Good morning. It’s Friday, May 10, and Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour hit Paris last night with some big changes. Now let’s get to the news. |
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| Stormy Daniels finished testifying in Donald Trump’s hush money trial. |
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| Republicans criticized President Biden’s threat to halt U.S. weapons to Israel. |
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| A Florida sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a Black airman. |
- What happened? The deputy fired at Senior Airman Roger Fortson, 23, seconds after he opened his door last week, a body-camera video released yesterday showed.
- What else to know: The deputy was responding to reports of a disturbance, police said. An attorney for Fortson’s family said police had the wrong apartment.
- Zooming out: 1,133 people have been fatally shot by police in the past 12 months, according to a Post database.
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| A deaf baby heard for the first time after a gene therapy trial. |
- What to know: An 18-month-old girl born with profound genetic deafness can now hear unaided after the “groundbreaking” trial, a British hospital announced yesterday.
- How it works: A modified virus, which acts as a working copy of a gene, is injected into the inner ear. The trial’s results are another example of the potential of gene therapies.
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| Apple apologized for an iPad ad that sparked outrage. |
A screenshot from Apple’s new ad for the iPad. (The Washington Post/Apple) |
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| It’s nearly time for the Eurovision final. |
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| You might be able to see the northern lights this weekend. |
- Why? Outbursts from the sun could trigger colorful auroras in the northern U.S. — and possibly as far south as Alabama and Northern California.
- How to see them: Get away from city lights and clouds. The auroras should be visible from around 11 p.m. Eastern tonight and through tomorrow.
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