Identity stretches beyond one label, and these transgender teens are here to prove it. And what's brewing in the Gulf of Mexico as hurricane season officially begins? |
👋 Hey! It's Laura Davis. Y'all doing OK? Drinking enough water? Grab a snack and settle in – it's time for Thursday's news. |
But first: Say hello to Pi, Pat and Flora! 🦅 Three 10-week-old eagles who have been livestreamed their entire lives from their nest finally have names. |
Meet 3 thriving transgender teens who are 'more than just the label' |
Chazzie greets each day with an affirmation and some yoga. Max can play just about any string instrument. Gia is a bright rising college sophomore with her eyes on the horizon. These teens are embracing passions, mapping futures – and they just happen to be transgender. No big deal. Their identities are "really the least interesting thing about us," Chazzie says. In a year that has seen an unprecedented torrent of bills targeting the LGBTQ community, particularly those who are transgender, advocates say people such as Chazzie, Max and Gia are thriving despite the backlash. And support for the community is skyrocketing. 📣 How they're telling their stories to make a change. | Adelyn, Chazzie, Max, Jonathan, Amir and Eve are "champions" for the GenderCool Project, a youth-led group that works to replace misinformed opinions with real experiences of young people who are transgender and nonbinary. GenderCool Project |
Debt ceiling deal out of the frying pan, into the fire |
The debt ceiling deal has cleared the Republican-controlled House, but as it heads to the Senate, now the pressure's really on. The agreement struck by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default ahead of the June 5 deadline now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wants a vote Friday. There's no time for funny business, Schumer warned during a floor speech, making it clear that whatever reservations senators might have, there's no time for changes. 👉 Here's what to know. |
What everyone's talking about |
Hurricane season begins on East Coast. Why doesn't West worry? |
The Atlantic hurricane season is here. And millions of people from Texas to New England might be feeling a familiar sense of dread. Meanwhile, though plagued with risks of wildfires and earthquakes, coastal cities up and down the West Coast barely batted an eye when the Eastern Pacific hurricane season started on May 15. Why aren't hurricanes as much of a threat on the West Coast? And in a world where climate change is disrupting nearly every weather pattern, could that someday change? 🔍 Here's a closer look. |
🌀 As if on cue, a tropical system is bubbling up in the Gulf of Mexico. The system has a 70% chance of becoming a tropical depression or storm within the next two days, the National Hurricane Center said. Here's the forecast. |
Who will Bee the best speller? |
Chartooterie board. 🛎 Restraunt. 🛎 Definitly. 🛎Ding! Ding! Ding! It's time for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, which will hold its finals Thursday night at 8 p.m. EDT in National Harbor, Maryland. To get ready for this year's Bee, we asked our audience for some words they always need autocorrect on – and they seriously delivered. |
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