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Trump’s legacy just got exponentially more consequential:

If it was not clear before, it is now: Donald Trump will be a historically consequential president.

The furious and disorientating theater of the last 17 months has often obscured the deep changes Trump is unleashing on America and the rest of the world
But the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy gives Trump the chance to shape the highest court in his image for a generation and will reinforce the weighty legacy he is constructing under cover of his daily whirlwind of chaos and controversy.

Republicans are already savoring the short- and medium-term bonanza offered by the vacant seat on the nation’s highest bench. And the disappearance of Kennedy’s fickle swing vote on some landmark cases on social issues such as gay marriage and abortion.

Arrest made after body found at home linked to NFL player Janoris Jenkins:

Authorities have charged a New Jersey man with aggravated manslaughter in connection with the death of a guest at a home associated with NFL player Janoris Jenkins, prosecutors said Wednesday.

William H. Jenkins, Jr., 34, was arrested early Tuesday on a parole violation in Ontario County in upstate New York, according to Ontario County District Attorney James Ritts.
Jenkins is in custody in the Ontario County Jail, acting Bergen County, New Jersey, Prosecutor Dennis Calo said in a news release.
Boeing’s hypersonic passenger plane could get you from New York to London in 2 hours:

Boeing wants to make a passenger plane that can shuttle customers around the globe at five times the speed of sound.

Boeing says the jet could get you anywhere in the world in just one to three hours. With top speeds exceeding 3,800 miles per hour, the trek from New York to London, for example, could take 120 minutes. Currently the trip takes around seven hours

Boeing (BA), the world’s largest aircraft manufacturer, says the concept is still in the early stages of development. Key technical challenges will need to be solved before the company will even produce a prototype, Boeing spokesperson Brianna Jackson said Wednesday.

How Marvel chose which Avengers to kill in ‘Infinity War’:

It was an ending that had fans in an uproar.

“Avengers: Infinity War” concluded with the killing off of several characters, and now we have some insight as to how they were chosen.
Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige recently spoke to io9 and gave a tease about those who survived.
“I think for a film series that is going on 10 years and is gearing towards a conclusion with ‘Avengers 4,’ which you don’t usually have in these kind of movies, you can sort of do the math,” Feige said. “And realize it’s the original Avengers that are left.”

The best and worst US states for children:

New Hampshire ranks highest and New Mexico lowest for overall child well-being in the United States, according to a report published Wednesday by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, a nonprofit group focused on improving the well-being of American children.

The report, called Kids Count, measured child well-being for all 50 states by combining 2016 data within the domains of economic well-being, education, health, and family and community. Data from 2016 are the most recent available for every state.
Within those four domains, there are a total of 16 measures, such as death rate, alcohol and drug use, and poverty.

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