News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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A highly mutated form of the coronavirus that threatens to be the most adept yet at slipping past the body’s immune defenses is capturing the attention of virologists and health officials. https://t.co/rm5NJtY9an
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 25, 2023
LATEST: All 19 defendants in the Georgia election interference case have turned themselves in for processing. https://t.co/BzYpyguIav
— ABC News (@ABC) August 25, 2023
BREAKING: The explosion that downed a plane with Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin aboard was likely caused by a bomb, U.S. officials say. https://t.co/74KF0WBx97
— ABC News (@ABC) August 25, 2023
Dutch brewer Heineken has completed its withdrawal from Russia, 18 months after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, selling its business in Russia for just 1 euro, the company announced. https://t.co/8vhHrfdOQD
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 25, 2023
The director of the British Museum says he's stepping down immediately amid investigations into the theft or disappearance of hundreds of items from its collection, including gold jewelry, semi-precious gems and antiquities dating to the 15th century B.C. https://t.co/SOyqGWX30J
— The Associated Press (@AP) August 25, 2023
Spanish police seized a record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden among boxes of bananas in a shipping container from Ecuador in the southern port of Algeciras. The stash was the largest ever found in a single container in Spain, the police said https://t.co/PepwggBorL pic.twitter.com/xgKv5vqWuG
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 25, 2023
While acknowledging that progress has been made, Federal Reserve Chair Powell said inflation is still above where policymakers feel comfortable. https://t.co/4W4lcbxYDP
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 25, 2023
Additional interest rate hikes are still on the table and rates could remain elevated for longer than expected, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said in a highly anticipated speech at the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium https://t.co/iN9I8ej9ii pic.twitter.com/6zmNO2tauP
— CNN (@CNN) August 25, 2023
UAW members authorize strike at Detroit Three automakers https://t.co/jkZaxNjCx8 pic.twitter.com/ePpMdYRXv5
— Reuters (@Reuters) August 25, 2023
Florida school district officials have apologized for an elementary school assembly in which Black students were singled out for a presentation on low test scores. https://t.co/kbcWlmzDpr
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 25, 2023
✅ True. Actor Russell Johnson, who played “The Professor” in the U.S. television series “Gilligan’s Island,” flew 44 combat missions as a bombardier during World War II. https://t.co/uNSXDkHKDC
— snopes.com (@snopes) August 25, 2023
An area of showers and thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea could develop into a tropical system as soon as Sunday, posing a risk to Florida and the Gulf of Mexico coast early next week https://t.co/3Kxb1jLHm0
— CNN (@CNN) August 25, 2023