Plus: The Michigan primaries, 'Survivor' Season 46 and a Netflix subscriber update ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
 |  | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2024 · 4 min read |
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| A morning digest from Yahoo News
by Lily Herman |
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| Good morning, folks. Need a new book to dive into this week? Oprah Winfrey just named her latest book club pick. Now, on to the news. |
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 | House Speaker Mike Johnson after meeting with President Biden | Andrew Harnik/AP |
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Need to know | GOP congressional leaders seemed optimistic that they could avoid a partial government shutdown before Friday’s funding deadline after meeting with President Biden yesterday. |
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| | A refresher: Some federal departments will close Friday night if Congress doesn’t act. More government services would shutter the following Friday if the gridlock continues. [Yahoo Finance] |
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| | House trouble: Speaker Mike Johnson faces pressure to agree to a deal despite objections from hard-right Republicans, who want to include various partisan policy mandates in the legislation. [New York Times] |
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| | Poor ratings: New data released this week shows that just 12% of Americans approve of how Congress is “handling its job,” its lowest approval rating since 2015. [The Hill] |
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| | Ohtani’s spring debut | Shohei Ohtani hit his first home run for the Dodgers during his inaugural game with the team in spring training. “We’re trending in the right direction,” he said after the Dodgers’ 9-6 victory over the White Sox. [Yahoo Sports] |
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| | Michigan primary | Donald Trump and President Biden easily won the Michigan primaries. Early figures showed roughly 15% of Democrats voted “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s support of Israel. [Yahoo News] |
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| | Texas wildfires | A series of wildfires in the Texas panhandle has caused power outages and prompted evacuations and a major nuclear weapons facility to temporarily shut down. They were still burning this morning. [AP] |
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| | Moon mission cut short | Intuitive Machines, which built the Odysseus lunar lander, said its mission is ending early after the spacecraft tipped over during touchdown and its solar panels were no longer exposed to the sun. [USA Today] |
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| | Netflix subscriber update | Netflix has dropped billing through Apple’s App Store. Those who subscribe through it will have to change their payment information before their monthly renewal date to continue watching. [CNN] |
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| | Survivor’s 46th season premieres at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. (More on that below.) [People] |
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| | NBA fans: The Clippers face the Lakers without Paul George, who is injured, at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN. [Los Angeles Times] |
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 | Today in history |  | In 1953, scientists James D. Watson and Francis H.C. Crick announced that they’d discovered the double-helix structure of DNA, revolutionizing the study of biology and medicine. [AP] | Illustration: Yahoo News; photos: Bettmann Archive via Getty Images, Getty Images |
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3 Questions... | about Survivor Season 46 | My Yahoo Entertainment colleague Meg Ludemann breaks down what to know about the new season, which premieres tonight. |
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| | What should we expect from the new season of Survivor? |
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| Season 46 — yes, 46! — was shot in Fiji. You can expect a 26-day game with 18 players — an actor, slot machine salesman and more!
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| | I haven’t watched in a while. What’s changed? |
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| There aren’t as many villains as there used to be. Jeff Probst says he’s “not interested in that anymore.” |
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| | If you’re new to Survivor fandom, who’s the greatest player of all time? |
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 | Shreenivasan Manievannan |
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| | Yosemite National Park recently celebrated its annual Horsetail Fall event, a natural wintertime phenomenon where the setting sun makes the waterfall look like it’s on fire. [USA Today] |
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Have an excellent day. See you tomorrow! |
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| 💡 P.S. Before you go, your daily advice: If you watch TV to fall asleep, experts say to avoid emotional shows and keep the TV further away from you. Here's why. [Yahoo Life] |
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About me: I’m Lily, and I write The Yodel. My goal is to help you keep up with the news each morning. Have feedback? Email me. |
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