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June 8th, 2023

Good morning, and happy Thursday! Retail companies have been plagued by theft for as long as they’ve been around, but have you heard of Lululemon’s policy of letting go of employees who attempt to stop robberies? Apparently, two workers stepped in to stop a theft in April and were then let go from their jobs due to violating the company’s safety policy. Let us know what you think of this!

In Today’s Brief

Pope Francis: Has abdominal surgery
UFOs: New report prompts questions
Lionel Messi: Going to play in Miami
Amazon: Planning ads for Prime Video

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Wildfire smoke hits USA

Smoke moving south from Canadian wildfires blocked out the sun and reduced visibility over parts of the United States yesterday, with similar conditions expected today.

More than 55M people across the Northeast, Midwest, and mid-Atlantic were under air quality alerts yesterday, with New York experiencing the worst air quality in its recorded history. There, the Federal Aviation Administration implemented a ground stop for flights bound for LaGuardia airport due to smoke. The FAA added that the smoke haze lingering over the Northeast from the Canadian wildfires could also delay flights through Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C.

Per Canada’s Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair, a total of 414 fires are still active in the country, 239 of which are deemed out of control. Approximately 9.4M acres of land have burned in the fires, and over 20K people are still evacuated from their homes.

Chris Licht exits CNN

CNN CEO Chris Licht left the company after 13 months, according to David Zaslav, chief executive of parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.

Licht’s departure comes five days after the publication of a profile piece on him in The Atlantic, in which author Tim Alberta spoke to more than 100 CNN employees and called into question Licht’s ability to lead the organization into the future. The day before the story was published, Warner Bros. Discovery executive David Leavy was named chief operating officer of CNN.

Licht joined CNN in May 2022 after the network’s then-parent company WarnerMedia merged with Discovery. He replaced longtime network boss Jeff Zucker, who resigned in the wake of a relationship with a longtime senior colleague that he failed to disclose. Zaslav announced that the “acting leadership team” to fill Licht’s position will consist of talent boss Amy Entelis, editorial head Virginia Moseley, and programming chief Eric Sherling.

Kilauea erupts again

Kilauea, the second-largest volcano in Hawaii, began erupting yesterday after a three-month pause, according to U.S. Geological Survey officials.

In a statement, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said that it detected a glow in Kilauea’s summit webcam images which indicated that an “eruption had commenced” at around 4:44 AM HST yesterday morning. Before issuing the eruption notice, the observatory said increased earthquake activity and changes in the patterns of ground deformation at Kilauea’s summit began occurring on Tuesday night. Per Hawaiian officials, the eruption is happening in an area closed to the public and confined within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes and erupted from September 2021 until last December. For about two weeks in December, Mauna Loa–Hawaii’s biggest volcano–was also erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island. Kilauea began erupting again in January of this year, and that eruption lasted 61 days.

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Around the Globe

Pope Francis underwent abdominal surgery without complications, according to the Vatican; the 86-year-old is expected to stay in the hospital for several days to recover (More)
A plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco was diverted to Russia and landed in Siberia after it developed an engine problem, according to Air India; the airline said a replacement plane had flown from Mumbai to Magadan to take the stranded passengers to San Francisco today (More)
The Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate yesterday to 4.75%, its highest level in 22 years (More)

On the Homefront

The U.S. has been urged to disclose evidence of UFOs after a whistleblower former intelligence official said the government has possession of “intact and partially intact” spacecraft that aren’t man-made (More)
Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas & Samuel Alito received extensions to file their annual financial disclosure forms, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (More)
MLB teams postponed games due to air quality concerns in the Northeast; the New York Yankees postponed their game against the Chicago White Sox and the Philadelphia Phillies rescheduled their game against the Detroit Tigers (More)

Glitz & Games

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Argentine soccer player Lionel Messi signs with Inter Miami and rejects a deal from Saudi Arabia that would have paid him $400M annually (More)
The Denver Nuggets beat the Miami Heat with a final score of 109-94 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals; Nuggets lead the series 2-1 (More)
Comedy actor Jay Johnston, known for his work on HBO’s Mr. Show and for voicing a pizzeria owner on Bob’s Burgers, was arrested by the FBI for his alleged participation in events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021 (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market ended mixed, with the Dow gaining while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 lost (Dow +0.28%, Nasdaq -1.29%, S&P 500 -0.38%)
Amazon is in talks to launch an ad-supported tier for Prime Video, according to multiple reports (More)
Wilson Aerospace filed a lawsuit against Boeing in which it alleged that Boeing stole intellectual property and counterfeited tools used on NASA projects (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Sam Kaplan, a 72-year-old student who recently graduated from a Georgia college with his 99-year-old mom cheering him on; Kaplan became the first of his seven siblings to earn a bachelor’s degree after receiving his diploma in Cinema and Media Arts on May 11th of this year
Sneak Peek: See Megan Fox and 50 Cent join the cast in the official trailer for EXPEND4BLES, also starring Sly Stallone, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Tony Jaa, and more
Bump This: Meghan Trainor teams up with Sam Fischer on the feet-shuffling singalong track “Alright” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Jaw Drop: Scientists announced the first-ever recorded crocodile “virgin birth” after a female that had been isolated for 16 years laid a clutch of eggs
Nerd Out: Read about how a team of engineers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently discovered a method of successfully harvesting energy from air humidity in a predictable and continuous manner, potentially paving the way for creating clean electricity out of the thin air
Hot Goss: Tom Holland recently opened up about his decision to take a year-long hiatus from acting, saying that the toll his new series The Crowded Room took on him while filming is the reason for him stepping away
Life Hack: New studies have shown that as little as two weeks of guided mindfulness meditation can help to reduce information avoidance and improve emotional regulation - read more about mindfulness meditation and how you can implement it to boost your mental health

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See pictures of New York City before & after the wildfire smoke.

…and shots of Ukraine before & after the Kakhovka dam flood.

Looking Back…

On June 8th: Michelangelo's David is installed in Florence, Italy (1504); Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus to claim her first French Open tennis title (2002); the United Nations hosts its first World Oceans Day (2009); architect Frank Lloyd Wright is born (1867).

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