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October 16th, 2023

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In Today’s Brief

Afghanistan: Hit by third earthquake
Jim Jordan: Nominated for speaker
Piper Laurie: Passes away at age 91
Microsoft: Acquires Activision Blizzard

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Israel-Hamas War Update

The Israel-Hamas war has continued on, claiming almost 4K lives on both sides in the week since Hamas launched a surprise attack on October 7th.

The Israeli military's bombardment of Gaza continued yesterday and sirens went off across parts of Israel Friday due to incoming rocket fire from Hamas militants in the enclave. Hamas is believed to be currently holding about 150 hostages in Gaza. Israel has now resumed the water supply to the southern Gaza Strip after pressure from the Biden administration, according to Israeli officials. However, as of yesterday, the UN warned that fuel reserves at Gaza hospitals are expected to last about 24 more hours.

Israel and the U.S. are discussing a possible visit by President Biden to Israel later this week, according to officials. 30 U.S. citizens have been killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict and 13 remain unaccounted for, the US State Department has confirmed.

France raises its threat alert

A teacher in France was fatally stabbed and three other people wounded in a school attack by a former student, prompting the nation to raise its threat alert to its highest level.

President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced that France would mobilize up to 7K soldiers to increase security around the country. According to French intelligence services, the suspected attacker, a man of Chechen origin, had been under surveillance since the summer on suspicion of Islamic radicalization. Counterterrorism authorities are investigating the stabbing, and the suspected assailant and several others are in custody. The attacker’s exact motive remains unclear, and he is reportedly refusing to speak to investigators. The stabbing happened almost three years after another teacher was beheaded by a radicalized Chechen near a Paris school.

Amid the heightened vigilance, the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff after receiving bomb threats on Saturday. According to local police, bombs were not found at either location.

End of DVDs at Best Buy

Citing a decline in demand for physical media, Best Buy has strategically decided that it will no longer offer DVDs for sale in its stores.

Best Buy will continue to sell movies and TV shows on physical discs through the 2023 holiday shopping season online and in stores, before discontinuing sales in the new year. The company will continue to sell video games. In a statement, Best Buy said that streaming has made DVDs obsolete and it can use physical space in its stores and warehouses for tech products in higher demand. The move comes as Netflix, 25 years after launching its DVD-by-mail service, shipped out its last DVDs to customers on September 29th.

Amid the ascent of streaming video, sales of DVDs and Blu-Ray discs have been declining for years. According to the Digital Entertainment Group, U.S. physical media revenue in the first half of 2023 dropped 28%, to $754M, compared with $1.05B in the year-earlier period.

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Around the Globe

Afghanistan’s Herat province was hit by its third earthquake in nearly a week; at least one person was reported dead and nearly 100 injured following the magnitude 6.3 quake (More)
New Zealand’s opposition National Party has claimed victory in the country’s election, taking enough seats to form a coalition with its allies; with more than 98% of votes counted, the party, led by Christopher Luxon, had amassed around 40% of ballots (More)
Russian attacks on Ukraine over a 24-hour period killed six people this weekend, according to local officials; meanwhile, the Russian defense ministry announced that Ukraine had launched 27 drones in an overnight attack on western Russia yesterday (More)

On the Homefront

House Republicans have nominated Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio as their new nominee for speaker of the House after Representative Steve Scalise dropped his candidacy last week (More)
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry was elected governor over the weekend, flipping the state for Republicans after eight years under Governor John Bel Edwards; Landry secured the position with 51.56% of votes (More)
Baltimore Police have arrested a 17-year-old in connection with the mass shooting at Morgan State University in Baltimore on October 3 that injured five people, according to police officials (More)

Glitz & Games

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Actress Piper Laurie died over the weekend at age 91; the three-time Oscar-nominated actress was best known for her performances in The Hustler and Carrie, as well as for her work as Catherine Martell in Twin Peaks (More)
Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ concert film made between $95M to $97M during its opening weekend, according to distributor AMC Entertainment; it is the highest-opening concert film of all time and the highest-grossing domestic release of a concert film ever (More)
Logan Paul defeated MMA fighter Dillon Danis by disqualification in an influencer boxing event at the AO Arena in Manchester, England; meanwhile, Tommy Fury narrowly defeated YouTuber KSI on points in the other co-main event (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market closed mixed on Friday, with the Nasdaq and S&P 500 ending with losses and the Dow closing with slight gains (Dow +0.12%, Nasdaq -1.23%, S&P 500 -0.50%)
Kaiser Permanente reached a tentative deal with the unions representing 75K employees, following the largest-ever healthcare strike in U.S. history; according to the unions, Kaiser Permanente agreed to raise wages by 21% over four years and establish a new healthcare worker minimum wage (More).
Microsoft has finalized its $69B purchase of Activision Blizzard, according to a regulatory filing from the company; Microsoft is now the third-largest gaming company by revenue, behind Tencent and Sony (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Esha Patel, a 19-year-old college student in the U.K. who had a “fairytale experience” with her father during a fishing trip when they saw three deer emerge from the woods...including a dazzling white doe which, according to wildlife sources, is extremely rare to spot out in the world
Sneak Peak: Watch the action-packed launch trailer for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, arguably the most-anticipated game of the year which releases on PlayStation 5 this Friday
Bump This: Prolific rapper and jack-of-all-trades artist Kid Cudi dropped an epic new single called “HEAVEN’S GALAXY” which directly draws inspiration from the Star Trek canon - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: There are only 15 more days until October 31st, which gives you just over two weeks to perfect some more wacky, family-friendly recipes for Halloween treats that will be sure to impress children and adults alike
Go Deep: As a look back at the company’s 100-year-long history, dive into this detailed timeline showing how Disney took over the world, from sketching cartoons to building theme parks to buying superhero franchises that altered the course of Hollywood history
Belly Laugh: Whether you’ve seen Barbie yet or not, you have to watch Pete Davidson parody himself (and the movie) in the recent SNL skit “I’m Just Pete” in which the comedian takes aim at his much-publicized personal life
Life Hack: One of the best things we can do to stay healthy and active as we age is to make mobility exercises a regular part of our routines - check out these 15 top mobility exercises that you should start incorporating into your exercises, no matter how old you are

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Looking Back…

On October 16th: 10 of the 12 defendants sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials are executed (1946); China successfully detonates its first atomic bomb (1964); Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos give the Black Power Salute on the 200-meter medal podium during the Mexico City Olympics (1968); singer, songwriter, and guitarist John Mayer is born (1977).

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