Sponsor

2023/05/24

🗽 Axios PM: NYC's sinking feeling

Plus: AirTag mayhem | Wednesday, May 24, 2023
 
Axios Open in app View in browser
 
Presented By JPMorgan Chase
 
Axios PM
By Mike Allen · May 24, 2023

😎 Hello, Wednesday happy hour! Today's PM — edited by Erica Pandey — is 591 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for the copy edit.

🐊 Situational awareness: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — widely seen as former President Trump's most serious challenger — officially filed paperwork today to seek the Republican nomination for president. Go deeper.

 
 
1 big thing: America's disaster scenarios

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

 

Extreme weather and rising seas are endangering cities around the world — and vulnerable American metros are staring down disasters.

  • The big picture: A string of new studies points to looming concerns in the U.S. and around the globe.

💼 Case in point: Half of Phoenix residents would need emergency medical attention if a multiday blackout were to coincide with a heat wave, Axios Phoenix co-author Jessica Boehm writes from a new study.

  • Heat waves are deadly even when people have access to air conditioning. Combine extreme temperatures with a blackout, and the heat-related death rate would spike by 700%.

🏙️ New York City — on the opposite coast — has its own fears.

  • The city's massive skyscrapers are weighing it down and leaving it more vulnerable to sinking lower into the ocean, USA Today reports, citing new research.
  • The city has more than a million buildings, weighing around 1.7 trillion pounds, and it's sinking 1–2 millimeters per year — all while the sea level continues to rise.

🔭 Zoom out: Absent new, more ambitious climate policies, the world is headed for a magnitude of climate change that would put about 2 billion people at risk of extreme heat by the end of the century, Axios' Andrew Freedman writes from another new study.

Share on Facebook Tweet this Story Post to LinkedIn Email this Story
 
 
2. 🚨 AirTag mayhem
Illustration of a glowing red car with a neon-lit location pin overhead showing a target cross hairs in its center

Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios

 

Police urge drivers to use Apple AirTags to help authorities track stolen vehicles.

  • But there's increasing concern that the tags are leading some car-theft victims to take matters into their own hands, Axios' Russell Contreras and Keldy Ortiz report.

📈 By the numbers: Car thefts in 30 major cities jumped by 59% from 2019 to 2022, according to an analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice.

  • The use of AirTags to combat those soaring car thefts can foster a "Wild West" vigilantism that poses risks to citizens, security experts tell Axios.

Zoom in: At least two people have recently been killed — in San Antonio and Denver — in cases that authorities say involved victims using real-time tracking data to locate their stolen cars.

  • Apple did not respond to a request for comment. In a previous statement, the company said it actively works with law enforcement on all AirTag-related requests.

🔭 What to watch: New York, the nation's largest city, this month began handing out 500 free AirTags to fight auto theft.

Share on Facebook Tweet this Story Post to LinkedIn Email this Story
 
 

A message from JPMorgan Chase

Chase is growing its small business banking workforce by 20%
 
 

Chase is hiring more than 500 small business bankers by 2024.

Why now: Small businesses need to navigate today's difficult challenges such as persistent inflation and supply chain disruptions, to help strengthen the economy.

Learn more.

 
 
3. Catch me up
Turner performs at Madison Square Garden in 1985. Photo: Ray Stubblebine/AP
  1. 🎤 Tina Turner, the iconic singer and stage performer whose hits included the chart-topping "What's Love Got to Do With It," has died at 83. More from AP on her life and legacy.
  2. ⚖️ Former President Trump's lawyers have asked for a meeting with Attorney General Merrick Garland as a Justice Department investigation into the former president's handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago shows signs of winding down, AP reports.
  3. 🎓 George Washington University announced today that it's changing its nickname from the Colonials to the Revolutionaries. Many students and GWU leaders themselves found the old name to be divisive and dated. Read on in The Washington Post.
Share on Facebook Tweet this Story Post to LinkedIn Email this Story
 
 
4. ⚾ Parting shot
Photo: John Bazemore/AP

📸 Stunning snap: Sean Murphy (12), of the Atlanta Braves, scores on an Austin Riley double as the ball gets past Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith (16) during the first inning of a baseball game in Atlanta yesterday.

Share on Facebook Tweet this Story Post to LinkedIn Email this Story
 
 

A message from JPMorgan Chase

Driving America's economy with small business growth
 
 

Small business ownership is a key driver of wealth, but systemic barriers limit opportunities for entrepreneurs.

To help drive inclusive economic growth, JPMorgan Chase is making strategic investments to support more than 2,500 minority-owned businesses across the country.

Learn more.

 
HQ
Are you a fan of this email format?
Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.
 

Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters.
Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content.

Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201
 
You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios.
To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences.
 
Was this email forwarded to you?
Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.
 

Follow Axios on social media:

Axios on Facebook Axios on Twitter Axios on Instagram
 
 
                                             

No comments:

Post a Comment

Keep a civil tongue.

Label Cloud

Technology (1464) News (793) Military (646) Microsoft (542) Business (487) Software (394) Developer (382) Music (360) Books (357) Audio (316) Government (308) Security (300) Love (262) Apple (242) Storage (236) Dungeons and Dragons (228) Funny (209) Google (194) Cooking (187) Yahoo (186) Mobile (179) Adobe (177) Wishlist (159) AMD (155) Education (151) Drugs (145) Astrology (139) Local (137) Art (134) Investing (127) Shopping (124) Hardware (120) Movies (119) Sports (109) Neatorama (94) Blogger (93) Christian (67) Mozilla (61) Dictionary (59) Science (59) Entertainment (50) Jewelry (50) Pharmacy (50) Weather (48) Video Games (44) Television (36) VoIP (25) meta (23) Holidays (14)