Texas mourns victims of a mall shooting; Title 42 ends this week; Sudanese refugees in Egypt

Plus, host A Martinez reflects on being a work addict.

View this email online by Suzanne Nuyen May 8, 2023 Good morning. Even though it happened last week, I still cannot stop thinking about the hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped in New Jersey. Who did it? Why? Was it cooked or raw? Here's what else we're following today. Mourners gathered this weekend to remember the victims of a mass shooting at a mall in Allen, Texas. The shooter, identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, killed eight people before police killed him. Authorities are have been searching his home and a motel where he was staying. No motive has been given. (via KERA) Yfat Yossifor / KERA 🎧 Teens at a vigil at the site of the shooting told KERA's Katherine Hobbs they were "terrified to go to school and that they never knew if they were safe." Hobbs reports on the Up First podcast this morning that no one at a press conference yesterday mentioned policy or legislation.   At least eight people are dead and nine more injured after an SUV ran into a group of people waiting for a bus near the Ozanam Center, a shelter for migrants in Brownsville, Texas. The driver is in custody and police are investigating whether the incident was intentional. The shelter is five miles from encampments in Matamoros, Mexico, where migrants wait as pandemic-era border restrictions known as Title 42 are set to expire this week. 🎧 NPR's Joel Rose says critics, including Democrats, say the Biden administration isn't ready for Title 42 to end, and that "nearly everyone expects a big jump in migration" in the short run. On Up First, he says the White House disputes this and the administration says it's moved resources to the border.   The violence in Sudan is affecting neighboring countries like Egypt, where tens of thousands of refugees have crossed over. NPR's Aya Batrawy reports from Aswan, a city on the Nile, where she says there's been a "flurry of diplomacy" in the area in recent days.  🎧 On Morning Edition, Batrawy reports that "the threat of a proxy war that draws in other countries is real." She adds, "Egypt does see this as a direct threat to its stability," with newspapers describing the country as "being surrounded by a ring of fire, with Libya and Sudan and Gaza and Israel all around its borders."  Thank You for Your Support Thank you for donating for Public Media Giving Days. Your support makes a difference in creating the programming you love and shaping a more informed public. It’s not too late to give if you haven’t yet. You are the public in public media. We hold ourselves accountable to you.  If we have made a positive impact in your life, donate. Your gift makes a difference. #PublicMediaGives Newsletter continues after sponsor message NYU Press A Martinez came to NPR in 2021 and is one of Morning Edition and Up First's hosts. He was previously the host of Take Two at KPCC in Los Angeles.  Have you ever thought about what the difference is between being a workaholic and having a work addiction? They sound like they're pretty much the same thing. I've had jobs where work dominated my life, like when I hosted the pre- and post-game radio shows for the Los Angeles Dodgers, I'd leave home every year on Valentine's Day and live in Vero Beach, Fla., for the next six weeks to watch the team train and play spring training games.  Then, starting in April, I'd be home for a week and gone for a week every month for at least six months. I'd do a show and/or file live and recorded stories every single day, whether the Dodgers played a game or not. If they didn’t make the playoffs, that meant around 230 straight days of work. I did that for a decade. Even though there were times when my personal life suffered, I just tried to power through it. Bryan Robinson’s book Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Work-Life Balance offers many tips for work addicts like me to keep things in check. I could have talked to him for hours. Robinson told me that once you realize you're addicted to work, fighting it is counter-productive: You still have to work to pay the bills. It's the way you deal with your work addiction that matters. Of all the books we have the opportunity to read on Morning Edition, these are my favorites, because if you are struggling with something, they can help make tomorrow a little better than yesterday and today. Until next time. 🎧 Listen to A's interview with Bryan Robinson today on Morning Edition, or read more here. Chloe Hashemi/EBU I don't know about you, but I can't wait to see Daniel Estrin perform in Eurovision this week. No, I'm not talking about NPR's international correspondent Daniel Estrin. I'm talking about the long-haired rock star in the band Voyager, representing Australia. 🎧 Listen to the two Daniels discuss the competition, joined by — incredibly — a third Daniel Estrin, or read the interview highlights here.  LWA-Dann Tardif/Getty Images Good news: Sex does get better with age, as long as you stay optimistic. Mage won the Kentucky Derby this weekend, but the seven horse deaths leading up to the event are all anyone can focus on.  Adidas' Yeezy merchandise is collecting dust, six months after it cut ties with Ye.  Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to hear live radio from WUFT 89.1 (edit station). This newsletter was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi. 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