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September 22nd, 2023

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In Today’s Brief

India: Pauses visas to Canadian citizens
Alex Murdaugh: Pleads guilty to fraud
Angus Cloud: Cause of death revealed
Cisco: Makes its largest acquisition ever

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Rupert Murdoch’s succession plan

Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp., effective mid-November, according to an announcement made yesterday.

According to a Fox Corp. news release, Murdoch will become chairman emeritus of the two corporations, and his older son, Lachlan Murdoch, will become the sole chairman of both firms. The announcement comes just months after Murdoch halted a plan that would have reunited his media empire by merging Fox and News Corp. It also comes after Fox reached a $787.5M settlement with Dominion Voting Systems in April over allegations that the network deliberately pushed false claims about the Colorado-based company and its role in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.

In 1952, Murdoch, now 92, inherited a newspaper in Adelaide, Australia from his father and eventually built from it a news and entertainment enterprise dominant in the United States and Britain, that included a movie studio, a television network, and a roster of cable channels.

Biden extends migrant protections

The Biden administration is granting Temporary Protected Status to 472K Venezuelans who are already in the country, citing “extraordinary” circumstances.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the decision, saying that “the conditions in their home country prevent their safe return.” Those who are granted Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, will also be eligible to apply for work authorization in the U.S. This is in addition to about 242K Venezuelans who already qualified for temporary status before the announcement. It also offers temporary protection from deportation. The latest TPS designation lasts 18 months and applies only to Venezuelans who entered the U.S. before July 31st.

Congress created TPS in 1990 to offer protections to migrants fleeing natural disasters or war in their home countries. According to the United Nations, more than 7.3M people have fled Venezuela in recent years, as the economic humanitarian crisis in the country continues, making food and other necessities unaffordable for those who remain.

Starbucks' request for dismissal found fruitless

Starbucks has been ordered by a federal judge to face a lawsuit alleging that some of its Refresher fruit drinks do not contain the fruit advertised.

U.S. District Judge John Cronan rejected Starbucks’ request to dismiss nine of the 11 claims in the class-action complaint because “a significant portion of reasonable consumers” would assume that the beverages in question would contain the fruit in their names. The plaintiffs claimed that the main ingredients in these drinks were actually water, grape juice concentrate, and sugar. Starbucks has argued the Refreshers had names that accurately describe the flavors as opposed to the ingredients and that "any potential consumer confusion would be dispelled by the information available from Starbucks’s baristas.”

The lawsuit is the latest in a string of litigation against chain restaurants over their advertising. Last month, Burger King failed a similar bid to dismiss a lawsuit that accused it of misrepresenting the size of Whopper burgers.

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Around the Globe

President Biden announced a new $325M aid package for Ukraine during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the White House yesterday; according to Biden, the latest aid package will focus on bolstering Ukraine's air defense capabilities (More)
India stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens yesterday after Canada alleged that India may have been involved in the killing of a Sikh Canadian activist; according to a Canadian official, the allegation of India’s involvement is based on surveillance of Indian diplomats in Canada (More)
Poland will no longer be arming Ukraine as it is focusing on building up its own stocks of weapons; the decision followed President Volodymyr Zelensky’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly in which he accused Poland of aiding Russia by banning the import of Ukrainian grain (More)

On the Homefront

The House has failed to move forward on legislation related to funding the government for the second week in a row, with five representatives blocking a defense bill from advancing yesterday; there are now less than 10 days to go before the U.S. federal government faces shut down (More)
Two adults were left dead after a school bus rolled over in New York yesterday, with 40 others being left injured; five students were in critical condition after the bus, which was carrying students headed to band camp, fell down a 50-foot ravine (More)
Convicted murderer Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday to 22 counts of fraud and money laundering; prosecutors allege that Murdaugh stole about $9M from clients in a "pattern of criminal activity" going back more than a decade (More)

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ABC may delay its scheduled premiere of ‘Dancing With the Stars’ after striking writers targeted the show with pickets; Matt Walsh, one of the show’s celebrity participants, meanwhile, says he won’t take part in DWTS until the writers’ strike is over (More)
WWE’s ‘SmackDown’ is officially set to return to USA Network in a new five-year rights deal; the weekly show currently airs on Fox but will move to its new network home in October 2024 (More)
Actor Angus Cloud died in July of an accidental overdose of cocaine, fentanyl, and other substances, according to a coroner’s report released yesterday; in a statement at the time, his family said Cloud had been struggling with the death of his father (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market closed lower for the third straight day, with the Nasdaq once again leading losses (Dow -1.08%, Nasdaq -1.82%, S&P 500 -1.64%)
DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg testified in the ongoing Google anti-trust trial that it was hard for his search engine company to compete with Google, alleging that Google has deals with phone companies and equipment manufacturers to make its product the default search option (More)
Cisco is acquiring cybersecurity software company Splunk in a deal worth about $28B, according to an announcement by the company; this will be Cisco’s largest acquisition ever (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Engaging in creativity has proven to be crucial for boosting our mental health, and sources suggest there may also be benefits to our physical health - when you next have some spare time, try these six creative activities to help boost your mood
Sneak Peek: See Sofia Vergara don the role of Griselda Blanco in the official trailer for Griselda, a limited series coming to Netflix about the Colombian drug lord of the Medellin cartel known as “The Godmother”
Bump This: Feel-good hitmaker Bazzi has brought us another sing-along banger with his new single “Doing Time” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: Feeling backed up can make us feel uncomfortably full, sluggish, and even self-conscious - if your bowels need a wake-up call in the morning, try this tropical smoothie recipe that’s packed with fiber to nourish your gut and clear it out quickly
Go Deep: Trauma–both physical and emotional–casts a wide net that reaches across all ages, genders, ethnicities, social backgrounds, and more - take a deep dive into one neurologist’s account of what we’re getting wrong about trauma, what it is (and isn’t), and most importantly, how to start healing from it
Hot Goss: Sophie Turner filed a petition in New York City requesting her estranged husband Joe Jonas return their children to their home in England, according to court documents; the petition reportedly cites the “wrongful retention” of their children in NYC from their “habitual residence of England”
Life Hack: There aren’t many better fitness gurus than Arnold Schwarzenegger, and any time he doles out workout advice is a great opportunity to learn something new - check out Arnold’s lower body workout that uses no weights and that you can knock out in the comfort of your own home

Tip-Offs

Visualize the age gap between U.S. citizens and elected officials.

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See NASA’s stunning shot of one of the Moon’s darkest corners.

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Dive to an underwater city that was once part of ancient Rome.

A Florida reptile park takes in a young alligator without a nose.

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Breaking down why drawing makes for the perfect digital detox.

Looking Back…

On September 22nd: The first issue of National Geographic Magazine was published (1888); Gene Tunney successfully defends his world heavyweight boxing title by defeating Jack Dempsey (1927); the first episode of Friends aired on NBC (1994); musician and author Nick Cave is born (1957).

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