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Your Daily BriefOctober 17th, 2022 |
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In Today’s Brief
- Uganda: Ebola lockdowns and curfew
- Apple: Oklahoma workers unionize
- Dikembe Mutombo: Getting treatment for brain tumor
- Nikola: Founder convicted of fraud
- Maldives: New ecosystem found in the ocean
- Top Tips: Suspect arrested in Stockton shootings, fire breaks out in Iran’s Evin prison, Padres advance to NLCS for first time in 24 years
Police arrest suspect in connection to several killings in Stockton, California
An arrest has been made in connection to six fatal shootings that took place in northern California over the past three months.
Police had been searching for a male suspect clad in black who was caught on video at several of the crime scenes in Stockton, CA, where five men were fatally shot between July 8th and September 27th. At a press conference, Stockton Police Chief Stanley McFadden said that the department was able to identify 43-year-old Wesley Brownlee as a possible suspect “based on tips coming into the department.” McFadden added that Brownlee’s appearance matched the suspect’s description of all-black clothing and that he was armed with a gun when they stopped him in a car around 2 AM local time Saturday morning.
Per McFadden, Brownlee has a criminal history and is believed to have lived in several cities near Stockton. He is expected to be arraigned tomorrow on murder charges.
At least four dead & 61 injured in fire at Iran’s Evin prison
According to Iran’s state media, a blaze that broke out at the country’s Evin prison over the weekend has left four detainees dead and 61 others injured.
Iranian authorities said that a workshop in the facility–which houses political prisoners, among others–had been set on fire “after a fight among a number of prisoners convicted of financial crimes and theft.” Quoting Iran’s judiciary, the country’s official state news agency IRNA said that four of those injured in the fire were in critical condition and that smoke inhalation was the cause of death of the four deceased prisoners.
The incident took place as nationwide protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody after being arrested by the morality police, entered their fifth week. Per IRNA, hundreds of individuals taking part in the protests have been sent to Evin prison.
San Diego Padres beat Los Angeles Dodgers to advance to NLCS
After defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday with a final score of 5-3, the San Diego Padres are headed to their first National League Championship Series since 1998.
The Dodgers–led by manager Dave Roberts–won 111 of their regular-season games this year. Of the last seven seasons, the Dodgers have appeared in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) a total of five times. With the win, the Padres now advance to the NLCS to face the Philadelphia Phillies, who eliminated the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves in the other National League Division Series over the weekend.
The NLCS between the Phillies and the Padres will begin tomorrow night at San Diego’s Petco Park. In the history of the franchise, the Padres have only played in the World Series twice–once in 1984 against the Detroit Tigers and the other in 1998 against the New York Yankees. Both times, they lost.
Around the Globe
- Thousands of individuals marched in Paris yesterday to protest rising prices and were led by the head of the France Unbowed party, Jean-Luc Melenchon, who called for a “general strike” tomorrow; the country is currently three weeks into a refinery strike that has led to fuel shortages across France
- A three-week lockdown and a curfew have been declared in the Mubende and Kassanda districts of Uganda as the country battles an Ebola outbreak; 19 people have died and 58 cases have been recorded since the outbreak was first reported on September 20th, per the country’s health ministry
- Russia’s defense ministry said its forces had repelled efforts by Ukrainian troops to advance in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Mykolaiv regions and claimed to also have destroyed three US-made M777 howitzers in Ukraine’s northern Kharkiv region
On the Homefront
- The Department of Defense said the U.S. will send munitions and military vehicles to Ukraine as part of a new $725M security assistance package, bringing the total of U.S. security aid since Russia launched its “special military operation” in Ukraine on February 24th to more than $17.5B - see the Defense Department’s press release here
- Employees at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to join a union, marking the second unionized Apple store in the country; the Communications Workers of America (CWA) now represents the workers at the Apple store after employees voted 56-32 in favor of joining CWA
- A new report by environmental investigation consultants Boston Chemical Data Corp. shows radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II, based on samples taken in August from the school - see the report here
Glitz & Games
- Singer Joyce Sims, known for her 1980s song “Come Into My Life” which reached the Top 10 in the U.S. and U.K., has passed away at 63, according to a statement from her family; no cause of death has been given at this time
- Hall of Fame basketball player Dikembe Mutombo is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor in Atlanta, according to a statement from the NBA on behalf of Mutombo and his family - see the NBA’s statement here
- More individuals including Rob Schneider and Seth Green have recounted experiences they had with Bill Murray following reports about the actor’s behavior on the set of Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut Being Mortal, which had its production shut down earlier this year after Murray allegedly sexually harassed a member of the production staff
Business & Markets
- Major indexes in the stock market fell during Friday’s trading session to erase last week’s gains (Dow -1.34%, Nasdaq -3.08%, S&P 500 -2.37%)
- Nikola founder Trevor Milton was found guilty of two counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud in a case alleging he misled investors about the state of his electric truck startup to drive up its stock price; Milton pleaded not guilty to all three charges
- Rupert Murdoch has reportedly proposed a recombination of Fox Corp. and News Corp, the two wings of his media empire which split in 2013, according to sources familiar with the matter; Fox Corp is home to Fox News and the Fox broadcast network along with streaming service Tubi and other local TV stations, while News Corp serves as the parent company of HarperCollins and Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal
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Tip & Tricks
- Bump This: Girl group MUNA’s cover of Taylor Swift’s “August” has way more October vibes in it than the original - listen on Spotify
- Nerd Out: Read up on how a group of students called the “GreenTeam” from Germany’s University of Stuttgart broke the world record for the fastest accelerating electric car by building a vehicle that can go from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 1.461 seconds (the GreenTeam broke the very same record back in 2012…overachievers)
- Go Deep: Learn about a new discovery that scientists are calling “The Trapping Zone,” a new ecosystem 500 meters deep in the ocean of the Maldives that is expected to result in enhanced safeguards for marine life and fisheries in the region, per a press release published by U.K. nonprofit research foundation Nekton
- Cash Grab: Jewelry retailer Shane Co. is holding a contest where you can win $1000 by watching the ten best baseball movies ever made–chosen by them–and filling out data forms on each one by December 5th (Rookie of the Year isn’t on the list, and to be honest, we’re kind of upset about it)
- Say What: “Heartbroken to hear that Robbie is gone. I’ll never forget the smell of cigars and beard glue- a wonderful combination. No one else on this planet could of played Hagrid, only Robbie,” Harry Potter actor Rupert Grint said in an Instagram post paying tribute to the late actor Robbie Coltrane, who passed away this week at age 72
- Hot Goss: Selena Gomez and Hailey Bieber appeared in their first photos together weeks after Bieber addressed rumors that she “stole” her husband Justin Bieber from Gomez while they were still dating
- Life Hack: Maintaining proper hydration is essential to health and bodily function (plus, you just feel better) - here are eight signs of dehydration in yourself as well as some other signs in babies and kids
Looking Back…
On October 17th: Albanian-Indian Catholic nun Mother Theresa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (1979); the film Mr. Smith Goes to Washington has its world premiere (1939); recreational marijuana becomes legal in Canada (2018); American rapper Eminem is born (1972).
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