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In the news today: A federal court rules against Trump’s global tariffs; the U.S. will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support; and scientists race to find people who may have been exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship. Also, David Attenborough celebrates his 100th birthday.
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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Federal court rules against new global tariffs Trump imposed after loss at the Supreme Court
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A split three-judge panel of the Court of International Trade in New York found the 10% global tariffs were illegal after small businesses sued. The Trump administration imposed the 10% tariffs, set to expire July 24, after the Supreme Court in February struck down even broader double-digit global tariffs the president had imposed last year. Read more.
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- The court ruled 2-1 that Trump overstepped the tariff power that Congress had allowed the president under the law. The tariffs are “invalid″ and “unauthorized by law,” the majority wrote. The third judge on the panel found the law allows the president more leeway on tariffs. The administration is expected to appeal Thursday’s decision.
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US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns
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The State Department said revocations would begin Friday and be focused on those who owe $100,000 or more. The revocation program will soon also be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support. Read more.
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Until this week, only those who applied to renew their passports were subject to the penalty. Under the new policy, the Department of Health and Human Services will inform the State Department of all past-due payments of more than $2,500 and parents in that group with passports will have their documents revoked, the department said. Since the AP reported the expansion of the program on Feb. 10, the administration said it had seen data that hundreds of parents took action to resolve their arrears.
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How public health officials are tracing people who came in contact with hantavirus victims
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While health officials are fairly confident the recent outbreak will not turn into an epidemic because hantaviruses do not spread easily between people, they are contact tracing to limit the spread. Authorities are trying to reach the dozens of people who left the ship about two weeks after a passenger died but before authorities knew a hantavirus was the culprit. Read more.
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The passengers were from at least 12 different countries, including from several states in the U.S. — including Arizona, California, Georgia and Texas, according to infectious disease experts and state public health officials. The goal of contact tracing is to alert people who might have been exposed, keep tabs on them in case they come down with symptoms and prevent them from spreading it to others. The process isn’t easy because people spend time with others, visit crowded places and travel.
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Sir David Attenborough poses for a photo with a south east Asian Great Mormon Butterfly on his nose, as he launches the Big Butterfly count at London Zoo in 2012. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)
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David Attenborough, the excited but hushed voice of nature programs, turns 100
Today the world’s most famous wildlife documentary host celebrates his 100th birthday. Born in London on May 8, 1926, the same year as the late Queen Elizabeth II, David Attenborough has for more than 70 years brought the beauty, ferocity and sometimes downright weirdness of nature into living rooms around the world. Tributes and birthday wishes have poured in from around the world, spanning generations. To mark the milestone, watch how new species have been named in Attenborough’s honor.
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