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January 23rd, 2023

Good morning, and happy Monday. To all those who ushered in the Year of the Rabbit yesterday, we’re wishing you all a Happy Lunar New Year. If you’re the curious type, you can read up on how the legend of the Lunar New Year came to be…including the tradition of lighting firecrackers and hanging red banners on doors to ward off monsters and evil spirits. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?

In Today’s Brief

Jerusalem: First Palestinian female pastor
Biden: More classified records found
NFL: Conference championships set
SBF: $700M seized in January

...and more

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Monterey park shooting

10 people lost their lives following a shooting at a ballroom dance studio in the city of Monterey Park near Los Angeles, California.

The shooting occurred at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio around 10:50 PM local time on Saturday as the city was engaging in celebrations of the Lunar New Year. According to local police, another 10 were injured. Located about seven miles east of downtown Los Angeles, Monterey Park has a population of about 60K people. Per recent U.S. Census statistics, roughly 65% of the city's residents are Asian.

Authorities identified the suspect as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound yesterday when police approached his van. The incident marks the 33rd mass shooting in the U.S. since the start of the year and the deadliest since the Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas that took place on May 24th of 2022.

TSA no fly list leaked

A Swiss hacker known as maia arson crimew blogged that she was able to access the U.S. Transportation Security Administration’s “no fly” list from 2019.

The hacker blogged that she discovered over 1.5M rows of data–including the personal information of those on the TSA’s “no fly” list–as a result of Ohio-based regional airline CommuteAir hosting the data on an unsecured Amazon Web Services cloud server. On the list were several publicly known figures, including recently-freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout and over 16 of his potential aliases. The identities of nearly 1K CommuteAir employees were also compromised.

In a statement, the TSA said that it was “aware of a potential cybersecurity incident with CommuteAir” and that the agency had launched an investigation. CommuteAir issued its own statement confirming the data’s legitimacy and described the exposed infrastructure as a development server used for testing purposes. Per the airline, the server did not expose any customer information.

Big wave surf contest returns

Hawaiian surfing competition ‘The Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational’ kicked off yesterday in Waimea Bay on Oahu's North Shore for the first time in seven years.

This year, female surfers will compete alongside men for the first time in the invitational’s 39-year history. According to its website, The Eddie has run nine times since its initial competition in 1984, and takes place “only when Waimea Bay offers itself up at 20 feet or bigger.” Competition organizer Clyde Aikau said he was expecting waves to reach 25 to 30 feet by Hawaiian standards–or 50 to 60 feet when measured by methods used in the rest of the U.S.

The Eddie is named after Hawaiian lifeguard Edward Ryon Makuahanai Aikau, who saved over 500 people and became known for surfing waves that no one else would ride. Aikau died in 1978 at 31 years old while sailing a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe from Honolulu to Tahiti.

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Around the Globe

The first Palestinian female pastor in the Holy Land–where events in the Bible are set–was ordained in a Lutheran church ceremony in Jerusalem yesterday (More)
Iran’s currency hits a record low, with the U.S. dollar selling for as much as 447k rials on Iran’s unofficial market for the first time; the Iranian rial has lost 29% of its value amid protests following the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini (More)
Bomb attack at the mayor’s office in Mogadishu leaves at least five civilians dead and 16 injured; the Islamic militant group al Shabaab claimed responsibility, according to Somalia’s Ministry of Information (More)

On the Homefront

Six additional batches of classified records were recovered by Justice Department Officials after they conducted a 13-hour search of President Joe Biden’s residence in Wilmington, Delaware (More)
Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World closes today after its final day of operations yesterday ahead of the ride’s transformation into a new attraction dubbed “Tiana’s Bayou Adventure” (More)
Dolphins were spotted in New York’s Bronx River for the first time in over five years; the dolphins’ appearance “shows that the decades-long effort to restore the river as a healthy habitat is working,” per a statement from the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (More)

Glitz & Games

‘NCIS: Los Angeles’ will end after 322 episodes; the show’s current 14th season will be the last, with the series finale set for May 14 (More)
NFL Divisional Round playoffs concluded this weekend; the Cincinnati Bengals will face the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles will face the San Francisco 49ers in the Conference Championships this coming Sunday (More)
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ passes $2B in global ticket sales; the film becomes the sixth in history to do so and James Cameron’s third film to cross the mark (More)

Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market ended higher during Friday’s trading session, with the Nasdaq leading the gains (Dow +1.00%, Nasdaq +2.66%, S&P 500 +1.89%)
Twitter CEO Elon Musk said ads on the platform are “too frequent” and that the company plans to address the issue in the coming weeks (More)
Nearly $700M of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s assets have been seized by federal prosecutors this month; the seized assets are largely in the form of Robinhood stock, per a court filing (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: See how a Delta Air Lines flight attendant comforted a nervous passenger by sitting down in the aisle next to her and holding her hand throughout the entire flight
Bump This: Indie rock stalwarts The National are back with the new single “Tropic Morning News” off their upcoming album First Two Pages of Frankenstein - listen on Apple Music and Spotify
Chow Down: If you’re a fan of SpongeBob SquarePants, check out this video on how to make the pretty patties from the season two episode when SpongeBob opens his own burger stand (don’t worry–you won’t turn the color of whichever patty you eat, like what happened in the show)
Nerd Out: Meet the Israeli startup seeking to combine fashion and sustainability by creating the world’s first compostable footwear
Go Deep: Learn how a feud between two men in the 1800s birthed modern paleontology and laid the foundation for nearly all we know about dinosaurs today (these were the guys who went on to name Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Diplodocus, Pterodactyls, and more)
Hot Goss: Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin married Dr. Anca Faur on his 93rd birthday in Los Angeles, marking the retired astronaut’s fourth marriage (here’s to infinity and beyond, Buzz)
Life Hack: When we think about success, we’re often held back by our own definitions of what it means and our anxiety about being productive - here are some tips on letting go of false ideas about sacrifice and productivity to help yourself feel more successful

Tip-Offs

The debate of which nation owns the water on the Moon.

Instagram launched a new quiet mode to help you focus.

The top phrase that people in successful relationships say to each other.

Read how a man got famous for eating 40 chickens in 40 days.

The turquoise waters of British Columbia’s Garibaldi Lake.

…and last week’s red aurora borealis in Iceland.

How scientists study ripples in space to peer back to the beginning of time.

Touring a real-life Bruce Wayne mansion.

Looking Back…

On January 23rd: Madeleine Albright becomes the first female U.S. Secretary of State (1997); Georgetown College is established in Washington, D.C (1789); the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts its first class, which includes Chuck Berry, Fats Domino, and Elvis Presley (1986); Romani-Belgian musician Django Reinhardt is born (1910).

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