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Colorado Shooting

More details on a shooting that left 10 people dead in a Boulder, Colorado, grocery store emerged yesterday, with police identifying the attacker as 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa. The suspect, who was injured in a shootout with police but taken into custody, has been charged with 10 counts of murder.

Alissa reportedly used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle, which officials said was purchased six days before the shooting. The victims of the attack ranged in age from 20 to 65 years of age (see list). Among the victims was 51-year-old police officer Eric Talley, the first to respond to the scene. Police, aided by the FBI, are still working to identify a motive for the attack.

Monday's attack—as well as a series of shootings at Atlanta area Asian American spas that left eight dead—dominated a Senate hearing on gun reform yesterday. The hearing had been previously scheduled weeks in advance. Separately, President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban.

Chauvin Jury Seated

The final member of the jury assigned to hear the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was seated yesterday, capping a two-week process that saw lawyers work through more than 320 potential jurors. Chauvin faces second- and third-degree murder charges, along with second-degree manslaughter. 

The group includes 12 seated jurors and three alternates (see list)—nine women and six men. Nine self-identify as white, four as Black, and two as multiracial. The composition is more diverse than the state's overall jury pool, which is more than 85% white ($$, WSJ). 

The case will be presided over by three-term Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill. The five-person prosecutorial team will include state Attorney General Keith Ellison (D), while Chauvin's defense will be led solely by Minnesota lawyer Eric Nelson. See bios from each side here. 

Opening statements are scheduled for Monday.

Eternal Gridlock in Israel

Voters in Israel are awaiting the results of an unprecedented fourth national election in the past two years, brought on after a fragile power-sharing agreement between longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz dissolved in December. With 90% of the vote counted, Netanyahu's path to securing a 61-seat majority appears to be closing—a scenario that would leave the country mired in political gridlock and potentially facing a fifth election. 

Netanyahu's Likud party has gained 30 seats as of this morning (see breakdown), with the remainder spread across 12 parties. The distribution is expected to shift as the final 450,000 votes are counted, a process officials say may take until Thursday. Voter turnout fell from the previous elections, with an estimated 67% of voters casting ballots, down 4% from last year. 

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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture

> Disney announces two upcoming major films, “Black Widow” and “Cruella” to be released on Disney+ on the same day as theaters (More) | George Segal, Oscar-nominated actor most recently known for “The Goldbergs,” dies at 87 (More)

> Banksy’s Game Changer painting honoring UK’s healthcare workers sells for $23M, a record for the artist (More) | Prince Harry joins tech startup BetterUp as its chief impact officer (More)

> UConn advances to record 27th Sweet 16  in women's NCAA basketball tournament (More) | See full women's NCAA scores (More)

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> Government panel says AstraZeneca used overly positive results in recent report on clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine; company claimed 79% efficacy, panel says more recent data showed as low as 70% (More) | Rolling average of daily COVID-19 deaths in the US falls below 1,000 for the first time since Nov. 5 (More)

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Business & Markets

> US stock markets slide (S&P 500 -0.8%, Dow -0.9%, Nasdaq -1.1%) as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen signal stock markets may be expensive (More) | Yesterday marks one year since the bottom of pandemic market fall; S&P 500 up 76% since last March’s low, the highest yearly return since 1936 (More)

> Online trading platform Robinhood files confidentially for an initial public offering (More)

> Video game retailer and “meme stock” GameStop down 12% as company misses revenue and profit expectations, but delivers 175% e-commerce growth (More)

Politics & World Affairs

> Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) vows to block Biden administration nominees until more Asian American candidates are put forward (More)

> Evanston, Illinois, approves reparations program for eligible Black residents, providing up to $25,000 in homeownership and mortgage assistance funds; believed to be the first government-approved reparations program in the US (More)

> Ethiopia confirms accounts of atrocities committed by government forces in the country's northern Tigray region amid civil conflict (More) | At least 137 people killed in reported jihadist attacks in northern Niger (More)

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"Greatness is not measured by what a man or woman accomplishes, but by the opposition he or she has overcome to reach [their] goals."

- Dorothy Height

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