What to Know
- The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries
- The nation's top public health agency changed its guidance for HIV-infected men who want to father children
- Ariana Grande's charity concert sold out in under six minutes. About 45,000 tickets were snapped up after they went on sale
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Reinstate Travel Ban
The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries. The Justice Department filing to the high court argues that the federal appeals court in Richmond, Virginia, made several mistakes in ruling against the Trump travel policy. The government says the nation will be safer if the policy is put in place. Department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores says the ban is lawful. Immigration officials would have 90 days to decide what changes are necessary before people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen may resume applying for visas. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals called the national security concerns an after-the-fact justification for a policy that was "intended to bar Muslims from this country."
"I Knew Them All": Confident 12-Year-Old Girl Wins National Spelling Bee
Ananya Vinay showed little emotion as she plowed through word after mystifying word in the final rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Later, as she stood beside the confetti-covered stage, the newly crowned champion flashed a toothy grin as she revealed how much confidence she'd brought to the competition. A Scripps representative told Ananya she would have to deliver a speech during Friday's closing ceremonies. That wouldn't be a problem, Ananya said. She'd written the speech before she arrived at the bee. Ananya didn't come into the bee as the most heralded speller, but she outclassed her better-known competitors and survived a long duel with 14-year-old Rohan Rajeev to win the 90th Scripps bee on Thursday. She'll take home more than $40,000 in cash and prizes. She seized the opportunity when Rohan flubbed a simple-looking but obscure Scandinavian-derived word, "marram," which means a beach grass. She calmly nailed two words in a row, ending on "marocain," which means a type of dress fabric of ribbed crepe.
Trump Climate Decision Endangers Human Health, Doctors Say
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President Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement will endanger human health and make it hard to prevent even more damage from global warning, medical groups told NBC News. Many studies clearly lay out the risks from climate change — including respiratory and heat-related illnesses, insect-borne infections, water-borne diseases and threats to safe food and water. "The elderly, the sick, and the poor are especially vulnerable," the American College of Physicians said. Heat can raise blood pressure and worsen cholesterol levels. Longer, hotter summers can aid the spread of mosquitoes that carry diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika and yellow fever — and warmer winters may fail to kill off populations of the insects.
US Officials OK Option for Men With HIV to Father Children
The nation's top public health agency changed its guidance for HIV-infected men who want to father children, saying there's now enough evidence that a lab technique that removes the virus is a safe option. For many years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it was too risky for infected men to have unprotected sex with uninfected women since that is one way the virus spreads. Infection of the baby is considered possible, but far less likely, CDC officials said. More recently, the agency said some couples can try to conceive if the man has been taking virus-suppressing HIV medications and the woman takes a drug that protects against infection. But it's been slow to OK a technique called "sperm washing," which has been around for decades and endorsed by other medical organizations. It involves separating sperm from infected cells in seminal fluid and using the sperm for artificial insemination or in vitro fertilization.
You Can Get What You Want: Keith Richards Holds Auction for Autistic Adults
Rolling Stones fans are sure to get some satisfaction from an upcoming auction to benefit a pair of Connecticut charities that help autistic adults. The Stamford Advocate reports that Stones guitarist Keith Richards and his wife, Patti Hansen, are donating items from their Manhattan apartment to benefit the Prospector Theater and Sphere Inc ., both based in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Hansen's nephew has received services from the organizations. The couple lives in nearby Weston. The 73-year-old Richards' guitars and flamboyant stage costumes aren't on the auction block. Instead, items for sale include Italian, French and English furniture, Persian carpets, paintings, Waterford crystal, and even a skull-motif china tea set.
Ariana Grande's Manchester Charity Concert Sells Out in 6 Minutes
Ariana Grande's charity concert, One Love Manchester, sold out in under six minutes. About 45,000 tickets were snapped up after they went on sale at 10 a.m. local time. The show will take place Sunday at the Emirates Old Trafford Cricket Ground just outside Manchester in honor of the bombing that took place at Grande's concert in the city last week. Twenty-two people died outside the show. The Black Eyed Peas and Robbie Williams will join Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Miley Cyrus, Niall Horan, Little Mix, Katy Perry, Take That, Usher and Pharrell Williams. Live Nation said that girl group Little Mix has also been added to the show. Proceeds will go to an emergency fund set up by the city of Manchester and the British Red Cross.
