Plus: Haley's 1st GOP primary win, Clark's historic NCAA record and a launch to the ISS ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
 |  | MONDAY, MARCH 04, 2024 · 4 min read |
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| A morning digest from Yahoo News
by Lily Herman |
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| Good morning, everyone. Still figuring out what to eat this week? Consider adding a few of these heart-healthy recipes to your rotation. Now, on to the news. |
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Need to know | The Smokehouse Creek Fire in Texas is now the second-largest in U.S. history after burning through more than 1 million acres of land. As of yesterday, it was only 15% contained. |
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| | Continued spread: None of the other big wildfires in the Texas Panhandle have been completely contained, and some have spilled over into Oklahoma. [Time] |
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| | Displaced residents: Hundreds of people in the region have been forced to evacuate, with shelters putting out calls for cleanup supplies like rakes and trash bags. [AP] |
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| | The bigger picture: Experts believe environmental factors exacerbated by climate change, such as flammable grasses, strong winds, dry conditions and record-high temperatures, helped the fires spread. [CNN] |
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 | Jeffrey Becker/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters |
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| | Clark breaks all-time record | Iowa star Caitlin Clark broke the all-time NCAA scoring record of 3,667 points. It was held for over 54 years by Pete Maravich. [Yahoo Sports] |
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| | Haley’s 1st primary win | Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won her first GOP presidential primary, in Washington, D.C. Her campaign hopes it will spark some momentum for tomorrow’s consequential Super Tuesday contests. [NBC News] |
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| | Harris’s meeting on Gaza | Vice President Kamala Harris called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza a day before she’s scheduled to meet with top Israeli official Benny Gantz about a potential hostage deal. [USA Today] |
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| | Hybrid work trends | A new study found that remote and hybrid work has led Americans to move farther away from their workplaces. The average distance between homes and workplaces rose from 10 miles in 2019 to 27 miles in 2023. [New York Times] |
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| | Rocket launches to ISS | A SpaceX rocket successfully launched three U.S. astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut from NASA’s Cape Canaveral base to the International Space Station. The crew is expected to be there for six months. [Reuters] |
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| | Season 18 of So You Think You Can Dance premieres at 9 p.m. ET on Fox. [Variety] |
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| | NBA fans: The Bulls and the Kings play at 10 p.m. ET on NBC Sports. [NBC Sports] |
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 | Today in history |  | In 1865, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term as president. With the end of the Civil War in sight, Lincoln said he wished to “achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” [AP] | Illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Alexander Gardener/Bettmann Archive via Getty Images |
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3 Questions... | about “forever chemicals” | Yahoo Life Writer Kaitlin Reilly discusses her reporting on PFAs, also known as “forever chemicals,” and the FDA’s announcement that food packaging would no longer contain them. |
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| | What are “forever chemicals,” and what do they do to the body? |
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| They’re compounds that have long been used to make food packaging water- and grease-resistant. They’ve been linked to a number of adverse health effects. |
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| | What did the FDA announce, and what does it mean for me? |
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| It announced that manufacturers would no longer sell food packaging that contains certain forever chemicals, which should make packaging safer. “Welcome news,” one expert told me. |
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| | Will it make a difference when it comes to my exposure? |
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| Probably only a small difference. PFAs are everywhere. That expert previously told me we should be “worried, but not panicked” by them. There’s only so much we can do to reduce exposure. |
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| | Dr. Kai Sun, who was born on a leap day 40 years ago, gave birth to her daughter Chloe on Feb. 29 — another leap day. “My husband and I were just saying how cool it would be if she were born on the same day as my birthday,” she said. [GMA] |
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Editor’s note: Friday’s edition stated that Yellowstone National Park is in Montana. Some readers reached out with more context. Yellowstone extends into Montana and Idaho, but the majority is in Wyoming. |
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| 💡 P.S. Before you go, your daily advice: Add a springtime veggie like asparagus to your plate. It’s loaded with vitamins A, C, E and K. [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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