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Shooting at Florida State |
At least two people were killed and six others wounded at Florida State University's Tallahassee campus yesterday after a student—identified as the son of a sheriff’s deputy—opened fire near the student union. The two people killed in the attack were not students. Police are still investigating the shooter's motive.
Officials identified the suspect as 20-year-old Phoenix Ikner, a member of the sheriff's office's youth advisory council, whose mother is a Leon County sheriff’s deputy (see background). He was apprehended after being shot by law enforcement and is hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries as of this writing. The suspect was carrying a shotgun and a handgun, the latter of which was purchased by his mother for personal use. University officials have canceled all classes and campus activities through the weekend.
The shooting is the second to occur at FSU since 2014, when a 31-year-old man shot and wounded three people—two students and a library employee—at a university library. He was later shot and killed by police. |
A federal judge yesterday ruled Google violated antitrust laws by illegally dominating online advertising markets with its technology. The decision paves the way for US prosecutors to seek a breakup of the $1.8T company's ad-tech business.
The court found Google unlawfully monopolized two parts of the online advertising market: publisher tools and the software connecting those publishers to advertisers (see overview). Google did so by forcing publishers to use both products together, making it difficult for rivals to compete. A second hearing will determine what Google must do to restore competition. The ruling comes after a judge in a separate case in August said Google illegally dominated online search and text advertising. The remedy in this case still needs to be determined, though the government wants Google to divest its Chrome web browser.
In related news, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and former Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg testified this week in an antitrust trial on whether the Facebook owner monopolized personal social networking services by buying Instagram and WhatsApp in 2012 and 2014. |
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced yesterday that the pill form of its popular weight-loss and diabetes injectables proved effective and safe in a clinical trial, pushing the company's shares up 14%. The industry has faced a surge in demand amid the popularity of drugs like Zepbound and Mounjaro and is seeking cheaper, easier-to-use alternatives to the weekly shot versions, which cost roughly $1,300 a month without insurance.
Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists mimic a gut hormone to activate insulin production and suppress appetite (how they work). Clinical trials and customer testimony have repeatedly indicated their efficacy, with the average user seeing weight loss of at least 10% (in addition to a slew of secondary benefits).
Eli Lilly’s daily pill, known as orforglipron, resulted in average weight loss of nearly 8% over 40 weeks in hundreds of Type 2 diabetes patients, compared to a placebo decrease of 1.7%. Roughly 65% of patients also saw blood sugar levels reach a normal level. Orforglipron has no food and water restrictions, unlike Rybelsus from Novo Nordisk (the maker of Ozempic and Wegovy), which requires fasting. |
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture |
> NBA playoffs kick off in earnest tomorrow as the Play-In Tournament wraps tonight; see complete postseason bracket and schedule (More) |
> "Clueless" sequel TV series in development at Peacock with original star Alicia Silverstone reprising her starring role (More) |
> ESPN analyst Lee Corso to retire from "College GameDay" after Week 1 of the 2025 college football season after nearly 40 years leading the show (More) | NHL Stanley Cup playoffs begin tomorrow; see full schedule and preview (More) |
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> Astronomers detect large amounts of dimethyl sulfide and dimethyl disulfide on K2-18b, a planet 124 light-years away, using the James Webb telescope; the molecules occur on Earth solely through biological activity, primarily marine phytoplankton (More) | James Webb 101 (1440 Topics) |
> Scientists confirm existence of first-ever "lone black hole" 5,000 light-years away; unlike all other identified black holes, this one does not have a noticeable star orbiting it (More) |
> Analysis of tree rings reveals three years of drought contributed to the Barbarian Conspiracy over 1,650 years ago, when Roman Britain was temporarily invaded on three fronts before Rome restored order (More) |
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> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 +0.1%, Dow -1.3%, Nasdaq -0.1%), with the Dow dragged down by UnitedHealth Group (-22%) (More) | UnitedHealth shares sink in largest daily drop since 1998 after the insurance giant misses earnings estimates and slashes its 2025 earnings outlook (More) |
> European Central Bank cuts interest rates by 25 basis points, bringing key rate to 2.25%; bank warns of "deteriorated" growth outlook amid trade tensions (More) | President Donald Trump calls for termination of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell over lack of recent interest rate cuts (More) |
> Chinese fast-fashion brands Shein and Temu to begin raising prices April 25 after the US closes trade loophole that had allowed imported shipments valued at less than $800 to be exempt from tariffs (More) |
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> US Supreme Court agrees to hear arguments in May on whether to lift nationwide pause on Trump administration's executive order to end practice of birthright citizenship (More) |
> Puerto Rico experiences second island-wide blackout in four months, leaving as many as 1.4 million customers without power and 400,000 without water (More) | Why does Puerto Rico keep experiencing blackouts? (More) |
> Judge delays resentencing hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez to May 9, nearly 30 years after their conviction for the 1989 murders of their parents; hearing to determine whether their life sentences without parole should be reduced (More) |
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