YOUR MORNING NEWS ROUNDUP | | | | Senate panel advances rules requirement for justices. | | | |
Republican senators called legislation that would order the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics "dangerous" and "unserious." Also in the news: Catch the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team in their opening World Cup game against Vietnam this evening and "Barbenheimer" weekend is finally here. | | | |
Now, here we go with Friday's news. |
Senate panel approves Supreme Court ethics measure |
A Senate panel has advanced a bill that would require the Supreme Court to adopt a code of ethics after a fiery partisan debate over recent scandals involving justices that underscored the measure's low chances of success. |
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the bill on party lines, underscoring that ethics changes at the high court have become a deeply partisan issue unlikely to gain widespread support in Congress. | Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Sen. Lindsey Graham (L) speaks against proposed Supreme Court ethics reform on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images |
USWNT will be at full strength for World Cup opener against Vietnam |
The U.S. women are ready to go. Coach Vlatko Andonovski said Friday that Megan Rapinoe, Julie Ertz and Rose Lavelle are all available for Saturday's World Cup opener against Vietnam. Rapinoe and Lavelle will be on restricted minutes initially, but Ertz will have no limitations. The status of all three U.S. stars has been a question for several weeks now, especially after none of the them played in the USWNT's send-off match two weeks ago. The game might seem like a mismatch − the USWNT is the two-time defending champion while Vietnam is ranked No. 32 in the world and is playing in its first-ever World Cup − and Vietnam's coach likened the U.S. women to "a mountain." But the Americans know better than to take anything for granted. Read more | USA's Lindsey Horan and head coach Vlatko Andonovski attend a press conference at the Eden Park in Auckland on June 21, 2023, ahead of their first 2023 Women's World Cup football match against Vietnam. SAEED KHAN, AFP via Getty Images |
How people around the world are dealing with extreme heat |
From Death Valley to Xinjiang, China, from Phoenix to Rome, Italy − intense, record-breaking temperatures from heatwaves are sweeping the world, the latest example of the threat from global warming. And the intense heat has coincided with the most popular time of the year for American tourists to travel abroad. Here's how some people around the world, in their own words, from Europe to North Africa, from the Middle East to Asia, are managing in the heat. | Tourists are refreshed under a mist of cold water during a heat wave on July 20, 2023, in Athens, Greece. Milos Bicanski, Getty Images |
Should Americans be worried about rising malaria cases? |
Most Americans don't worry about malaria. The disease has largely been a thing of the past in the United States for two decades. That's why reports of several new cases of the mosquito-borne illness in two separate outbreaks in Florida and Texas have garnered recent headlines. This week, the Gulf Coast county of Sarasota, Florida, reported another unusual, locally transmitted case of the disease. While malaria drugs and current vaccines are becoming less effective over time, experts say the disease is unlikely to make a comeback in the U.S. But more travel and hotter temperatures could make malaria hotspots more frequent, experts say. Read more |
'Barbenheimer' weekend is here and full of existential crisis |
"Do you guys ever think about dying?" Barbie says this line early in Greta Gerwig's subversive "Barbie" comedy. The surprisingly poignant question provides an unexpected parallel to the cerebral end-of-the-world tone in Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," a three-hour epic about the making the atomic bomb. Both films debut in theaters Friday and offer unique critiques of political systems — while also put our own existential dread at the forefront. So which one will you see first? The two films have become an unlikely double feature event fueled by internet hype, with more than 200,000 moviegoers planning to see "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer" on the same day. Read more | Moviegoers take a selfie in front of an "Oppenheimer" movie poster before they attended an advance screening of "Barbie," Thursday, July 20, 2023, at AMC The Grove 14 theaters in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello, AP |
Photo of the day: Taiwanese divers encounter rare giant oarfish |
A group of divers encountered a rare deep-sea fish in shallow water off the coast of Taiwan recently. Footage of a giant oarfish is rare as they are normally found at depths between 200 and 1000 feet below the surface of the sea. Read more | Shimmery silver oarfish surprises divers. Newsflare / AP |
Associated Press contributed reporting. | | | | |
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