Rising Divorce Rates Among Seniors

From the New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Tday's Friday june twenty sixth. Here's what we're covering ashingon, The Supreme Court has handed down a major ruling expanding President Trump's power over immigration and allowing him to potentially expel more than three hundred fifty thousand migrants The decision centered on temporary prrotected status, or TPS, which grants people from countries facing humanitarian crises like wars or natural disasters permission to live and work in the U. S. President Trump has opposed TPS for years, and his administration moved to revoke it for people from two countries specifically Haiti and Syria. arguing in part that conditions were safe enough for people to go back Lower courts blocked those moves, but yesterday, the Supreme Court's six consonservative justices ruled that the president can strip those protections Courts cannot second guess the administration's determinations on who does and doesn't qualify for TPS. As part of their ruling, the consonservative justices rejected claims that the Trump administration was motivated by racial bias prompted a sharp dissent from Justice Alana Kagan who laid out a series of derogatory comments Trump has made about Haitians in particular likeike when he claimed they were eating people's pets in Ohio and that they were quote poisoning the blood of the United States The Trump administration celebrated the court's ruling. with Stephen Miller, a top Trump aide, saying Haitians with TPS should now leave the U S Right now, TPS holders are scrambling to find other forms of immigration protection if they haven't been doing so already. Many have already applied for asylum, work visas, but those pathways are narrow and petitions are costly and they can take years to process My colleague, Jasmine Noa covers immigration for the Tes. People right now are having to decide whether to make exit plans to another country. Some people are, you know, looking to migrate again to South America or to Canada Others are frankly debating whether they should stay here and live a life in the margins. You know They're not going to have work authorization if they encounter ICE or federal immigration officers they may be subject to deportation. And so that's a very scary prospect for a lot of families Jasmine says the ruling could not only upend the lives of many migrants, but also have widespread consequences for their communities For example, employers like hospitals and construction companies where thousands of TPS holders work will have to fire their Haitian and Syrian employees who only had authorization to work through the program And going forward, the court's ruling could also affect the status of over a million other TPS holders, including people from Afghanistan and Somalia whose status the Trump administration is trying to revoke, too The ruling on TPS was one of two major wins for President Trump's immigration agenda yesterday The Supreme Court also ruled that the administration can prevent migrants from seeking asylum by physically stopping them from crossing into the US as they seek protection. For more on that decision, listen to today's episode of The Daily. In Venezuela The morning has been very sobering. to see So many buildings, entirely collaps just piles upon piles of debris My colleague, Adriana Loureo Fernandez, has been reporting on the search and rescue efforts still underway after the country was hit by back to back deadly earthquakes In this building specifically, they believe there are as much as four people who are alive and they're trying to get to them They really need more tools so they can dig deeper Doctors, nurses firefighters and just Anyone I mean, I saw hikers, anyone Come around and help According to Venezuela's government, at least two hundred and thirty five people were killed and more than four thousand were injured. numbers that are expected to rise Several hundred people are believed to be trapped, and residents in one of the hardest hit areas said they'd seen very few rescue workers and minimal government presence Although Venezuela is rich in oil, Years of economic crisis have hollowed out its emergency services and left its infrastructure deteriorating. factors that are likely to complicate the country's recovery Yesterday, Iran's armed forces attacked a container ship that was passing through the Strait of Hormuz undercutting the idea that shipping through the crucial waterway is returning to normal and contradicting President Trump's assurances that the strait is open Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a U. S. official told The Times The ship was hit by a drone. It came hours after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps warned vessels that they could only travel along a route it approved Now, traffic has come to a standstill again Oil prices have jumped And it's not clear if the strike will complicate the ongoing negotiations between the U. S and Iran Last year in the UK. A source familiar with the situation at Jaguar Land Rover has told ITV News this is catastrophic. It's a complete shutdown. Hackers burrowed deep into the computer systems of Jaguar Land Rover, the iconic car companyos It's not the assembly lines. Dealers haven't been able to register vehicles, even the individual diagnostic software that a mechanic might use That hasn't been working. The hack forced the auto giant, which makes luxury cars and military vehicles to completely suspend production for more than a month costing the British economy an estimated two point five billion dollars and making it the costliest cyber attack in the country's history. In the months that followed, a loose collective of hackers, including some in Britain, took credit for the attack But now the Times has learned that it was not them Instead, a group of Russian hackers was responsible According to people familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case, authorities are still trying to figure out whether the Kremlin gave specific orders to carry this out or just tacit approval The cyber attack came as tensions between Russia and the UK were flaring over the war in Ukraine And the dramatic incident underscores how a hostile nation can cause economic damage by targeting critical infrastructure. former British intelligence officials say that for its part The UK has also mounted secret cyber attacks and sabotage operations against Russia In response to questions from the Times, Jaguar Land Rover declined to comment on the attack. And a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin said, quote We don't know anything about this And finally Around the US, divorce rates have been dropping in recent years. There is an exception to that trend And it is people sixty five and up The reasons are varied and complex, but it's becoming clear that baby boomers are increasingly unwilling to stay in what sociologists call D show marriages thoseose kinds of relationships where they may have been together for decades, but the spark is gone Traditionally, couples often decided to stay together anyway try and not cause upheaval for the kids or because of concerns about money or the stigma of divorce could now be a thing of the past Experts think one big factor may be that people are living longer If you have a lot more years ahead of you, you may be more willing to make a big change. Also, experts say, societal expectations for what marriage can or should be have changed too. couples who may have gotten married relatively young because it was just the expectation are now living in a time when the emphasis for marriage is more about love, fulfillment One sociology professor told The Times that basically, our collective tolerance for staying in a just so, so relationship is going down. Online dating has also changed the equation potentially making it easier or at least less daunting to try and find a new partner According to a report from Pew, more than ten percent of Americans over the age of seventy say they have used a dating app Those are the headlines. If you'd like to play the Friday News quiz, stick around. It is just after these credits This show is made by Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Jon Stewart, and M me, Tracy Mumford. Original themed by Dan Powell. Special thanks to Isabella Anderson, Sam Dolnick, Miles McKinley, and Zoe Murphy Now time for the quiz. Every week we ask you a few questions about stories the Times has been covering Can you get them all First question I don't restrict at all what I eat. I eat til I'm full. And I still lose weight because I'm eating the rightes ofuff him. At a recent event, House Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junr. was talking up the benefits of a particular diet that he's been on. JD Fance is also on that diet and you can see how different he looks. and several other members of the cabinet are also on it, and it's probably the best shaped cabinet that has ever Kennedy claimed he's gotten a lot of other members of the administration to try it too, including the vice president Your question kind of food is central to the diet that Kennedy has been promoting The answer Wh fermented vegetables and ferment and yogurt, anything fermented and meat. Fermented foods. So sauerkraut, kimchi, apple cider or vinegar, that kind of thing. Some research has suggested these foods may have a few health benefits like lowering inflammation And under Kennedy's tenure, federal dietary guidelines were updated to include those kinds of foods for the very first time Kennedy's passion for Sauerkraut in particular has been documented before with his wife telling a podcast last year that when he goes out to dinner He sometimes brings his own Sauerkraut in a bag. Next question This week, a new thirteen hour audiobook version of The Odyssey was released The three thousand year old epic was always intended to be read aloud Homer probably never imagined it like this. Book one. Visit of Athena to Telemachus. This version is one of the first major audioobooks to feature an AI reader that is a clone of a celebrity's voice take another lesson Can you name which Oscar winning actor lent his deep, distinctive tone to the project His life was of in peril as he labored to bring back his comrades to their homes He saved them not Though earnestly he strove, they perished all through their own If you need a hint, he has had a wide ranging Hollywood career, playing everything from a Christmas crank to a very loyal butler The answer Michael Kaine When Kaine licensed his voice to the company behind the audioobook last year, it set off a wave of controversy, with people accusing him of selling out and endangering the careers of voice actors Whether this kind of AI voice project is a hit with audiences remains to be seen But my colleague who listened to it said synthetic Michael Caine was a little jarring And in some of the biggest, most intense parts of the Odyssey The voices just sounded a little flat And last question Starts now whereered you go to school S Michaels and Recently, the Times profiled a comedian and radio host who has found surprising success thanks to a very specific kind of talent that he shows off on air Do you know Louis Jquest M No, Okaykay, do Andy knucknectally The gimmick is that he takes calls from random people As long as they come from the same country that he does. And in just sixty seconds, he tries to find someone who they both know. D M Williamson or Katie Jones? Yeah Yeah He is shockingly good at it It helps, of course, that his country is small Your question What country are he and all of his collers from The answer Let's find out. We have a caller on the line from Wales. Hello. Hello. Wales population just over three million The comedian, Ellis James puts his skills to the test regularly on his show, which airs on the BBC When he gets a caller, he almost always starts by asking a person's age in school. That lets them narrow in on the hometown Then he throws out the names of local extroverts, maybe a pub owner, a legendary teacher, that kind of thing And he tries to rely on Wales's deep old school community ties to get him to a connection He has joked that if the timer goes off and he has not managed to find a connection, he feels like he's disappointed the whole country That's it for this week's newsQiz. If you w tona tell us how you did, our email is the headlines at nYtimes dot com I'm Tracy Mumford. We'll be back on Monday.