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June 9th, 2023

Good morning, and happy Friday! When you think of Hong Kong, you may think of an amazing skyline and taking the ferry between the two main islands…but now, you can think of huge rubber duckies. As preparation for an upcoming art exhibit, a pair of massive rubber duckies are floating in Hong Kong harbor to test how well they’d fare at sea. Check out the video and see for yourself!

In Today’s Brief

Khartoum: Orphans rescued amid fighting
Trump: Indicted in classified document case
Stanley Cup: Florida Panthers take Game 3
Google: Cracking down on remote work

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Alabama voter maps

The Supreme Court ruled that Alabama discriminated against Black voters when it drew its seven congressional districts last year.

The ruling against Alabama in the case Allen v. Milligan means the state will have to redraw its congressional map to accommodate Black voters by including a second majority-Black district for next year’s elections. The case stemmed from challenges to Alabama’s seven-district congressional map, which included one district in which Black voters formed a large enough majority that they have the power to elect their preferred candidate. The challengers said that one district is not enough to represent them, pointing out that Alabama’s population is approximately 27% Black.

In a 5-4 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts joined Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson, and Kavanaugh in delivering the opinion, which said that a lower court had correctly concluded that the map drawn for the 2022 congressional elections violated Section 2 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.

French playground attack

Four young children and two adults were injured in a stabbing attack at a park playground near Lake Annecy in the southeastern part of France.

The suspect is reportedly a 31-year-old Syrian man who has refugee status in Sweden and who had also applied for refugee status in France. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne said an investigation for attempted murder had been opened and that the suspect was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the attack. Borne added the suspect was “not known by any intelligence service” and did not have “any history of psychiatric problems.”

Armed police arrested the perpetrator at the scene after shooting him in the leg, according to local reports. According to French authorities, the children were aged three or younger and most remained in critical condition at a local hospital as of last night.

Ukraine launches counteroffensive

Ukraine yesterday launched its planned counteroffensive against occupying Russian forces, according to reports from Ukrainian military officials.

Ukrainian fighters are making a push to expel Russian forces in Zaporizhzhia in the country’s southeast. There are also ongoing battles north of Bakhmut in the east, where Ukrainian forces have retaken approximately 1.4 km of territory. In Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian forces are reportedly intensifying assaults around several towns in the territory that connects a land bridge between Crimea and mainland Russia. The operation in that territory follows an earlier wave of attacks in the southern Donetsk region this week, signaling that Ukraine’s planned counteroffensive is in full swing.

This new phase of the war comes as Ukraine grapples with the fallout from the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in a Russian-controlled region. The dam’s collapse prompted over 40K people to be evacuated downstream and has left at least 14 people dead from flooding so far.

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Around the Globe

Nearly 300 orphans caught in the crossfire in Khartoum were rescued in an evacuation by humanitarian workers; the evacuations were carried out following the deaths of 67 children at the Mygoma orphanage in Sudan’s capital (More)
An explosion inside a mosque in northeast Afghanistan left 11 people dead and 30 injured; the Islamic State said it carried out the car bomb attack which targeted Taliban officials (More)
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan secured bail from the Islamabad High Court over new murder charges, meaning he cannot be rearrested in connection with those charges for the next 14 days (More)

On the Homefront

Former President Donald Trump was indicted in the federal investigation into his retention of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate (More)
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week rose to the highest level since 2021, according to figures released by the Labor Department (More)
At least 3.6K flights across the U.S. were delayed yesterday due to low visibility from wildfire smoke moving south from Canada, according to flight tracking services (More)

Glitz & Games

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Hulu orders a 10-episode series of ‘Vanderpump Villa’ featuring Lisa Vanderpump; the new unscripted series will reportedly follow the hand-picked staff of Vanderpump’s French villa as they live and work together to navigate the desires of their guests (More)
The Florida Panthers beat the Vegas Golden Knights with a final score of 3-2 in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals; Golden Knights lead the series 2-1 (More)
Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson, who turned a Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, passed away at age 93, according to a statement from his network (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market closed higher, with the Nasdaq leading gains (Dow +0.50%, Nasdaq +1.02%, S&P 500 +0.62%)
Google will start cracking down on employees who aren’t adhering to the hybrid work schedule, per a statement from its HR chief; the company said it will begin including office attendance in performance reviews and track badge data (More)
Northrop Grumman delivered its first upgraded Doomsday plane to the U.S. Navy; it is the first of twelve modified and upgraded E-6B Mercury aircraft from the aerospace and defense company (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Jonah Larson, a 15-year-old self-taught crocheting prodigy and aspiring surgeon who donates what he makes from selling his handmade crafts to Ethiopian children in need
Sneak Peek: Henry Cavill returns as Geralt in the action-packed official trailer for season 3 of The Witcher, hitting Netflix on June 29th
Bump This: Gen Z rapper and singer Dominic Fike moves through insanely catchy melodies in his new single “Mona Lisa (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse)” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Belly Laugh: Watch four elder former boy band members from NSYNC, Boyz II Men, and 98 Degrees join forces to form a fictional band called Boys No More for a funny commercial for AAA Insurance featuring the made-up song “Make It Right”
Go Deep: Read up on a new study whose results show that long missions and frequent voyages to space may take a toll on astronaut’s brains due to the absence of gravitational pull
Hot Goss: Tennis siblings Serena and Venus Williams have teamed up to purchase a Los Angeles-based golf club team to compete in Tiger Woods’ new TMRW Golf League; the Los Angeles Golf Club is the first team to be formed in Woods’ new digital league
Life Hack: Once we leave school and get older, many adults find that making new friends becomes more and more difficult - here are nine easy ways to start making new friends and expand your social circle, leading to a happier and more fulfilling life

Tip-Offs

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Watch slugger Aaron Judge run through a wall.

Learn the story of Las Vegas’ friendliest mobster.

See Porsche’s new electric hypercar, Mission X.

Mapping the current cost of childcare in the U.S.

The unexpected downside of being a digital nomad.

…and including ChatGPT, the 5 best AI chatbots.

Looking Back…

On June 9th: Roman Emperor Nero takes his own life with assistance from his secretary Epaphroditos (68); British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is reelected to a second term in office (1983); Ken Griffey, Jr. becomes the sixth player in MLB history to hit 600 career home runs (2008); inventor and musician Les Paul is born (1915).

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