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April 12th, 2023

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In Today’s Brief

Myanmar: Air strike on resistance militia
Manhattan DA: Subpoenas Jim Jordan
Brittney Griner: Penning a memoir
Ernst & Young: Scraps break-up plan

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Funeral home shooting

One man lost his life and three other people were hurt yesterday in a shooting outside a funeral home in Northeast Washington, D.C., according to local police.

The incident occurred around 12:17 PM local time, while a funeral for a homicide victim who was killed at the end of March was letting out. According to D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee, the three individuals who were hurt suffered non-life-threatening injuries. Contee added that investigators believe the victims were targeted but weren’t yet sure why. As of last night, the suspect has not yet been identified.

Yesterday’s shooting in D.C. comes one day after a shooting at an Old National Bank location in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, that was carried out by a 25-year-old former bank employee. In the Louisville shooting, five people died and eight others were hospitalized.

Twitter becomes X Corp

Twitter Inc. has officially merged into X Corp., a privately held company under X Holdings Company, according to a court filing.

According to a photo of the document, the filing reads: “Twitter Inc. has been merged into X Corp. and no longer exists.” The filing adds that X Corp is incorporated in Nevada with its principal place of business in San Francisco, California. Prior to Elon Musk’s private acquisition of Twitter–which was finalized on October 27th, 2022–the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said that purchasing the platform was “an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.”

Musk has previously referred to the potential “X” app as something that could provide an all-encompassing functionality similar to how WeChat operates in China. Chinese citizens use WeChat to pay bills, buy public transport tickets, shop for groceries, and more. It is unclear whether the merger will have any immediate effect on Twitter’s app or service.

Colorado River water cuts

Federal government officials proposed a plan to cut water allotments to Western states if the states don’t reach a water-sharing agreement to combat dwindling water levels in the Colorado River.

The involved states have been locked in negotiations for months. If a deal isn’t reached, the Department of the Interior said it would either impose water cuts according to the water-rights priority system or evenly across the board. Cuts based on the priority system would mean fewer cuts for California, which has the most senior water rights, and more severe cuts for Arizona and Nevada. Conversely, California would be the state most affected by an overall cut, since it receives the largest share of water from the river due to its large population and agricultural regions.

Serving 40M people, the Colorado River is in the midst of a 23-year drought. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates that its flows have dropped by 20% over the last century.

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Around the Globe

Berlin orders Chad’s ambassador to Germany to leave the country within 48 hours in response to a similar move by the Central African country last week (More)
An air strike on a remote village in central Myanmar where anti-junta resistance fighters were gathered left at least 50 people dead and dozens injured, according to multiple local reports (More)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched his party’s bid to stay in power as he seeks to extend his leadership of the country beyond 20 years; presidential and parliamentary elections are set for May 14th (More)

On the Homefront

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg filed a lawsuit against Rep. Jim Jordan to prevent the House Judiciary Committee from subpoenaing Mark Pomerantz, a former assistant DA involved in the investigation of former President Donald Trump (More)
Walmart is closing four Chicago stores, according to a company announcement (More)
The Covid-19 national emergency in the U.S. ended yesterday as President Biden signed a bipartisan congressional resolution to bring it to a close after three years (More)

Glitz & Games

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‘House of the Dragon’ season two filming has begun at Leavesden Studios in the U.K., according to a statement from showrunner Ryan Condal (More)
Brittney Griner will release an untitled memoir about her experience being imprisoned in Russia, to be published by Alfred A. Knopf in spring 2024 (More)
Foo Fighters add six new dates to their 2023 tour that are structured around previously-announced festival appearances; the new shows are set for later this summer and early fall (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market ended mixed, with the S&P 500 notching no change from the day before (Dow +0.29%, Nasdaq -0.43%, S&P 500 +0.00%)
Boeing announced 130 airplane deliveries in Q1 2023, up almost 27% from the same period last year when it delivered 95 jets; the company’s quarterly deliveries topped rival Airbus for the first time since 2018 (More)
Accounting firm Ernst & Young has called off the plan to break up its audit and consulting businesses, according to sources familiar with the matter (More)

Tips & Tricks

Sneak Peak: Check out the teaser trailer for the upcoming film The Marvels featuring Brie Larson stepping back into her role as Captain Marvel, flying into theaters November 10th
Bump This: You can clearly hear the Vampire Weekend influence in the new single “I Want It All” by Jonathan Pierce’s alt-pop solo project The Drums - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Nerd Out: Read about a new study on the Earth’s underlying geology in which scientists found that our planet’s core could be surrounded by the warped remnants of an ancient sunken ocean floor
Jaw Drop: It’s official–Michael Jordan’s “Last Dance” sneakers he wore during Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals are the most expensive pair of shoes ever sold, going for a record $2.238M on the auction block at Sotheby’s New York yesterday
Go Deep: Did you know that the food we eat can play a role in the amount of stress we feel? Check out this list of seven popular breakfast foods that are stressing you out more than you realize, according to a nutritional psychiatrist
Hot Goss: Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown, 19, has announced her engagement to Jake Bongiovi, the 20-year-old son of musician Jon Bon Jovi
Life Hack: Keeping your joints healthy is the key to staying mobile and not experiencing pain as you age - here are nine tips to promote joint health along with some foods to eat for healthy joints

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A green monster captured in an image of a supernova.

…and photos of this year’s superbloom in California.

Looking Back…

On April 12th: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to journey into outer space (1961); a patent for the first portable typewriter is issued in the U.S. (1892); Harold Washington is elected the first African American mayor of Chicago (1983); author Tom Clancy is born (1947).

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