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September 12th, 2022

Good morning, and welcome to your Monday! Did you know that the city of Atlanta has 71 streets with the word Peachtree in the name? Seems like it’d be easy to get turned around there if you don’t know where you’re going…which is a pretty appropriate metaphor for life, if you think about it. Anyway, here’s what we have for you:

In Today’s Brief

  • Russia: Withdraws troops in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region
  • California: Tropical Storm Kay helps firefighters contain blaze in Riverside
  • Broadway: Lea Michele missing performances of Funny Girl after testing positive for Covid-19
  • Elon Musk: Former girlfriend auctioning off photos and mementos from their relationship
  • Tim Allen: Reprising role as Santa Claus in upcoming Disney film
  • Top Tips: Americans remember 9/11 on the 21st anniversary of the events; Iga Świątek wins the women’s singles title at the US Open; Papua New Guinea struck by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake
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September 11, 2001: 21 years later

21 years after the events that caused the World Trade Center’s twin towers to collapse and left 2,996 people dead, Americans remembered 9/11 with readings of victims' names, volunteer work, and other tributes at ground zero in New York, the Pentagon, and in Pennsylvania.

After a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon, President Biden delivered a speech in which he said, “We will never forget, we will never give up,” adding that “these memories help us heal, but they can also open up the hurt and take us back to that moment when the grief was so raw.” The President then recalled a quote by Queen Elizabeth II, who, after the attacks, “read a prayer at Saint Thomas Church in New York where she poignantly reminded us, ‘Grief is the price we pay for love.’”

Yesterday’s observances came about one month after a U.S. drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, an al-Qaida figure who helped plot the events of September 11th, 2001.

Iga Świątek defeats Ons Jabeur to win the Women’s US Open singles title

Iga Świątek defeated Ons Jabeur in the women’s singles final match at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City’s Flushing Meadows to win the US Open on Saturday.

Świątek, 21, became the first Polish woman to win the US Open, as well as the first Polish woman to make the singles final in the first place. She also won the French Open in 2020 and 2022, becoming the first Polish woman to win a Grand Slam singles title. Her victory over Jabeur–for which she received a $2.6M check–marks the third major title of her career and her second of the year.

Saturday’s win also marks Świątek’s seventh title of the season, which is the most by a woman on tour since Serena Williams in 2014. She has held the No. 1 ranking since April and now has double the points of Jabeur, who returns to the No. 2 spot today.

7.6 earthquake hits eastern Papua New Guinea

At least four people lost their lives and four others were injured when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck eastern Papua New Guinea yesterday morning.

According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake hit about 67 kilometers east of Kainantu in the country’s eastern region around 9:45 AM local time. Tremors were also felt about 500 kilometers (or 310 miles) away in the capital of Port Moresby. Per the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Asia and the Pacific, the quake caused damage to the regional power grid, internet cables, and the regional highway, though the airport remains operational.

Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific Ocean’s "Ring of Fire," where earthquakes are common from seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates. In 2018, at least 15 people died from a magnitude 7.5 quake that hit the nation’s central region.

Around the Globe

  • Moscow withdrew Russian troops in Kharkiv after Ukrainian forces pushed its counteroffensive in the country's east and reclaimed Russian-occupied areas in the region
  • A mountainous path dubbed the “Zanfeluron Path” between the Scex-Rouge and the Zanfleuron Glaciers in Switzerland has emerged for the first time in at least 2,000 years after the hottest summer on record in Europe, according to glaciologists
  • Five speech therapists in Hong Kong were jailed after being found guilty of publishing “seditious” children's books; authorities interpreted the stories about sheep trying to hold back wolves from their village as referring to Hong Kong’s and Beijing’s governments

On the Homefront

  • Rainfall from Tropical Storm Kay helped firefighters bring the Fairview Fire in Southern California’s Riverside County to 40% containment over the weekend, according to Cal Fire
  • Hundreds of people fled their homes and three were left injured after an explosion at an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado on Saturday, according to local authorities
  • The National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Chicago's northern metro area and part of northeastern Illinois after rains flooded basements and left cars stranded in some parts of the city

Glitz & Games

  • 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Norway’s Casper Rudd in the men’s singles final of the US Open to win his first Grand Slam title; Alcaraz is now the youngest player ever to reach No. 1 of the men’s professional tennis rankings
  • Lea Michele missed the Saturday matinee performance of the Broadway musical Funny Girl and has tested positive for Covid-19; she started performing the show last Tuesday and is slated to return on September 20th
  • Shira Haas and Tim Blake Nelson have joined the cast of Marvel’s upcoming film Captain America: New World Order alongside Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez, and Carl Lumbly; see more updates on the Marvel Cinematic Universe from this weekend’s D23 Expo here

Business & Markets

  • Stocks rallied on Friday to end three consecutive weeks of losses in the major indexes (Dow +1.19%, Nasdaq +2.11%, S&P 500 +1.53%)
  • Activist investor Dan Loeb signaled on Twitter that he is backing off his push to persuade Walt Disney Co. to spin off ESPN, instead seeing the sports network as another vertical for the company to reach a global audience; see Loeb’s tweet here
  • Elon Musk’s college girlfriend Jennifer Gwynne is auctioning off photos, jewelry, and mementos from her relationship with the future Tesla and SpaceX CEO while they were both students at the University of Pennsylvania; see some of the items in the lot here

Tip & Tricks

  • Sneak Peek: Watch Peyton Manning interview to take over the role of Santa Claus in the trailer for the upcoming Christmas film The Santa Clauses starring Tim Allen on Disney+
  • Bump This: Tap your foot and fight back the tears with Lewis Capaldi’s new sad-funky song “Forget Me” - listen on Apple Music and Spotify (that voice…geez)
  • Chow Down: If you’re in the mood for a healthy meal that won’t make your taste buds upset with you, take a look at this recipe for healthy air fryer parmesan chicken with broccoli (air fryers are all the rage right now–just ask Gen Z)
  • Nerd Out: Check out this wind tunnel in China that simulates flight conditions more than 33 times the speed of sound and will be used for hypersonic research like developing an aircraft that can travel anywhere in the world in an hour
  • Say What: "It's a lonely place up there now without her. Every room she was in, we felt her presence throughout," Prince Harry said to onlookers in a crowd gathered outside the late Queen Elizabeth II’s home on Saturday
  • Hot Goss: Gisele Bündchen will not attend husband Tom Brady's first game of the football season amid reports of “tension” around his return to playing after retiring for 40 days, according to a source familiar with the couple
  • Life Hack: When creating a password for a new website or service, type in a goal that you set for yourself so that you’re reminded of it whenever you log in

Looking Back…

On September 12th: United States senator and future president John F. Kennedy marries Jacqueline Bouvier in Newport, Rhode Island (1953); astronaut Mae Jemison becomes the first African American woman to fly in space (1992); country singer Johnny Cash dies at age 71 (2003); actress and singer Jennifer Hudson is born (1980).

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