October, 11 2022

🍿 Prosecutors Drop Charges

Baltimore prosecutors dropped charges against Adnan Syed, who was recently released from prison after serving 22 years. Syed was serving time for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, and was the subject of the hit podcast, \"Serial.\"

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🍿 Band Back Together

Blink-182 is reuniting to go on tour for the first time in 10 years. Tom DeLonge will return to the group after a seven-year hiatus, rejoining Travis Baker and Mark Hoppus for new music and a new tour.

💻 Tito Puente Celebrated

Tito Puente is featured in the Google Doodle today. Puente was an influential Nuyorican musician and has been called the \"King of Latin Music.\" The Doodle is illustrated by Carlos Aponte.

💻 SEC Investigates Yuga Labs

The SEC is investigating the creator of the Bored Ape NFT, Yuga Labs, over unregistered offerings.

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🍿 Tributes to Angela Lansbury Pour In

The star of \"Murder She Wrote,\" Angela Lansbury, passed away today at 96. Lansbury is a seven-time Tony award winner, three-time Oscar nominee, and twelve-time Emmy Award-winner. Social media overflowed after the news broke with tributes to her 75-year career.

💻 Brenmer's Bombshell

In an email to Eurasia Group subscribers, Ian Bremmer broke a story that Elon Musk spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin right before he tweeted about the solution to the Russian invasion of Ukraine being a Ukrainian concession of Russian-occupied territories. President Zelensky responded with a poll on Twitter, which gave users the option of which Musk they like more, one who supports Russia or one who supports Ukraine.

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⚖️ Tulsi Gabbard Leaves the Dems

Former Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard announced that she is leaving the Democratic party. The former Congresswoman from Hawaii was accused of coordinating with Russia during the 2020 presidential election and was criticized by democrats this year for speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

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⚖️ DOJ's Volley at the Court

The Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court to reject a motion by former President Trump to intervene in the DOJ's investigation into Trump's mishandling of classified documents.

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The producers of the film "Rust" named Bianca Cline as its cinematographer. The documentary will cover the death of the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during production when a prop gun held by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin misfired with a live round.
Entertainment
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Rust Documentary Is Moving Full Speed Ahead

The producers of the film "Rust" named Bianca Cline as its cinematographer. The documentary will cover the death of the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during production when a prop gun held by lead actor and producer Alec Baldwin misfired with a live round.
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Green light for Rust documentary

  • The producers of the film “Rust” announced that they had found a cinematographer to continue the production of the film after it was halted when the former cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed in an on-set accident.
  • The producers announced in October that the film would be completed in Hutchins’ honor and that a documentary would be made about the completion of the film.
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Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
Technology
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Meta May Be Planning Further Layoffs

Meta is reportedly planning a new round of layoffs that are expected to happen sometime in March.
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Here we go again

  • Meta is preparing for a new round of job cuts that are expected to take place in March and will affect an unknown number of people.
  • In November, Meta laid off about 13% of its workforce.
  • Meta is one of the few tech companies to expand on earlier layoffs from 2022, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg promised that 2023 will be a year of "efficiency."
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January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
January inflation was higher than expected, sparking fears that the Federal Reserve may enact further interest rate hikes.
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Higher than expected

  • Consumer prices rose 0.5% in January, according to the Labor Department’s consumer price index, which was higher than experts expected.
  • The Federal Reserve may issue a more aggressive hike in the coming months to slow inflation.
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