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Your Daily BriefJune 30th, 2023 |
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In Today’s Brief
- France: Deploys 40K officers amid riots
- Hunter Biden: Settles child support case
- Madonna: Discharged and recovering
- Electrify America: Adding Tesla connectors
...and more
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Affirmative action ruling
The Supreme Court ruled that colleges can no longer consider race as a factor in their admissions process, ending the decades-long practice known as affirmative action.
The court ruled 6-3 against race-conscious student admissions programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina. In a majority opinion, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote that those programs “violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment” and added that the court’s decision doesn’t prohibit universities from “considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected his or her life, be it through discrimination, inspiration, or otherwise.” Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Brown Jackson dissented, saying the opinion “rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress.”
The two cases challenging affirmative action were Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The high court is expected to rule on student debt forgiveness and LGBTQ protections today.
Parkland security officer verdict
Parkland school security officer Scot Peterson was acquitted over failure to confront the gunman who killed 17 in an attack on Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
During the trial, the jury heard testimony that when the attack occurred on February 14th, 2018, Peterson stayed in an alcove adjacent to the school building for 30 or 40 minutes until the shooting stopped. Peterson, the school’s armed resource officer at the time of the attack, had been charged with 11 total counts, including seven counts of neglect of a child, three counts of culpable negligence, and one count of perjury. He was found not guilty on all counts yesterday.
Peterson is believed to be the first U.S. school security officer charged with failing to respond to a school shooting, per the National Association of School Resource Officers. Had he been convicted, he could have faced a sentence of up to 97 years in prison.
Wozniacki returns to tennis
Three years after retiring from professional tennis, former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki announced she would be returning to the sport.
In an essay she penned for Vogue magazine in which she announced her return, Wozniacki said that she did not pick up a racket for two years after her last match in 2020, a time in which she and her husband David Lee–a former NBA player–traveled around the world and had two children. Wozniacki also wrote: “How long will I be able to play at my highest level – a year, two years, three years? I don’t know. But I know that five years from now, when the kids are in school, it will be too late.”
Wozniacki, 32, clinched 30 titles on the WTA Tour and broke through at the 2018 Australian Open for her only Grand Slam title. Since retiring, she has worked as a commentator and analyst for ESPN and Tennis Channel.
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Around the Globe
- France deployed 40K police officers in response to unrest that broke out across the country after a 17-year-old delivery driver was shot by police on Tuesday during a traffic stop in a western Paris suburb (More)
- Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is no longer seeking to give parliament the authority to overturn Supreme Court rulings; the announcement comes after months of protest in the country against the potential implementation of the policy (More)
- The artificial sweetener Aspartame is set to be labeled as a possible carcinogen next month by the cancer research arm of the World Health Organization, per multiple reports (More)
On the Homefront
- Hunter Biden settled his child support case in Arkansas, according to a court filing released yesterday; the settlement ends a dispute between the President’s younger son and Lunden Roberts, the mother of their 4-year-old child, over reducing his child support payments (More)
- The U.S. economy grew faster than previously reported in the first quarter, with GDP growing by a 2% annualized pace between the fourth and first quarter, not 1.3%, according to a final revision published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (More)
- A fire broke out in the basement of the Tiffany & Co. store on New York’s Fifth Avenue and caused two minor injuries; the fire did not spread to the store itself but firefighters evacuated about 100 people from the building as a precaution, per local authorities (More)
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- Rapper Travis Scott will not be indicted in connection with the 2021 Astroworld stampede that left 10 people dead and thousands more injured; a Texas grand jury determined that there wasn’t sufficient probable cause to charge him (More)
- Madonna was discharged from the hospital and is recovering at her home in New York City following a “serious bacterial infection” that her manager Guy Oseary described (More)
- James Harden will pick up his $35.6M player option for the 2023-24 season and work with the Philadelphia 76ers on a potential trade; the Clippers and the Knicks are among the teams interested in trading for him, per multiple reports (More)
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Business & Markets
- Major indexes in the stock market ended mixed yesterday, with the Nasdaq staying flat while the Dow and S&P 500 rose (Dow +0.80%, Nasdaq +0.00%, S&P 500 +0.45%)
- Google will stop displaying links to Canadian news on its products in Canada after the passage of the Online News Act, which requires online platforms to pay content fees to Canadian news outlets (More)
- Volkswagen subsidiary Electrify America will add Tesla’s connector to its existing and future charging stations by 2025; Electrify America is the second-largest electric vehicle fast-charging network in the U.S. (More)
Tips & Tricks
- Feel Good: Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland are reuniting away from music to build a permanent housing complex for homeless people in Houston; the Knowles-Rowland Project will provide 31 new units of housing and support services for those in need in the city, per an announcement from Houston officials
- Sneak Peek: The second official trailer for Dune: Part Two dropped yesterday - it’s a lengthy three minutes of planet-hopping action and gives a first look at Christopher Walken’s scheming Emperor
- Bump This: The late XXXTENTACION and Lil Uzi Vert released “I’m Not Human,” and it marks the former artist’s most melodic song in a career cut short by his 2018 death - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
- Chow Down: Solid foods can help us stay hydrated on top of drinking fluids, and the process can be both delicious and refreshing - try out this recipe for sweet and savory watermelon skewers that are the perfect option for a healthy snack, side, or appetizer
- Go Deep: Take a look at the testimonies the House Ways and Means Committee released yesterday from two IRS whistleblowers who allege that the DOJ interfered with their investigation into Hunter Biden
- Hot Goss: Vanna White is preparing to negotiate a pay raise on Wheel of Fortune when her contract ends at the end of next season; White has been turning letters on the game show since 1982 and reportedly hasn’t had a raise in 18 years
- Life Hack: In recent years, “burnout” has been recognized as a phenomenon that impacts the mental well-being of people all around the globe, in both their work and daily lives - here are 11 tips to help you recover from burnout as well as some physical and mental signs of it to be aware of
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Never-before-seen shots of the Milky Way in neutrino light.
The reason why you should avoid those seaweed blobs.
…and see what happens to dead bodies in the ocean.
A microscopic handbag fetches a larger-than-life price.
Looking Back…
On June 30th: The world’s first emergency telephone number (999) is launched in London (1937); Margaret Mitchell publishes Gone with the Wind (1936); President Trump becomes the first sitting U.S. president to visit North Korea (2019); musician Buddy Rich is born (1917).
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