Daily Beast Cheat Sheet, Afternoon Edition: Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Good afternoon. This is recovered with the Daily Beast. It's Tuesday May the 4th be with you and these are the top stories the Chi Chi team is watching right now The world's largest story makers saying no more to mine diamonds and step-hander will only use lab made diamonds from now on and an effort to distance itself from reports of human rights and environmental abuses inside the mining industry Pandora's chief executive told BBC News on Tuesday that he wants his company to become more ethical and environmentally sustainable Following the announcement Pandora shares reportedly jumped 7% The architect who designed the new world trades center site after the September 11 attacks will reportedly refurbish the tree of life synagogue in Pittsburgh The site is where 11 people were killed in an anti-Semitic mass shooting in 2018 Daniel Liba skin has been tasked with making this in a gog a functioning place of worship again as well as a memorial site Nearly 120 anti LGBTQ bills have been introduced in the current legislative session in turn the human rights campaigns as the Biden administration is Prepared to confront the bills head-on specifically those that are anti-trans bills Separately the Department of Justice has said that it will quote fully enforced our civil rights statutes to protect transgender individuals Giving hope to advocates that controversial bills will be challenged in court with the White House and DOJ working in tandem They follow President Joe Biden's address to the joint session of Congress last week and which he addressed members of the LGBTQ community directly saying quote to all transgender Americans watching at home Especially young people who are so brave. I want you to know your president has your back He also mentioned that he hopes Congress will get the equality act passed so that it makes it to his desk to sign into law Bulgarian couple in their fifties have been arrested in Germany for selling babies on the black market throughout Europe Authorities believe the pair transported at least eight pregnant women from Bulgaria to Greece after the babies were delivered and the mothers paid Police say the two gave the newborns to members of an organized crime ring for resale How's this for gourmet dining the European Union has officially given the chef's kiss of approval to worm consumption Reportedly the European Commission confirmed Tuesday that dried yellow mealworms are safe for humans to eat In fact, they will be added to menus in all 27 countries in the union the Commission wrote in its report quote It is up to consumers to decide whether they want to eat insects or not though This is true who's deciding to cook them and a paper published earlier this year the European Food Safety Authority recommended eating the worms as a quote Whole dried insect or in the form of a powder that can be added to quote energy bars pasta and biscuits The Commission said consuming worms is kinder to the environment than other animal proteins due to relatively lower greenhouse gas emissions and more sustainable use of water and farmlands That's all for today check back every weekday morning and afternoon for more of the nation need to know find us where every lesson of podcast