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The House of Representatives is set to vote today on a bill that would either force TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or ban the popular platform from app stores in the United States. Supporters from both parties say the app shares user data with the Chinese government in what constitutes a national security threat, and has targeted journalists and interfered with elections. TikTok argues that the bill violates free speech and has launched a fierce lobbying campaign against it, which has seen lawmakers' offices flooded by calls from upset users.
The first aid ship is on its way to Gaza, more than five months into the war between Israel and Hamas. Open Arms — named after the Spanish aid organization that owns and runs it — departed from the Mediterranean island of Cyprus on Tuesday, pulling a barge loaded with nearly 200 tons of food from the U.S.-based nonprofit World Central Kitchen. The shipment comes as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are starving and on the brink of famine, according to the United Nations.
Check out npr.org/mideastupdates for more coverage and analysis of the conflict.
Trump and other right-wing figures are spreading baseless claims about undocumented immigrants voting by the millions. NPR acquired a memo circulated by attorney and former Trump adviser Cleta Mitchell that falsely implies undocumented immigrants are exploiting loopholes in the election system. NPR's Miles Parks reports that conspiracy theories about noncitizens voting have plagued U.S. politics for over a century, but could hold new power this year due to the increase in migrants at the southern U.S. border.
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Resistance training is especially beneficial for women, new research shows. Women who do strength exercises — whether with weight machines, resistance bands or bodyweight exercises — two to three days a week are more likely to live longer and have a lower risk of death from heart disease compared to those who do none, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Here's how even a little can go a long way:
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Nearly 4 million U.S. college students are raising kids while getting a degree, and more than a third of those attend community colleges. Many have incomes at or near the poverty line, which means they're eligible for federally-funded Head Start child care programs. But they may not know that or have a convenient way to access them. A new initiative from the Association of Community College Trustees and the National Head Start Association aims to bring more such facilities to campuses across the country — to the benefit of kids, parents and child care workers.
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