Newsletter May 16, 2022

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US in shock, mourning, outrage following mass shootings
The U.S. saw another weekend filled with gun violence, including horrific attacks on both coasts. Shocked residents of Buffalo, N.Y., gathered Sunday at vigils to mourn 10 people shot and killed by an alleged white supremacist teenager. The shooter, identified as Payton Gendron, 18, was arrested Saturday at the scene of the grocery store in a predominately Black neighborhood wearing body armor, carrying an assault rifle and live-streaming the attack. On Sunday, a Southern California church service at a retirement village was fired on by a gunman, killing one and injuring five.
SEE WHY COPYCAT SHOOTINGS ARE BECOMING DEADLIER

It adds up: Inflation costs an average of $341 more a month
Americans are paying an additional $341 per month to purchase the same services and items compared to last year, and as expected, most of it is being spent on food and energy. Grocery costs are up 0.9% on a monthly basis and an estimated 9.4% since last year. Although energy prices decreased by 2.7% from March, they are up 30.3% compared to April of last year.
SEE WHICH FOOD ITEMS HAVE SEEN THE BIGGEST JUMP

Which cities have the most expensive commute? It's not NYC
New York City may be one of the more expensive places to live and work, but it isnâ€™t among the most costly places to commute, since many are able to do so without using cars amid soaring gas prices. A study breaking down which cities have the most costly commutes found areas that are most often associated with the expensive cost of living like New York arenâ€™t among the top 15.
SEE WHICH CITIES HAVE THE HIGHEST COST TO COMMUTE

Markets

DJIA	32,196.66	1.47%
S&P 500	4,023.89	2.39%
Nasdaq Composite	11,805.00	3.82%
Japan: Nikkei 225	26,492.29	0.24%
UK: FTSE 100	7,418.15	2.55%
Crude Oil Futures	109.03	-1.32%
Gold Futures	1,809.10	0.05%
Yen	128.90	-0.25%
Euro	1.04	-0.12%
* As of market close

Abortion rights groups protest nationwide

The recent Supreme Court draft leak, which has threatened to overturn Roe v. Wade, prompted thousands of Americans to take part in protests across the U.S. over the weekend to protect abortion rights, including roughly 20,000 D.C. demonstrators marching to the Supreme Court. More than 380 protests reportedly took place across the country after the Senate failed to pass a mostly symbolic bill to codify Roe v. Wade.

SEE SCENES FROM SOME OF THE PROTESTS ACROSS THE US

Musk under fire from Twitter's legal team

Elon Musk hasn't officially taken over Twitter but he's already run afoul of the social media platform's legal team. Musk, who is waiting for his $44 billion bid to buy the company to clear, claims Twitter accused him of violating an NDA by informing the public of the number of bots and fake accounts. Musk also tweeted that the deal was temporarily on hold â€œpending details supporting calculation that Spam/fake accounts.â€

SEE HOW MUSK MADE WAVES BY RELEASING TWITTER DATA

NASA image shows New Mexico 'fire cloud'

NASA satellite has captured a "fire cloud" from the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak wildfire in New Mexico, which has become the second-largest wildfire in the state's history. In the natural-color photo that the agency shared as its "Image of the Day" over the weekend, one can see the thick smoke emanating from the still-burning wildfires, covering large swathes of the area with the fire cloud marked as pyroCb.

CHECK OUT THE REMARKABLE IMAGES FROM THE WILDFIRE

Follow the leader

Elon Musk has over 90 million Twitter followers, but he is far behind the most followed person on Twitter? Who has the honor and how many?

Friday's answer: Although black holes had been theorized since the 18th century, the first confirmed discovery was Cygnus X-1 in 1971.

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