Tuesday, May 23, 2023

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Tue May 23 2023

 

Laura L. Davis  Audience Editor

@lauradavis

A little bird told me that Ron DeSantis is going to announce a White House run tomorrow. The U.S. has plans for a super expensive tricked-out spy submarine. And residents of Guam are bracing for Super Typhoon Mawar.

👋 Hey y'all! Laura Davis here, comin' in hot with Tuesday's news.

But first, my heart is soaring. ❤️ A heart was flown 2,506 miles from Alaska to Boston, breaking a transplant record. Here's how it was done.

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Tweet, tweet: DeSantis to announce run for president

SpaceX Founder Elon Musk will help launch Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign into orbit with an event on Twitter, according to four sources with knowledge of the plans. Musk, the CEO of Twitter, will hold a Twitter Spaces event with DeSantis at 6 p.m. Wednesday. DeSantis also is expected to formally file his presidential paperwork with the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday and put out a campaign launch video. 👉 Here's what we know.

'That's her alright!': She stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6. Then, Gov. DeSantis made her a state regulator. Did he know?
Florida restaurant Hamburger Mary's sues DeSantis over law they say targets drag shows.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves as he arrives for a press conference in Miami on May 9.

Rebecca Blackwell, AP

Nearly 2,000 children sexually abused by Catholic leaders in Illinois

A multiyear investigation into child sex abuse by members of the Catholic clergy in Illinois found at least 1,997 children across the state were abused. Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul on Tuesday released a nearly 700-page report detailing decades of child sex abuse by members of the Illinois Catholic dioceses, including narrative accounts of abuse committed by clerics. Many of the narratives were written in consultation with survivors, are based upon their experiences, and are told from the survivor's point of view. 🔎 Here's a closer look.

Kwame Raoul

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul provides details of sex abuse in the Illinois Catholic clergy during a news conference on Tuesday.

Photo provided by state of Illinois

What everyone's talking about

The crackdown begins: Netflix launches paid account sharing in the US.
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'Citi Bike Karen' was quickly labeled racist. Then the facts came out. | Opinion
When should you have sex with someone new? How the 'box theory' can help.
Most families gave up on virtual school. But what about kids who thrive there?
Better late than never? Overdue library book returned nearly 100 years after it was checked out.

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New frontier for warfare: The ocean floor

Space warfare? Old news. The freshest frontier for potential combat is the ocean floor, and the U.S. and other nations – especially Russia and China – are scrambling for dominance. It's called seabed warfare. And for the U.S. Navy, that means building a $5.1 billion spy submarine that will patrol the deepest reaches of the ocean and deploy mini-subs and drones that can battle hostile forces while withstanding the crushing pressure of the ocean depths. This is just one of Washington's secret initiatives aimed at protecting America's commercial and security interests deep under the sea. 🌊 Dive deeper into the plan.

A closer look: How the spy submarine would expand the Navy's power undersea.

Guam braces for direct hit from Super Typhoon Mawar

"We are at the crosshairs of Typhoon Mawar," Guam Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero warned, as the dangerous storm closed in on the island. The 170,000 residents of the U.S. territory in the West Pacific were bracing Tuesday for a hit from Super Typhoon Mawar, which is now a Category 4 storm with winds of 155 mph. Meteorologists say the typhoon could be the strongest in decades to impact the island, bringing life-threatening flooding and the potential for damaging winds over the next few days. 👉 Here's the latest.

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A satellite image shows Super Typhoon Mawar approaching Guam on Tuesday.

JOSE ROMERO, NOAA/RAMMB/AFP via Getty Images

A break from the news

🤔 Ask HR: How should mental health be handled at work?
🎮 Get your game on: Best Amazon Gaming Week deals on Amazon devices.
🏝 Head to the coast: The most charming seaside towns for a family vacation.

Laura L. Davis is an Audience Editor at USA TODAY. Send her an email at laura@usatoday.com or follow along with her adventures – and misadventures – on Twitter. Support quality journalism like this?  Subscribe to USA TODAY here.

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Christian Glass, right, sits with his father, Simon Glass, in Colorado on March 11, 2021. Family members are asking for accountability in the death of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old Colorado man who was shot by police earlier this year after calling 911 for roadside assistance. Christian Glass's parents believed officers escalated a situation that could have been handled differently, and hope the district attorney will bring criminal charges.

The family of a Colorado man shot to death by police during a mental health crisis will receive $19 million in compensation from law enforcement.

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Ukrainian tankers ride along the road towards their positions near Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 23, 2023.
 

Ukraine won't win the war, Hungarian leader says: Updates

Ukraine official recalls doubts in first 72 hours of war. 'They were wrong then, they are wrong now,' he says. Live updates.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., speaks during the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, and Trade on Commodity Programs, Credit and Crop Insurance hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 2, 2023,
 

Pentagon says senator's abortion protest threatens national security

Pentagon and Democratic officials accuse Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of holding military brass hostage over abortion policy.

A channel flows through the mud flats along the Seward Highway and Turnagain Arm in Alaska on Oct. 25, 2014. Authorities said, a 20-year-old man from Illinois who was walking Sunday evening, May 21, 2023, on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary, got stuck up to his waist in the quicksand-like silt and drowned as the tide came in before frantic rescuers could extract him.  (Bob Hallinen/Anchorage Daily News via AP)
 

Illinois man gets stuck waist-deep in Alaska mud flats, drowns with tide

Zachary Porter, 20, of Lake Bluff, Illinois, was submerged Sunday evening as the tide came in at Turnagain Arm. His body was recovered Monday.

LeBron James has played 20 seasons in the NBA.
 

We need to be OK with this being the end for LeBron James

We need to wrap our minds around the idea that LeBron James may have played his last game, and even if he does return, the end is near.

Portuguese authorities from the Judicial Police (PJ) criminal investigation unit work during a new search operation amid the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann (Maddie) at the Arade dam, in Silves, near Praia da Luz, on 23 May, 2023. This operation stems from a European Investigation Order addressed by the German authorities to Portugal and focuses on the Arade dam, located about 50 kilometers from Praia da Luz, the place where the child disappeared in May 2007, 16 years ago, while on vacation with   her parents.
 

Search resumed for Madeleine McCann, who went missing in 2007 in Portugal

Local media say this is the fourth search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in Portugal 16 years ago.

A box truck is seen crashed into a security barrier at a park across from the White House, Monday night, May 22, 2023 in Washington. Police have arrested a man they believe intentionally crashed a U-Haul truck into a security barrier near the north side of Lafayette Square late Monday night. No one was injured.
 

Driver charged with threatening the president after truck crash near White House

Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, of Missouri faces several charges after police say he drove a U-Haul truck into White House barriers.

An alligator performs a water dance.
 

Florida man loses his arm after alligator attacks him behind a bar

A Florida man, 23, had his arm amputated after an alligator attacked him behind a bar in Port Charlotte.

Marine gifts hat before surprising mom
 

Marine son surprises mom with gift and himself

When a mom gets a gift from her Marine son, she has no idea there's an even better surprise arriving at her door.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Captain Jason Helton addresses reporters about an armed robbery involving two brothers, ages 6 and 12, in which one of the children pointed what was later determined to be a BB gun at a woman's face after stealing her cell phone on May 22, 2023.
 

12-year-old charged with armed robbery after pointing BB gun at woman

The victim was walking in a parking lot when two brothers, ages 6 and 12, approached her and asked her to borrow her cell phone to call their mom.

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