Federal employees to overlook pay; U.S.-Colombia rigidity : NPR

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Many federal employees count on to not receives a commission this Friday, marking the primary full paycheck they may miss as a result of authorities shutdown, which started three weeks in the past. To this point there was restricted financial fallout. However analysts say that the longer the shutdown continues, the larger the dent it may depart.

• 🎧 By legislation, federal employees are presupposed to obtain again pay as soon as the shutdown ends, however the White Home has tried to solid doubt on that, NPR’s Scott Horsley tells Up First. That rhetoric may end in some federal employees pulling again their spending habits, which may affect a few of the companies that these employees frequent. The overall price ticket of the shutdown is unknown, however previous ones present that it has been pricey for the federal government and the broader economic system. Horsley says if Congress would not resolve the federal government shutdown by the start of subsequent month, the meals stamp program, which helps feed hundreds of thousands of individuals, could not have the ability to present advantages.

Colombia introduced yesterday that it’ll withdraw its ambassador to Washington. The nation was the U.S.’s high ally in Latin America and a key companion within the conflict on medication. However its relationship with the U.S. has deteriorated since President Trump began his second time period. Colombia’s determination to withdraw its ambassador comes after Trump threatened to chop U.S. assist to the nation and intervene in Colombia to fight the movement of cocaine.

• 🎧 Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro is a leftist who disagrees with Trump on nearly each subject and is not afraid to say so, says reporter John Otis. Over the weekend, Petro expressed assist for the “No Kings” rallies within the U.S. and mentioned yesterday that his nation would not settle for kings. Colombia receives round $230 million a yr in U.S. assist. Otis says a lot of these funds go in the direction of serving to the Colombians combat the drug cartels.

French authorities are nonetheless looking for the culprits who stole hundreds of thousands of {dollars}’ price of jewels from the Louvre on Sunday. The heist showcased enormous gaps in safety on the museum. A current French authorities report states that greater than half of the rooms in a few of the main wings of the museum don’t have any video surveillance.

• 🎧 Prosecutors say they aren’t ruling something out as a risk find who did this. Time is of the essence within the investigation because the thieves will possible dismantle the jewels, soften down the gold and promote the gems individually, says NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley. If this occurs, part of French historical past and tradition can be gone endlessly.
• ➡️ This is not the Louvre’s first high-profile heist. Check out some earlier thefts within the museum’s historical past.

Deep dive

Many individuals attempt hashish for again ache. Now new research from Europe present it might be an efficient possibility.

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Medical marijuana is a standard useful resource for individuals with persistent ache, however there are few high-quality research on whether or not it’s useful. That is why two main medical trials in Europe that evaluated hashish for low again ache caught the eye of these investigating the plant’s potential for ache administration. The primary showcased {that a} mix of hashish oil, containing the psychoactive compound THC, in addition to CBD and different pure compounds within the plant, outperformed a placebo. The opposite trial compares the identical proprietary hashish elixir with opioids, revealing that sufferers who used the elixir skilled fewer gastrointestinal unintended effects like constipation than when utilizing painkillers.

• ➡️ Medical hashish proponents say that the drug’s security is a transparent upside in comparison with opioids as a result of it doesn’t include the identical considerations concerning overdose and dependancy.
• ➡️ At the moment, there’s one cannabis-derived remedy permitted by the FDA, and it doesn’t include any THC. Although it is not completely clear, consultants consider THC is likely one of the major compounds accountable for lowering ache.
• ➡️ Whereas most People reside in states the place marijuana is authorized, there are vital considerations concerning the high quality and consistency of hashish merchandise. If the FDA have been to approve a hashish product, it might give sufferers with persistent ache extra confidence to make use of it.

Learn extra about hashish as an possibility for ache aid.

Residing higher

A hand holds a paddle towards a transparent blue sky, making ready to hit a yellow pickleball. The scene suggests a vivid and sunny day, with the pickleball clearly in movement.

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Residing Higher is a particular sequence about what it takes to remain wholesome in America.

Pickleball has quickly gained recognition within the U.S. Practically 20 million individuals have picked up their racket to play the game. As extra gamers be part of the courts, pickleball-related eye accidents, together with lacerations across the eye, corneal abrasions and infected irises, have elevated. A lately revealed JAMA Ophthalmology research estimates that the incidence of those accidents has gone up by an estimated 405 circumstances every year from 2021 to 2024.

• 🥽 The research’s authors have known as for growing standardized tips for eye safety, which has been discovered to scale back as much as 90% of sports-related eye accidents.
• 🥽 Sporting eye safety would require gamers to buy one other piece of kit and produce it with them. There are at present many choices available on the market, which might make deciding what to purchase daunting with out standardized eye safety tips.
• 🥽 One of the crucial frequent causes some gamers do not put on protecting eyewear is that they aren’t conscious of the dangers, says Dr. Daniel Henick, an ophthalmology resident at Yale College of Medication. Henick says that posting steerage exterior of courts may assist scale back these accidents. Skilled pickleball athletes may additionally set an instance by carrying goggles.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

The primary part of the Reefline challenge can be Leandro Ehrlich’s “Concrete Coral,” an set up of twenty-two automobiles that may grow to be lined by coral.

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1. The primary part of “Reefline,” a man-made reef off Miami Seashore, begins this month. It’s going to function an artwork set up, a technique to restore the island’s coral habitat and an underwater vacationer attraction.
2. Singer-songwriter Kenny Loggins is asking Trump to take away his efficiency of “Hazard Zone,” a success single from the 1986 film Prime Gun, from a faux “King Trump” video he posted to Fact Social.
3. In Iowa Metropolis, Iowa, three highschool college students began a e-book membership that focuses on studying continuously banned books within the U.S. They launched this initiative after state officers signed a legislation banning books with sexual content material in 2023. (through Iowa Public Radio)

This text was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.