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1️⃣At risk:Job Corps centers provide housing and schooling for low-income students aged 16 to 24. The six-decade old program has provided a lifeline for more than two million young Americans, but its fate is now uncertain afterthe Trump administration ordered its operations to be paused.
2️⃣Scaling back:Despite Juneteenth’s status as a federal holiday,celebrations across the US are being toned down or canceled. Event organizers cite safety issues and political backlash as reasons for the changes.
3️⃣AI analysis:Outcries about artificial intelligence replacing human jobs have become more common. CNN’s Allison Morrow writes that it’s CEOs’ new way tokeep their workers afraid of losing their jobs.
4️⃣Trash stash:Viral videos of garbage captured by explorersin China’s Zhangjiajie Forest — with one explorer describing waste piled seven to eight floors high — have prompted a mass cleanup. From 2010 to 2015, the local government banned trash burning, so dumping in caves became common.
5️⃣‘I’m standing by them’:At the LA Dodgers game this past Saturday, Nezza performed the National Anthem in Spanish in protest of the ICE raids in the city. Before she sang,an unidentified employee told her to sing the song in English.
🏠Home alone:The Goodsons have beenliving off the gridin an energy efficient home prefabricated in a factory. In a housing and construction labor crisis, these modern homes are a growing trend.
💵 That’show much money drug companies spenton TV ads in 2024 — but that may soon change as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. considers policies that would alter the ease and price of pushing products onscreen.
🏭Smokestack impact:Human-caused climate change isnot as new of an issueas previously thought. With the help of sophisticated computer models and scientific theory, researchers believe a clear signal can be detected as far back as 1885.
🏀Caitlin Clark down:The larger-than-life basketball star suffered a poke in the eye following a testy game at the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final.Here’s how it happened.
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🏃It’s a runderful life:Olympic gold medalist Karsten Warholmsoared past his own world record timein the 300-meter hurdles last week in front of a home crowd in Oslo, Norway. Although shaving half a second may not sound like much, when the new world record is a mere 32.67 seconds, he’s running with the stars.
👋 We’ll see you tomorrow.🧠Quiz answer: C.Thenew whiskey is partially aged in an actualcasketat WhistlePig’s Vermont distillery,and made with Liquid Death’s mountain-sourced water.📧 Check out all ofCNN’s newsletters.
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