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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (AR6 Working Group II)

Now that Afdams has left the race, without Eric, former Governor Andrew Cuomo likely gets a more favorable rematch against Zohran Mamdani in the November general election.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private, nonprofit corporation authorized by Congress in 1967, has lost its funding. NPR challenges CPB’s authority to redirect millions it holds.
The public radio network asked a federal judge to block the Corporation for Public Broadcasting from transferring $57.9 million to a new nonprofit.CP is the steward of the federal government’s investment in public broadcasting. It helps support the operations of more than 1,500 locally managed and operated public television and radio stations across the nation. CPB is also the largest single source of funding for research, technology, and program development for public radio, television, and related online services. https://cpb.org/

Can you ear me now? ‘Ketchup dripping down the wall’

Republican and Democratic U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are attempting to pass a bill that would exempt coffee from Trumped-up tariffs, as prices have increased by 21 percent compared to last year. The U.S. obtains most of its coffee from Brazil, and as of last month, the South American country is facing a 50 percent tariff.