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Good evening. This is the latest news as of late Tuesday.
1. Tens of thousands of Californians were ordered to evacuate as heavy rain flooded the state.
incessant rains continue to batter Californiakilled at least 17 people statewide and increased concern about flash floods and landslides. Weather forecasters are warning residents to prepare for lightning storms, strong winds and possibly even tornadoes. The California Highway Patrol is advising residents to limit non-essential travel.
Coastal towns like Santa Barbara have been particularly hard hit, prompting residents to evacuate and close roads. Experts say the cost of storm damage maybe up to 1 billion dollars.
Parts of the state are expected to receive seven more inches of rain in the next few daysas another “major storm” made landfall in areas from Northern California to the Pacific Northwest on Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
2. President Biden has classified documents in his old office.
President’s Attorney detect “few” of secret documents at his former office at a Washington think tank last fall, the White House said last night, prompting the Justice Department to scrutinize the situation and consider appointing a special counsel.
The documents, dating from his time as vice president and including documents about foreign countries, was found by his own attorneys in early November and turned over to the National Archives, the White House said. Officials did not say how many documents were involved or how classified they were, nor did they explain why they waited two months before announcing the discovery.
In other news from the White House, Biden attended the trilateral summit in Mexico with Prime Minister of Canada and President of Mexico to discuss economic cooperation, drug trafficking, migration and climate change.
3. Ukrainian troops will go to the US to train on an advanced missile system.
Soldiers will soon to Fort Sill, Okla., to begin training on the Patriot missile system, a ground-based air defense system, defense officials said. The United States said it was sending Patriot systems to Ukraine as part of a $1.8 billion aid package announced last month during President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington.
System training can take several months. However, a defense official said that the Ukrainian military, who have shown themselves to be fast learners of military systems, can catch up to the speed faster.
For the Biden administration, the unusual step of training in the United States poses no risk of escalation with Russia, as Patriot is a defense system meant to protect Ukrainians from Russian missiles, not an assault system.
In other news from the war, Britain is considering whether to send a small number of tanks to Ukrainecapable of reversing nearly a year of Western resistance to deploying some of its most powerful firepower.
4. Protests against the overthrow of the former president of Peru left at least 46 people dead.
At least 17 people died yesterday in southern Peru during an unusual wave of violence that led to criticism of excessive force by the military and police.
The country has been the scene of violent protests since mid-December, when its leftist president, Pedro Castillo, has promised to tackle longstanding problems of poverty and inequality. , try to dissolve Congress and rule by decree. The move was condemned by many as unconstitutional, and he was arrested and replaced by his vice president.
Since then, his supporters, many of them living in impoverished rural areas, have taken to the streets to demand a new general election. The recent clashes have raised fears that the protests will continue to spread and lead to more bloodshed.
In other international news, our reporter discover fragile power alliance in the Philippines between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Dutertedescendants of two notorious clan dynasties.
5. Trillions of dollars in government spending are beginning to change the labor market.
The primary purpose of recent federal law — $1.2 trillion from the 2021 infrastructure bill, $370 billion for the climate bill, and $53 billion for semiconductor manufacturing — is not to stimulate the economy.
But as the broader economy cools, continued cash injections could help prevent a sharp drop in jobs caused by the Federal Reserve’s effort to rein in inflation by raising interest rates. Investments are also capable of promoting the reallocation of labor across industries.
6. The past eight years have been the hottest on record.
European climate researchers say the world was still a hotter planet last year, with extreme summer temperatures in Europe, China and elsewhere contributing to 2022 becoming the hottest year. year is recorded.
Even more worrisome: Eight warmest years on record happened since 2014, and 2016 remains the hottest year ever. Overall, the world is 2.1 degrees Fahrenheit (1.2 degrees Celsius) hotter today than it was in the second half of the 19th century, when emissions of planet-warming carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels became widespread. .
United States, greenhouse gas emissions up 1.3 percent last yearmove the country against its climate goals.
7. Tonight, the Golden Globes will work to restore their image.
The 80th of the ceremony will air tonight on NBC after it was delayed last year because of the scandals surrounding it finance, ethics and lack of diversity. (One investigation last year found no Black members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group behind the show.)
8. How Danhausen became pro wrestling’s weirdest star.
As an itinerant wrestler, Donovan Danhausen mostly lives off his salary from his day job at Starbucks. Then he figured out a new gimmick: He created a new character, an evil demon, who evolved into an eccentric and clumsy version of a demon after audience attracted by his sense of humour.
Soon, the ghostly Danhausen has become a kind of commentary on wrestling. With a physical presence somewhere between the weak and the confused, Danhausen became the type of wrestler that resonated deeply with a class of fanatical fans who took to indie performances.
“Wrestling is a sports parody,” said a fellow wrestler. “But now this is a parody of that parody.”
9. Tips for dealing with your “depression room”.
On TikTok, terms like “depression room” and “death heap” have become common ways to describe the mess that can build up when people are struggling with their mental health. . Experts have long assumed that this type of mess is not due to hoarding or laziness but to extreme fatigue.
If you feel unable to keep your surroundings tidy, my colleagues gave some advice on how to strategically clean to optimize your energy and space.
In other health tips, this is What should I eat if I have a cold?.
10. And finally, restore an American icon.
Tens of millions of bison once roamed the United States on vast, uninhabited prairies. But these animals – commonly known as buffalo, although they are not of the same species – have almost disappeared after a wave of commercial hunting and other culling efforts.
