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April 20th, 2023

Good morning, and happy Thursday! You may have heard about a rare hybrid solar eclipse that passed overhead last night. Unfortunately, it was only visible in Australia and some southeastern parts of Asia. The last hybrid solar eclipse was on November 3rd, 2013, and NASA says the next one will be in 2031. In the meantime, check out this video to see how last night’s eclipse looked!

In Today’s Brief

UK: Inflation still in double digits
SCOTUS: Extends abortion pill stay
Foo Fighters: New album June 2nd
Tesla: Another price cut

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Dadeville shooting arrests

Three people were taken into custody yesterday and charged with murder in last weekend’s shooting at a birthday party in Dadeville, Alabama, that left four dead and 32 wounded, according to local authorities.

Two of the suspects were identified as 17-year-old Ty Reik McCullough and 16-year-old Travis McCullough, both of Tuskegee. At a press conference, Sergeant Jeremy Burkett of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the teenage brothers had been charged with four counts of reckless murder. Local District Attorney Mike Segrest said that he expects the state of Alabama to file more charges against the suspects, and added that they will be tried as adults. Yesterday afternoon, 20-year-old Wilson LaMar Hill Jr. of Auburn was also arrested and charged with four counts of reckless murder.

Police in Dadeville–which has a population of about 3.2K people–said that among the 32 injured, four are still hospitalized and four remain in critical condition.

Population of India

The United Nations yesterday released a report estimating that India will overtake China as the world’s most populous nation by this summer.

According to UNFPA’s 2023 State of World Population Report, India’s population will reach an estimated 1.4286B by the end of June, compared with China’s 1.4257B. The United States, meanwhile, will remain the third-most populated country in the world, with an estimated population of 340M. Per the report, eight countries will account for half of the projected growth in global population by 2050: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Tanzania.

China has had the most people in the world since at least 1950, which is when United Nations population data began. Both China and India have more than 1.4B people; combined, the two countries make up more than one-third of the world’s 8B people.

Looming strike in Hollywood

TV and film writers this week voted to go on strike if they can’t reach a labor deal before the deadline of May 1st when their contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires.

The Writers Guild of America (WGA)–the union that represents the writers–says it needs to change the way producers compensate writers due to the shift to streaming services from traditional films and cable networks. Of the 9,218 members of the WGA who participated in the vote, 97.85% of them voted to authorize a strike.

The WGA represents around 11.5K screenwriters, making up the majority of the writers contributing to film and television productions in the U.S. If a strike happens, it would bring production on some shows and movies to a standstill. The last time that Hollywood writers went on strike was in 2007, and it lasted 100 days.

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Around the Globe

Consumer price inflation in the U.K. fell to an annualized rate of 10.1% in March from 10.4% in February, per the Office for National Statistics; it is the only country in Western Europe with inflation over 10% last month (More)
A 24-hour ceasefire between Sudan’s army & a rival militia failed, with reports indicating that the conflict is still ongoing after five consecutive days of fighting throughout the country (More)
A competition for children to kill feral cats in New Zealand was canceled following backlash; feral cats are reportedly considered a risk to the country’s biosecurity, with conservationists claiming they are responsible for killing over 1M native birds each year (More)

On the Homefront

The Supreme Court extended its pause on a Texas judge’s ruling that suspends FDA approval for the abortion pill mifepristone; the stay is extended through tomorrow evening (More)
9 in 10 Californians are currently living with polluted air compared to 1 in 3 individuals in other parts of the U.S., according to a new report by the American Lung Association (More)
Florida education board votes to ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in all public school grades unless the instruction is required by state standards or is part of a health class that parents can opt children out of (More)

Glitz & Games

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Foo Fighters announced a release date for their new album titled But Here We Are; the album will release on June 2nd and will be the group’s first new music since the March 2022 death of drummer Taylor Hawkins (More)
Tiger Woods underwent surgery to address arthritis in his right ankle that was caused by injuries sustained in a car wreck in February 2021, according to an official statement posted to the golfer’s Twitter account (More)
Moonbin of the Korean pop group ASTRO was found dead at age 25 at his home yesterday; Seoul police officials said they believed the singer took his own life (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market ended mixed after beginning yesterday’s session with losses (Dow -0.23%, Nasdaq +0.03%, S&P 500 -0.01%)
Tesla cut prices of its Model 3 & Model Y electric vehicles for the second time this month; the company announced the price cut before reporting its Q1 earnings (More)
ESPN will begin layoffs early next week as part of Disney’s efforts to cut costs across all subsidiaries, according to people familiar with the matter (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Isaiah Marquez-Greene, an 18-year-old aspiring lawyer who was given a scholarship to law school by the New York Rangers and the Garden of Dreams Foundation; Isaiah survived the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and is the older brother of Ana, one of the victims
Sneak Peek: Watch Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne reunite in the official trailer for the next film in the Insidious horror franchise, titled Insidious: The Red Door
Bump This: English DJ producer Jonas Blue teamed up with RANI to drop a new EDM single titled “Finally” like we’re back in 2014 - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: It’s good to keep already-prepared meals in the freezer in case you need to eat something quickly on a busy night - check out this list of 30 healthy freezer meals that will help you get dinner on the table without too much of a hassle
Go Deep: Read up on how AI has penetrated the music industry, with an anonymous TikTok user claiming to have used artificial intelligence to generate the voices of Drake and the Weeknd for a song that started climbing the Spotify charts before it was taken down
Hot Goss: Twilight is reportedly getting rebooted as a TV series; the news broke days after it was announced that Harry Potter would be reproduced in a series format over a period of 10 years
Life Hack: Our blood sugar levels are in constant states of flux, depending on what (and when) we eat - find out what the ideal length of time to wait between meals is to keep your blood sugar steady

Tip-Offs

See 2023’s list of the top 10 world’s wealthiest cities.

Finding the cheapest & most expensive beach properties.

One woman’s strategy to give away 133K chocolate bars.

The science behind a mysterious spiral over Alaska.

...and images of California’s superbloom seen from space.

How 3D modeling is helping the restoration of Notre-Dame.

Learn about the end-of-Ramadan festival that starts tonight.

See if you’re eligible for a share in the Facebook settlement.

Looking Back…

On April 20th: An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig leads to the largest oil spill in history (2010); Woody Allen’s film Annie Hall is released (1977); former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is found guilty of killing George Floyd (2021); singer Luther Vandross is born (1951).

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