| Good morning. It's Wednesday, Feb. 23, and I'm listening to last night's Post Reports podcast on Russia, Ukraine and why people are tiptoeing around the word "invasion." Let's catch up on the latest. |
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 | The U.S. announced sanctions on Russia. | |
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 | Ahmaud Arbery's killers were found guilty of committing a hate crime. | - The verdict: A jury ruled yesterday that Travis and Gregory McMichael and William Bryan chased and attacked Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old, because he was Black.
- The evidence: The trial centered on dozens of racist messages on the three White men's phones and social media accounts.
- Why this matters: This trial was the first to ask about the role of race in one of the high-profile killings of Black people in 2020.
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 | Vaccine protection was much weaker against the omicron variant. |  Cases by vaccination status. (The Washington Post) | - What that means: People who were vaccinated got sick, were hospitalized and died at higher rates during the latest surge, according to CDC data.
- Why is this happening? Reduced vaccine effectiveness over time, plus increasing contagiousness of variants. However, vaccines are still the most effective defense against the coronavirus.
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 | Biden is close to naming his Supreme Court nominee. | - The latest: He has interviewed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, Judge J. Michelle Childs and California Justice Leondra Kruger — all Black women.
- The timeline: An announcement is coming as soon as this week. Biden promised to name his replacement for Justice Stephen Breyer, who plans to retire, by the end of the month.
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 | Extreme wildfires will probably become more common around the world. | - The data: They may increase by 14% in less than in 10 years and 30% by 2050, according to a new U.N. study.
- What's happening? A combination of climate change and land use that's causing a shift in wildfire patterns.
- What "extreme" means: Fires that burn longer or hotter than usual — like ones last year in the Western U.S. — or spread into unusual territory, like the Arctic or wetlands.
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 | Donald Trump's new social network has had a rough launch. | - What's happening? Glitches, a 13-hour outage and a 300,000-person waitlist has made Truth Social almost inaccessible since going live this week.
- What is Truth Social? The former president's answer to mainstream social networks. It works much like Twitter.
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 | Baseball's leaders are meeting this week to try to save Opening Day. | - What's happening: Baseball is in a lockout, which means owners have suspended all team activities. Nothing — practice, games, etc. — can happen until a deal is reached.
- Why? There's a labor dispute between the players and MLB. Both sides will continue negotiating today in Florida.
- What's at stake: Spring training has already been delayed, and regular season games could be postponed, if there's no deal by Monday.
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