while withstanding the crushing pressure of the ocean depths. This is just one of Washington’s secret initiatives aimed at protecting America’s commercial and security interests deep under the sea. 🌊 Dive deeper into the plan.
A closer look: How the spy submarine would expand the Navy's power undersea.
Guam braces for direct hit from Super Typhoon Mawar
"We are at the crosshairs of Typhoon Mawar," Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero warned, as the dangerous storm closed in on the island. The 170,000 residents of the U.S. territory in the West Pacific were bracing Tuesday for a hit from Super Typhoon Mawar, which is now a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph. Meteorologists say the typhoon could be the strongest in decades to impact the island, bringing life-threatening flooding and the potential for damaging winds over the next few days. 👉 Here's the latest.
A break from the news
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