Highlights from Musk’s Trump interview. And, Ozempic could decrease most cancers danger

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X proprietor Elon Musk tossed soft-ball inquiries to former President Donald Trump in an interview on Musk’s social media platform final evening after a 42-minute delay. Trump boasted about his relationships with leaders of U.S. adversaries like Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, insulted his political opponents and rattled off acquainted speaking factors, together with that undocumented immigrants are harmful. It went on for greater than two hours. Musk claimed, with out proof, {that a} cyberattack prompted the delay. The true clarification seemed to be widespread technical points.

• 🎧 “What we heard last night was a full embracing of Trump as a candidate,” NPR’s Bobby Allyn tells Up First. There wasn’t a lot new info shared. Trump did point out he’s frightened concerning the menace of “nuclear warming,” which was his manner of speaking about the specter of nukes. He additionally stated the assassination try on him renewed his religion in God. Allyn says the 2 didn’t have the perfect chemistry, however the dialog was pleasant as they agreed on a number of subjects. They each share the identical beliefs on immigration enforcement, chopping authorities laws, cracking down on violence in huge cities, tackling inflation and that Vice President Harris shouldn’t be president. Musk says he’s keen to interview Harris on X as properly.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is anticipated to make his first solo marketing campaign cease as Harris’ working mate right now. He’ll tackle members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers, one in all America’s largest labor unions, at their conference in Los Angeles. AFSCME has practically 1.5 million members, largely state and native authorities employees, in addition to museum, library and zoo workers.

• 🎧 NPR’s Andrea Hsu says this is sort of a rallying cry for Walz, who’s a former union member from his days as a schoolteacher. California shouldn’t be a swing state, however the folks in attendance will likely be from everywhere in the nation. Though union members historically help Democrats, this is a chance for Walz to remind them of all the things Trump did to weaken unions whereas president. Walz might additionally carry up Challenge 2025, the conservative Heritage Basis’s blueprint for a brand new Trump administration. The plan would permit civil servants to be fired and changed with political appointees. It might additionally ban worker unions altogether.

GLP-1 medication, like Wegovy and Ozempic, could also be efficient at treating extra than simply diabetes and weight reduction. Researchers are excited concerning the potential impacts the medication might have on different circumstances, together with habit, sleep apnea and even most cancers. In a number of latest research, GLP-1 medication confirmed early promise in stopping many widespread cancers recognized to be pushed by weight problems and extra weight, together with breast, colon, liver, and ovarian. One research creator says she thinks components exterior of weight reduction, like higher glycemic controls and anti inflammatory results, might add to those medication’ protecting results.

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Choosing a “basic phone” or “boring phone” may also help you’re taking management of your time. There are lots of completely different fashions with completely different capabilities and value factors. The three pictured listed below are the Nokia 6300 4G, the Cat S22 Flip and the BLU Z5 -GSM.

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Have you ever ever picked up your cellphone to shortly examine the climate solely to seek out your self aimlessly scrolling an hour later? It isn’t your fault — smartphones are designed to suck you in. If you’d like a break from the digital world, contemplate switching to a primary cellphone. Right here’s what to know earlier than making the transition.

• 📱 Any cellphone that doesn’t have an app retailer is taken into account primary. They have an inclination to have small screens and might make calls or ship texts. Some could have further options, together with the flexibility to go looking the web, play MP3 recordsdata and set an alarm.
• 📱 These telephones can value as little as $20, although the cheaper ones might be much less customizable.
• 📱 You don’t have to make use of your primary cellphone on a regular basis. Some folks use their smartphones throughout the week and their easy ones on the weekends.
• 📱 Discover options to your digital wants. An old-school alarm clock can wake you up. In case you want a trip, you’ll be able to name 1-833-USE-UBER.
• 📱 Set expectations with buddies, household and your co-workers about how shortly they will count on you to reply to messages.

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Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Alice Volpitta assessments water high quality within the Jones Falls.

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Through the Olympics, many questioned whether or not athletes might swim within the Seine River with out getting sick. This downside shouldn’t be distinctive to the French capital. The town of Baltimore is spending billions to replace its sewer system. It goals to cease human waste from spilling into streams that result in the Inside Harbor. Baltimore was compelled into motion by a 2002 federal consent decree. This summer time, residents have been lastly capable of make the leap.

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This undated photograph offered by the Nationwide Park Service exhibits Double Arch earlier than it collapsed in Rock Creek Bay, a part of the Glen Canyon Nationwide Recreation Space in Utah, final week.

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1. The “Double Arch,” a well-liked geological rock formation in Utah’s Glen Canyon Nationwide Recreation Space, has collapsed. Harsh climate and the altering water ranges of Lake Powell might have eroded the formation, based on the Nationwide Park Service.
2. Costco says it’s going to quickly require customers to scan their membership playing cards at warehouse entrances fairly than presenting them to an worker.
3. Tomorrow, Mars and Jupiter will likely be at their closest proximity to one another from Earth’s perspective since 2018. The encounter is an out-of-this-world instance of proper place, proper time.