The Jan. 6 committee will examine extremist groups; there's a new poet laureate in town

Plus, photos from the James Webb telescope reveal the universe's first galaxies [View this email online]( [NPR]( by Suzanne Nuyen First up [Video from Jan. 6, 2021 plays as Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, testifies on June 28.]( Anna Moneymaker/AP Here's what we're following today: The Jan. 6 committee is holding its seventh public hearing today. The panel will focus on extremist groups' involvement in the attack and their [possible connections to Donald Trump](. The Library of Congress has named Ada Limón the nation's 24th poet laureate. She takes over for Joy Harjo, who has held the position since 2019. The library praised Limón's "[accessible, engaging poems]( that "ground us in where we are and who we share our world with." Getting your "tubes tied" is one of the most commonly used methods of contraception, and one of the best times to perform the procedure is [during hospitalization after giving birth](. But patients who request the procedure [face multiple obstacles]( to actually getting the surgery. A confirmed case of Naegleria fowleri — or brain-eating amoeba — in Iowa is drawing attention to the terrifying parasite. While infections in humans have had devastating effects, they're also pretty rare. [Ease your brain with these five facts](. The BA.5 omicron subvariant is now dominant in the U.S, and it's driving an [increase in reinfections and hospitalizations](. While it's more infectious and can get around prior immunity, there's [no evidence]( that it causes more serious illness. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Picture show [Couples hold onto ribbons during a special ritual during a mass wedding event at Lincoln Center on July 11, 2022.]( Sara Naomi Lewkowicz for NPR Hundreds of couples celebrated their weddings together this weekend at New York's Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts as part of an event called "[Celebrate Love: A (Re)Wedding]( Old, young, gay, straight and nonbinary alike came together to celebrate [nuptials interrupted by the pandemic](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today’s listen [A bucket with suspected monkeypox samples is stored at a laboratory in Spain in June.]( Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images Monkeypox has caught global attention recently, but a leading virus expert says it has been a developing problem for decades, and the current outbreak could have been avoided if the threat hadn't been ignored. 🎧 [Listen to Dr. Anne Rimoin discuss where we go from here]( or [read the story](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before you go [The White House released the first image of the collection of pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope during a preview event Monday.]( Space Telescope Science Institute/NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO - NASA will reveal more of the first photos taken by its new James Webb space telescope today. The images give us a glimpse of [some of the first galaxies]( to form in the universe. - If your favorite cookbooks and food blogs have been uninspiring, check out this three-hour, 51-minute Spotify playlist featuring song titles that will [teach you how to make kimchi fried rice]( step by step. - A grove of giant sequoia trees — some of the oldest in the world — is under threat as the [Washburn Fire]( burns through Yosemite National Park. --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. [Find a Station]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]