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October 23rd, 2023

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Ukraine: Russian missile strike kills 6
House: 9 join the House speaker race
SAG-AFTRA: Negotiations to resume
Foxconn: Under Chinese investigation

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Detroit synagogue leader killed

Mourners attended a funeral service yesterday afternoon for a Detroit synagogue president found stabbed to death outside her home Saturday morning.

As mourners gathered to pay respects to Samantha Woll, police said their ongoing investigation of her killing found no evidence of antisemitism as a motive. Police Chief James White had previously urged the public to not draw conclusions until "all of the available facts are reviewed." The Jewish leader’s body was found at her home after a caller alerted officers to a person lying on the ground unresponsive. Officers followed a “trail of blood” to Woll’s home, where authorities believe she was killed. According to officials, investigators are working with the FBI to analyze forensic evidence to piece together a timeline leading to Woll’s death.

Woll, 40, led the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue and was heavily involved in local, state and national politics. She previously worked for Representative Elissa Slotkin and served on state Attorney General Dana Nessel’s re-election campaign.

Second aid convoy enters Gaza

More aid arrived in Gaza yesterday aboard 14 trucks that passed through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, making the second aid shipment into the territory.

On Saturday, an initial convoy entered Gaza, where over 2M people have been cut off from water, food, medicine, and fuel. The 20 trucks brought in items such as medical supplies, tins of tuna and tomato paste, wheat flour, and enough drinking water for 22K people for a day. According to a statement from the White House, Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Joe Biden affirmed in a phone call yesterday that there will now be “continued flow of this critical assistance into Gaza.”

For days, Israel has been on the verge of launching a ground offensive in Gaza following Hamas’ October 7th attack. The second aid convoy came as Israel has widened its attacks to include targets in Syria and the occupied West Bank and has increased airstrikes across Gaza.

Dinosaur bone poachers charged

A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a 13-count indictment charging four people with allegedly stealing $1M worth of dinosaur bones and then selling them to China.

According to the indictment, from March 2018 to March 2023, the defendants bought, moved and exported 150K pounds of “paleontological resources” from the Morrison Formation, which is overseen by the federal government. The four defendants are also accused of causing more than $3M in damage, including the losses commercial and scientific value of the bones and the cost of restoring and repairing them. In addition to facing charges of conspiracy against the U.S. and theft of U.S. property, they will face prosecution for violating the federal Paleontological Resources Preservation Act.

In southeastern Utah, the Morrison Formation holds large quantities of bones, fossils and other paleontological resources from the Jurassic period, about 145M years ago. The Morrison site is part of the Dinosaur National Monument and has remains of Allosauruses and Stegosauruses.

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Around the Globe

The U.S. is sending more missile and air defense systems to the Middle East due to a "prospect of a significant escalation of attacks on U.S. troops throughout the region," per a statement from U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (More)
China and the Philippines have accused each other of causing ship collisions in a disputed area of the South China Sea, the latest in a string of maritime confrontations between the two countries (More)
A Russian missile strike on a mail depot killed six people in the eastern city of Kharkiv, according to Ukrainian officials, as Ukraine reported a record number of bomb attacks in the southern Kherson region (More)

On the Homefront

Nine candidates have joined the race for House speaker after Representative Jim Jordan dropped his bid last week, according to House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (More)
The Supreme Court has lifted a restriction that prevented the Biden administration from communicating with social media platforms about the moderation of online misinformation (More)
Police in Tennessee are searching for the son of Nashville’s police chief as the suspect in the shooting of two police officers outside a Dollar General store; the shooting happened during an altercation Saturday night in La Vergne, a suburb of Nashville (More)

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SAG-AFTRA and Hollywood’s major studios will resume negotiations tomorrow, nearly two weeks after the studios called a halt to talks; it comes as SAG-AFTRA’s first industry-wide strike in more than 40 years hit the 100-day mark over the weekend (More)
Max Verstappen earned his 50th Formula One title over the weekend, marking his 15th Grand Prix victory this year; only four other drivers have clinched at least 50 races in Formula One history (More)
Kaylee McKeown broke the women’s 50m backstroke world record with a time of 26.86 seconds, becoming the first person to simultaneously hold the 50m, 100m and 200m backstroke world records (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market closed lower on Friday, with the Nasdaq leading the losses (Dow -0.86%, Nasdaq -1.53%, S&P 500 -1.26%)
Deutsche Bank received final approval from a U.S. judge for a $75M settlement it reached with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein who had accused the German company of facilitating the late financier’s alleged human trafficking (More)
Taiwan-headquartered Foxconn is under investigation by Chinese tax authorities, according to local media outlets; Foxconn is the world’s largest supplier of Apple IPhones (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Sarah Bohan, a Chicago Marathon runner who gave up a record finish in order to save a stray kitten she found on the course - amid the spectators on the side of the road, she found Andrea Maldonado who called out that she would give the kitten a new home
Sneak Peek: A decade ago, marathon swimmer and sports journalist Diana Nyad decided to complete one of the hardest swims in the world: the 110-mile trek from Cuba to Florida - watch the inspirational official trailer for Nyad, the upcoming Netflix film about the journey starring Annette Benning and Jodie Foster
Bump This: Indie garage rockers The Rare Occasions channel Vampire Weekend at their absolute best in their insanely catchy new single “Black Balloons” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: The middle of the NFL season is the perfect time to perfect your homemade guacamole before you start hosting gatherings for the bigger games - try out this recipe for classic guacamole that’s made with simple, fresh ingredients like ripe avocados, onion, and lime juice
Go Deep: SAG-AFTRA has passed 100 days of negotiating with the producers’ guild, and in a move that has seemingly little to do with their contracts, the guild released guidelines for Halloween costumes - dive into the reasoning behind the union’s strange request and why it matters right now
Hot Goss: During an interview, Cher said she had nothing to do with the alleged kidnapping of her adult son, Elijah; meanwhile, the singer’s daughter-in-law has claimed she orchestrated the whole thing to force her son into rehab
Life Hack: Intermittent fasting has been shown to help improve our metabolic health and cognition, and if you want to try it you don’t have to totally keep an empty stomach - here are five drinks you can consume while fasting as well as five drinks to avoid, according to physicians and nutrition experts

Tip-Offs

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…and in spooky spirit, our country’s scariest housing markets.

Each French president gets furniture from the same warehouse.

Hear piano virtuoso Jon Batiste put a blues twist on Beethoven.

Watch wild umpire-camera footage of an MLB close-call pitch.

…and side-by-side footage of the 405 freeway 30 years apart.

Stunning photos of a new wonder being unearthed in Africa.

As November approaches, read why we kept daylight savings.

Looking Back…

On October 23rd: The Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency is approved (1956); Britney Spears releases the single “…Baby One More Time” (1998); Apple introduces the portable music player, iPod (2001); football player Doug Flutie is born (1962).

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