Good morning and Happy Valentine's Day. The romance novel genre is booming, and there's no better day than today to pick up a steamy book with your favorite trope (mine is Enemies to Lovers). Here's what we're following today:
🥇 First up
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Three people were killed and five injured at a shooting at Michigan State University late last night. The suspect was found dead, off-campus, of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and police are looking for a motive.
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's ... another unidentified flying object shot down by the U.S. After the Chinese spy balloon was shot down, three more unidentified objects were downed in quick succession last week. Here's what we know about them (they probably aren't alien spaceships).
An evacuation order was lifted in East Palestine, Ohio this week after a train derailment earlier this month caused a dayslong fire and released toxic fumes into the air. But returning residents have been experiencing a burning sensation in their eyes, animals falling ill and a strong odor lingering in the town.
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📸 Picture show
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The UNESCO World Heritage city of Saint-Louis in Senegal is perched precariously between the Atlantic Ocean and the Senegal River, and it's on borrowed time. Climate change has devastated the coastline, and the country is losing the war against the ocean.
🎧 Today’s listen
Stephanie Mercedes
At a time when mass shootings are regularly rocking the country, D.C. artist Stephanie Mercedes takes guns and bullet casings and turns them into bells — instruments of mourning. 🎧 Listen to Mercedes discuss her transformative art, or read her story.
🛑 Before you go
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For people with drug-resistant epilepsy, surgery used to be seen as a last resort. But advancements with lasers, robots and tiny electrodes have made surgery the treatment of choice.
Medicare suddenly stopped paying for the pricey cancer drug that prolongs Paul Davis' life. Now, Davis fears bankrupting his family with a medication that will cost nearly $50,000 a week.
Nearly one in three girls reported seriously considering suicide in the past year — a 60% rise from a decade ago, according to the CDC survey data.
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