Good morning. It's Tuesday, Sept. 3. We're back with a roundup from the long holiday weekend, including mass protests in Israel over hostage deaths, a legal feud between X and South America's largest nation, and much more. First time reading? Join over 3.8 million intellectually curious readers. Sign up here. |
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Hundreds of thousands of people rallied across cities in Israel for the second day yesterday after Israel's military over the weekend recovered the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas. Demonstrators (see photos) protested in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and other cities alongside a separate hourslong nationwide strike from Israel's labor union Histadrut. Protesters want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a hostage-release deal immediately.
Israeli forces found the six bodies, including that of a 23-year-old Israeli-American citizen, in an underground tunnel in Gaza's southern town of Rafah. The hostages ranged from 23 to 40 years old, with four in their 20s, and were believed to have been shot at close range between 48 and 72 hours before being found, Israel's health ministry said.
The news came less than a week after one hostage was rescued from the underground tunnel network. Roughly 100 hostages remain in Gaza, while at least 40 are believed to have died in the 11-month war. See war updates here. |
A five-member panel of Brazil's Supreme Court yesterday upheld a ban on social media platform X nationwide. The unanimous vote came after the court's Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered the ban Friday over X's failure to name a local legal representative as required by law. The decision came amid a monthslong dispute between the justice and the social media platform.
Elon Musk-owned X will remain blocked in the largest South American country until it complies and pays more than $3M in outstanding fines. Brazil is the world's sixth-largest market for X, with roughly 21 million users; the US has 108 million users (see stats). X was shut down over the weekend following the ruling by de Moraes, who called on the court to review his decision. Five-member panels of Brazil's full bench of 11 Supreme Court justices can review any decision made by a single judge.
Four of the judges also voted to uphold a daily $8.9K fine for people using virtual private networks to access X. Since the ban, at least 500,000 Brazilians have joined rival platform Bluesky. |
One of the largest studies on the effect of a new class of weight-loss drugs on mortality found regular use of semaglutides reduces the risk of death from all causes by almost 20% for patients who are overweight or obese. The results are the latest to suggest the drugs may have wide-ranging health benefits beyond their traditional use in treating diabetes.
Semaglutides like Wegovy and Ozempic (functionally the same drug, w/video) act by mimicking a naturally produced hormone known as GLP-1. The molecule is produced in the gut and prompts the body to produce insulin while dampening cravings for food.
The study administered the drug once a week to patients aged 45 and older. Compared to a placebo group, the recipients showed a 15% drop in cardiovascular death and a 23% drop in COVID-19-related death (see abstract).
Roughly 40% of US adults are considered clinically obese, a major risk factor for heart disease. |
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture |
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> Adnan Syed's murder conviction reinstatement upheld by Maryland Supreme Court; Syed, whose case was featured in the "Serial" podcast, has been free since his release from prison in 2022 after a judge overturned his 2000 conviction (More) |
> Johnny Gaudreau, Columbus Blue Jackets winger and NHL All-Star, dies at age 31 while biking after being struck by a suspected drunken driver (More) | Fatman Scoop, Grammy-winning rapper and DJ, dies at age 53 after collapsing onstage during concert (More) |
> World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler wins PGA Tour's FedEx Cup and $25M bonus (More) | Defending champ Coco Gauff loses in US Open's fourth round to fellow American Emma Navarro (More) | Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese breaks WNBA single-season record for rebounds (More) |
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> NASA successfully deploys prototype "solar sail"; roughly 900-square-foot satellite generates thrust from photons from the sun, similar to wind-driven sailboats (More) | What's a photon? (More) |
> Archaeologists discover 5,600-year-old stone bridge on the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, suggesting human habitation at least 1,000 years earlier than previously thought (More) |
> Engineers develop method to vaporize plastics, creating reusable hydrocarbons that can be turned into new consumer products (More) |
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> Roughly 10,000 hotel workers across 24 hotels in eight US cities begin striking over Labor Day weekend after contract negotiations stall with Marriott International, Hilton Worldwide, and Hyatt Hotels (More) |
> US stock markets close higher Friday (S&P 500 +1.0%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +1.1%), with Dow reaching another record high; personal consumption expenditures price index rises as expected in July (More) | US consumer sentiment index increases in August for first time in five months (More) | The history of the stock markets in three minutes (More, w/video) |
> Intel shares rise nearly 10% Friday on reports chipmaker is exploring strategic options with investment bankers to turn itself around, including a potential sale or spin-off of underperforming units (More) |
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> Oregon ends first-in-the-nation, four-year experiment with decriminalizing possession of small amounts of fentanyl, heroin, meth, and other hard drugs (More) | See previous write-up (More) |
> Russia, Ukraine continue to trade airstrikes; at least 47 people wounded in Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from Russian strikes Sunday (More) | Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy fires air force commander after new US-made F-16 fighter jet crashes, killing its pilot (More) | See war updates (More) |
> US seizes plane used by Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro over sanctions violations (More) | Helicopter crash that killed Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi and seven others in May caused by weather conditions, final report concludes (More) |
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