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Also in today's Digest: a fire destroys a 411-year-old food market (Need to Know), researchers track sudden health declines during menopause (Sci. & Tech.), two Americans win the Nobel Prize in economics (Bus. & Mkts.), which states splurge on Halloween candy (Etc.), and much more.
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Homeland Security Investigations agents searched the Washington, DC, home of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D, MN-5) yesterday. The raid occurred 22 days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections, despite long-standing Justice Department guidance advising prosecutors to refrain from publicly investigating candidates within 60 days of an election.
Omar has represented Minnesota’s 5th District, which includes Minneapolis, since 2019 and is seeking a fifth term this cycle. She was born in Somalia in 1982, arrived in the US as a refugee at age 12, and became a naturalized citizen in 2000. The search was reportedly part of a yearslong investigation into alleged immigration fraud stemming from paperwork her late father completed when she was a child. The Trump administration has repeatedly questioned Omar’s immigration status and alleged she married her brother to help him obtain citizenship. She has denied all accusations.
Polls predict Omar has a 99% probability of winning reelection in November over the Republican nominee John Nagel. |
British comedian and YouTuber Russell Brand appeared in a London court yesterday for the start of a trial on rape, sexual assault, and indecent assault charges involving six women.
Brand, 51, faces seven charges for events that allegedly occurred between 1999 and 2009, including raping a woman during a British Labour Party conference. The charges came after a 2023 investigative documentary examined sexual assault allegations made against the comedian by multiple women from 2006 to 2013 (watch trailer, warning—sensitive). Brand, who denies any wrongdoing, has been barred from making revenue on YouTube since the documentary spurred an investigation into his conduct. However, his account gained 140,000 subscribers and his videos saw 31% more likes over the following four months.
After starting his career at the BBC and MTV, Brand more than doubled his YouTube following in 2021 by voicing COVID-19 skepticism. He now boasts roughly 6.6 million followers and continues to post conspiracy theories about topics ranging from 9/11 to Jeffrey Epstein. |
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Historic Food Market Fire |
A fire destroyed Paris’ oldest covered food market early yesterday. It is not clear what started the fire at the popular tourist destination, which sits at the heart of the city's historic neighborhood, Le Marais.
The Enfants Rouges (“red children”) market was founded in 1615, during the reign of King Louis XIII. In the late 1700s, the market was named after a nearby orphanage whose children wore red uniforms. In the 1980s and ‘90s, residents blocked a plan to turn Enfants Rouges—then in disrepair—into a parking lot; the market reopened as a food court in 2000. This year, Food & Wine named it among the world’s top 10 global market destinations. All 17 stalls were destroyed in yesterday’s fire. See a photograph of the market from 1898, and a painting from 1907.
Separately, a cyberattack caused refrigerators at two French supermarket chains—Intermarché and Coopérative U—to defrost, the retailers said yesterday. More than 200 shops were affected. |
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🫶 Humankind: Woman is brought to tears as friends light candles and share heartfelt wishes for her 27th birthday. (w/video) |
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Sports, Entertainment, & Culture |
> FBI investigates "Cruel Intentions" actress Selma Blair for allegedly assaulting flight attendants, attempting to open aircraft door midflight; publicist cites a medical emergency (More) | Blair was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 (More) |
> Collin Gosselin, known for appearing alongside his seven siblings in "Jon & Kate Plus 8," alleges his mother verbally and physically abused him as a child (More) | Actor RJ Mitte, who played Walter White Jr. in "Breaking Bad," dies at age 34 (More) |
> LIV golfers will not be allowed on the European-based DP World Tour in 2027, barring them from competing on Europe's team in next year's Ryder Cup (More) | What is the Ryder Cup? (More) |
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Could You Afford a $10,000 Vet Bill? |
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> Meta debuts advanced AI models, Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, claiming they outperformed advanced OpenAI and Anthropic models on several tests (More) |
> Google unveils Fitbit Edge, a lower-profile wearable fitness monitor that tracks movement and offers workout plans using Gemini AI assistant (More) | The business reason tech companies are getting into healthcare (More, free w/email) |
> Researchers identify sudden shifts in bone health, liver and kidney function, and blood chemistry during menopause (More) | Menopause 101 (More) |
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> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.1%, Dow +0.4%, Nasdaq -0.4%) as oil prices rise and investors prepare for big bank earnings this week (More) | Three things to watch for from the big banks (More, w/video) |
> Nobel Prize in economics is awarded to American-born economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for theories on how to stabilize economies after shocks, such as inflation and energy crises (More) |
> Delta postpones nonstop service to Riyadh until March following a series of deadly attacks by Iran-backed Houthis (More) | Why Delta was betting on US travel to Saudi Arabia (More) | Getty Images to file for bankruptcy and go private (More) |
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> British government accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps of directing suspected plot on UK airbase used by the US that was thwarted, freezes assets of IRGC senior leader (More) | The incident 101, with photos of the three vans (More) |
> Sixth measles-related death is reported in Pennsylvania, after state surpassed 1,000 recorded cases last week out of 4,000 nationally (More) | Measles, explained; scroll for map of current outbreak (More) |
> Pope Leo XIV undergoes surgery today to remove what the Vatican called an early-stage lung nodule (More) | What happens if the pontiff is medically incapacitated? Nothing, he's still in charge (More) |
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> A Suspicious Death, a Forensic Scandal
The Guardian | Alessio Perrone. When a Munich doctor's mother died, police suspected murder. His quest to clear his name spiraled into a revenge plot involving a top forensic scientist and Germany's most-feared plagiarism hunter. (Read) |
> High-End Squatters or Unlivable Luxury?
Curbed | Matthew Sedacca. A $26K-per-month apartment is the site of a legal dispute between an owner desperate to evict and renters who insist the unit is filthy but refuse to leave. Is it a genuine tenant nightmare or a strategy to live rent-free? (Read) |
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