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Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day.
1️⃣Vaccine access:States and private partnerships are scramblingto ensure that vaccines will still be available to those who want them. These efforts are in response to recent actions by the US Department of Health and Human Services to restrict the approval and use of some shots.
2️⃣Government groceries:Zohran Mamdani, the favorite to become New York City’s next mayor, wants to create a network of city-owned grocery storesto offer lower prices to customers. Industry insiders say it’s less radical than critics portray.
3️⃣‘Early warning system’:A new applets users alert people nearbyto sightings of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in their area. Joshua Aaron, who launched the ICEBlock platform, said he “wanted to do something to fight back.”
4️⃣Social connections:Having friends can help you live longer — and there’s research to support it. So stop ordering takeout and binge-watching TV alone and try to put yourself out there. Experts offer some advice onhow to find your community.
5️⃣Lottery letdown:Thousands of Norwegianswere mistakenly toldthey had won huge amounts of money in the Eurojackpot game. The company that sent the bogus messages apologized and blamed a “manual coding error.”
⛑️Dramatic rescue:Firefighters pulled an 8-year-old girlfrom a sewer drainafter she was trapped for seven hours in Guizhou, China. The southwestern province was hit with heavy rains and flooding, forcing thousands to evacuate.
🗑️ The average Americanthrows away foodworth that much each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That adds up to nearly $3,000 a year for a family of four.
📸‘Marginal Waters’:Against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis in the 1980s, photographer Doug Ischar documented a popular hangout for gay men on Chicago’s lakefront. His images capture asubtle sense of nostalgia.
💬Speaking up:The actress, a naturalized US citizen originally from South Africa,criticized immigration policiesthat she said have “destroyed the lives of families, not criminals.”
⛹️♀️The WNBA just announced three expansion teams. Which of the following is NOT one of them?A. DetroitB. ClevelandC. PhiladelphiaD. Las Vegas⬇️Scroll down for the answer.
🎤Sound of music:Hundreds of people gather outside the London Palladium in the evenings to wait for Rachel Zegler to step onto the balcony. She plays Eva Perón in the theater’s production of “Evita,” and her free performances of “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”are creating a buzz.
👋 We’ll see you tomorrow.🧠Quiz answer: D.Las Vegas already has a WNBA team.The league plans to expandto Detroit, Cleveland and Philadelphia.📧 Check out all ofCNN’s newsletters.