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Tuesday, June 14

This aerial photo provided by the National Park Service shows a washed out road at North Entrance Road, of Yellowstone National Park in Gardiner, Mont., on June 13, 2022.

Roads, bridges washed away in floods.

Historic flooding, mudslides leave behind devastation at Yellowstone National Park. The stories of family members lost in the Ukraine war. And why Lizzo changed a song lyric.

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Extreme weather leaves devastation in Yellowstone

Yellowstone National Park officials assessed widespread damage Tuesday as the park remained closed amid dangerous floods, mudslides and rockslides that have eroded roads, ripped apart bridges and led to evacuations this week. The flooding started to slowly recede Tuesday, but the record-level floods left all five entrances to the park closed through at least Wednesday, officials said. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but floodwaters swept away a number of homes, bridges and other structures with the northern part of the park suffering the worst damage. Keep reading.

•	📸 Photos: Home collapses into the murky waters of Yellowstone River.
•	Yellowstone evacuates visitors amid 'unprecedented' rainfall, flooding.

In this image provided by Sam Glotzbach, the flooding Yellowstone River undercuts the river bank, threatening a house and a garage in Gardiner, Mont., on June 13, 2022.

Sam Glotzbach via AP

Ukrainians tell stories of loved ones lost in the war

Anna Priymenko's youngest nephew, a budding soccer player, was only 5 years old when he was killed by the bomb that hit his family's home. Her other two nephews were 10 and 15. They loved sambo, a martial art that originated in the former USSR. Her only brother owned a textile business, donating countless blankets and pillows after the war began, and her mother was a kindergarten teacher. When she heard of their deaths, "the world collapsed," said Anna, 37. "I am basically left alone." Thousands of civilians have been killed in the Russian war on Ukraine, and countless people like Anna have been left alone in the aftermath, figuring out how to move forward when those they loved most are gone. "It is clear that this time may pass, it may settle down a little, but ... it will never be the way it was. It will never be," Anna said. These are the stories of the lives destroyed and devastated by Russia's war on Ukraine.

•	Bombs kill three generations in Ukraine family, hours before evacuation.
•	'Not terrorists': Zelenskyy says long-range weapons won't be used on cities.
•	Pope Francis criticizes 'cruelty' of Russian troops, praises Ukrainian heroism amid war.

The Priymenko family. All but Anna and her husband were killed by a missile strike in Sumy, Ukraine.

Courtesy Anna Priymenko

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Eyes to the sky: Strawberry supermoon rises tonight

Get ready to scan the skies for the second supermoon of the year. June's strawberry moon appears opposite the sun Tuesday, and it will remain full through Wednesday morning, NASA reported. It won't be visible to stargazers in North America until later Tuesday night, when it drifts above the horizon, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. So why is it called the strawberry moon? Don't be deceived by the name: Its origin has nothing to do with the moon's hue or appearance, according to the almanac. Native American Algonquin tribes inhabiting the northeastern U.S. – along with as well as the Ojibwe, Dakota and Lakota peoples – have used the strawberry moon to mark the time for gathering ripened June-bearing strawberries, the almanac said. Keep reading to learn more. 🍓

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People watch the rising moon Monday, June 13, 2022, in East Boston, Mass. The moon will reach its full stage on Tuesday, during a phenomenon known as a supermoon because of its proximity to Earth, and it is also labeled as the "Strawberry Moon" because it is the full moon at strawberry harvest time.

Charlie Riedel, AP

Millions swelter under dangerous heat wave

Dangerous, record-setting heat had nearly one-third of the U.S. population in its grip Tuesday – from the Upper Midwest to the Southeast – on the cusp of summer's official arrival. The National Weather Service issued excessive-heat warnings, watches and heat advisories for more than 100 million people as temperatures were expected to surge 10 to 20 degrees above normal from the Plains, the Midwest and some areas along the East Coast, according to AccuWeather. Here's what we know about Tuesday's severe heat.

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Visitors at Boyce Park wave pool as Pittsburgh residents expect a heat wave in the coming week on Monday, June 13, 2022, in Plum, Pa.

Ariana Shchuka/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP

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Lizzo changes lyric after backlash over offensive term

After being accused of using an ableist slur in her latest track "Grrrls," Lizzo shared an apology and released a new version of her song. In a Twitter post Tuesday, the singer said an updated version of "Grrrls," the latest single from her coming album, "Special," was released after she learned its lyrics contained "a harmful word." The original lyric that offended fans came from the song's line, "Do you see this (expletive)? I'm a spaz," with many claiming that "spaz" is an ableist slur. "Spaz" has often been used as slang to describe losing physical or emotional control, but has fallen increasingly out of fashion because of its origin from "spastic," "a form of muscular weakness (spastic paralysis, typical of cerebral palsy," according to Lexico, an online dictionary. The controversy is a reminder that other slang terms in our vernacular have derived from more-serious origins, making it important to put more thought behind what we speak. Keep reading to learn more.

•	Here are some other offensive terms we should stop saying, too.
•	Opinion: Lizzo's handling of offensive lyric a stark contrast to the 'Suck it up, snowflake' crowd.

May 2, 2022: Lizzo attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala.

Evan Agostini, Invision/AP

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