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Brownsville Crash Charges |
Police yesterday identified and charged the driver of an SUV who killed eight people and injured at least 10 others after crashing into a bus stop near a migrant processing facility outside of Brownsville, Texas, over the weekend. The driver, 34-year-old George Alvarez, was charged with eight counts of manslaughter and 10 counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Authorities say the suspect has a criminal history, and they are still investigating whether the crash was an accident, intentional, or caused by intoxication.
Separately, new details emerged yesterday about the gunman who killed eight people over the weekend after opening fire at a mall in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas. The gunman, who was killed by police, was reportedly discharged from the US Army after three months in 2008 due to mental health issues. See the victims of the deadly attack here.
Read our previous write-ups on both the SUV crash and the mass shooting here. |
The Eurovision Song Contest semifinals begin today from Liverpool, United Kingdom, (Peacock, 3 pm ET) in its 67th edition. The competition is the world’s most-watched annual music event and features 37 performers chosen by each competing country, all of which are European except Australia and Israel. Roughly 161 million viewers across 34 countries tuned into the 2022 competition.
Two semifinals will be held—one today, another Thursday—to determine the final lineup of 26 competitors for Saturday's finale. Contestants from Spain, the UK, Italy, Germany, and France are automatically advanced. Both industry experts and viewers decide the winners of the contest, known for its over-the-top costumes; for the first time ever, fans from nonparticipating countries can vote in the final. See an infographic explainer of the contest here.
Traditionally, the previous year's winner—Ukraine in 2022—hosts the next contest, but due to the ongoing conflict there, organizers chose the United Kingdom—2022's runner-up—to host. See all 37 songs here. |
The 2023 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced yesterday, with the Gold Medal for Public Service awarded to The Associated Press for its coverage of the war in Ukraine.
The Los Angeles Times (Breaking News, paywall) was awarded for revealing a secretly recorded conversation among city officials that included racist comments, and the Wall Street Journal (Investigative Reporting) for revealing financial conflicts of interest among officials at 50 federal agencies. The Local Reporting award went to Mississippi Today for examining a former governor’s misuse of state welfare funds and to AL.com for exposing how an Alabama police force preyed on residents to inflate revenue.
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver and “Trust” by Hernan Diaz, while Nonfiction went to "His Name Is George Floyd: One Man’s Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice" by Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa.
The Pulitzer Prize is one of the highest distinctions in the US for journalism, literature, and music. Awardees take home $15K and a certificate, while the Public Service winner receives a gold medal. See the full list of winners here. |
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