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| | | Unknowns | Virginia: Up to 10 Killed in Late Night Walmart Shooting Chesapeake officials could not yet confirm how many were killed in the massacre, but said several dead and wounded people were found inside the store. “We believe it’s a single shooter, that single shooter is deceased at this time,” Police Department spokesperson Leo Kosinski said. Kosinski said it appeared the suspected assailant was not hit by police fire, but this is unconfirmed. Police were alerted to the shooting just after 10 p.m. Tuesday. “We are focused on supporting our associates,” Walmart said in a statement posted to Twitter. It comes just three days after a massacre at a gay nightclub in Colorado killed five. (Sources: AP, The Virginian-Pilot) |
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| | | Denied | Stand By for Trump Tax Documents After SCOTUS Ruling Former President Donald Trump’s appeal to prevent his tax returns from being handed over to a House committee was rejected by the Supreme Court Tuesday. The court order was unsigned and had no dissenting opinions. “Former President Trump has tried to delay the inevitable, but once again, the Court has affirmed the strength of our position,” House Ways and Means Chairman Richard Neal, a Democrat, said in a statement. It’s another blow to the Trump team's effort to thwart a series of investigations into his business dealings and time as president. Trump last week announced plans to run in 2024. (Sources: NYT, The Hill) |
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| | | | | Sister, Sister | Keeping Up With the Kims: Threats and ‘Violations’ The U.S. is “a barking dog seized with fear.” That’s according to Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un and the country’s second-most powerful figure. Kim’s fighting words come after the U.S. issued a joint statement with allies condemning a string of missile tests this month. She called the statement “a wanton violation of our sovereignty and a grave political provocation.” A would-be censure by the U.N. was vetoed by Security Council members China and Russia on Monday. South Korea and Japan have joined the U.S. in sounding the alarm over a possible nuclear test. (Source: AP) |
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| | | A Whimper | An Election Challenge Is Team Bolsonaro’s Last Shot Brazil’s Liberal Party — the party of outgoing president Jair Bolsonaro — wants the electoral court to reject ballots cast in voting machines it says were compromised in the runoff election. But the court ruled that both election rounds would need investigating, as the same machines were used in first-round elections. Bolsonaro was widely expected to be trounced by challenger Lula da Silva, but did far better than polling indicated. Challenges to the results are unlikely to get far, observers say, and Bolsonaro has allowed the presidential transition to proceed — though he hasn’t formally conceded defeat. (Sources: Reuters, BBC) |
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| | | Briefly | Here are some things you should know about today: Farewell. Dr. Anthony Fauci gave his last press briefing Tuesday, ahead of his retirement from the government later this year. Fauci has long been the top U.S. infectious disease expert and became a household name during the pandemic. (Source: ABC) Turning point. The U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk warned the situation in Iran is “critical” as the violent response to protests has seen the death toll surge in recent weeks. Two children were killed in protests over the weekend. (Source: Reuters) Blasts. Two suspected bombs exploded in Jerusalem Wednesday, injuring at least 11 people. A 16-year-old student was killed. (Source: CNN) |
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| | | Sun-Kissed | Solar Electric Vehicles Are Next for Commuters Electric vehicles are cheaper to run than gas-powered cars — but a new generation of producers is hoping to make it almost cost-free, thanks to solar energy. Solar-powered cars, combining existing electric technology with solar panels, should hit the market in the next couple of years. Sono, a Germany-based manufacturer, is hoping to attract commuters: around 15 miles a day in energy is straight from the sun and totally free. “Solar panels are so inexpensive and integrating them into the skins is so easy” that the new technology will almost definitely be cost-effective, said Berkeley energy professor Dan Kammen. (Source: CNBC) |
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| | | All Aflutter | Big Brands Are Dropping Twitter Ads A full third of Twitter’s top 100 advertisers have steered clear of the social media platform in the last two weeks, according to one analysis. Twitter has long been reliant on advertising, which accounted for 90% of its revenue last year, but it’s a business model new owner, Elon Musk, hopes to change. Would-be advertisers, including some of the world’s biggest brands, worry that after mass layoffs of content-moderation teams their products may find themselves uncomfortably close to offensive tweets. It’s not all Musk’s fault, say analysts: digital advertising budgets across the U.S. have been slashed amid fears of an imminent recession. (Source: WaPo) |
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| | | | | No Jab, No Job | Ice Cube Doesn’t Want Hollywood’s COVID Vaccine The rapper-turned-comedy actor passed up a $9 million payday rather than be vaccinated against COVID-19, he said on the Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast. Cube was expected to star alongside Jack Black in Oh Hell No, but was scrapped from the movie in October 2021, sparking rumors he had declined the mandatory vaccine requirement for the Hawaii shoot. He told the podcast hosts that he “didn’t turn down” the role but was snubbed for not having the vaccination. “That’s Hollywood thought. They’re on some shit. But me too, I’m on some shit too,” Cube said. (Source: Variety) |
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| | | A La Carte | The Real Paleo Diet Revealed in Ancient Iraqi Cave Neanderthals living in a cave complex in northern Iraq ate better than humans today might imagine, new research found. “Our findings are the first real indication of complex cooking — and thus of food culture — among Neanderthals,” lead researcher and excavator Chris Hunt said. His team found the remains of a cooked meal thought to have been made some 70,000 years ago. Hunt and his co-workers recreated the “nutty” flatbread-like recipe using seeds growing near the cave. Similar remains found in southern Greece dating back 12,000 years suggest diets of the era included both meat and pulses. (Source: The Guardian) |
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| | | Bad Timing | Did the Ugandan Govt Create an Ebola Superspreader Event? The “Run for Babies” marathon in capital Kampala attracted 25,000 participants, but has perplexed others as Uganda battles an Ebola outbreak. Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and the Ugandan health ministry secretary attended the tightly packed race. Organizers said adequate screening measures were in place, but participants disagreed. “There were no health personnel at hand… save for the Red Cross that was at hand to help with emergencies,” Godwin Toko said. Ebola was declared an epidemic in the country in September and at least 55 people have died, out of 141 cases. Two central districts are in lockdown, while other sporting events have been postponed. (Source: Vice) |
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