Georgia School Shooting, US Steel, and Altoids Sours

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Apalachee High School

A 14-year-old shooter killed four people—two students and two teachers—and wounded at least nine others at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, yesterday, roughly 50 miles northeast of Atlanta. The attack is the deadliest school shooting in Georgia's history.

The shooter, a student at the school, was taken into custody alive. Authorities have not publicly identified a motive, though the Georgia Bureau of Investigation says the shooter will be charged with murder and tried as an adult. The attack began before 10:20 am local time and came after a phone call warning to Apalachee and four other schools. Barrow County schools will be closed for the remainder of the week as the investigation continues. See live updates here.

Explore a database of mass killings—defined as at least four deaths, excluding the offender, regardless of the type of attack—since 2006 here.

Nippon Steel Deal Scrutiny

President Joe Biden is preparing to block Japanese-based Nippon Steel's $14.9B purchase of US Steel, according to reports yesterday. US Steel shares closed down 17.5% on the news.

The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is currently evaluating the national security implications of the merger, which was announced last year. The United Steelworkers union opposes it, maintaining the 123-year-old company—formed by US business icons including Andrew Carnegie and JP Morgan—should remain US-owned and operated. US Steel's CEO said yesterday if the deal were blocked, the company may have to close plants, lay off thousands of employees, and move headquarters out of Pittsburgh. He also asserted Nippon's promised $3B investment is needed to revitalize US Steel's aging mills. Nippon maintains the company will remain American-run.

If the merger were to go through, the combined company would become the world's third-largest steelmaker, with 86 million tons of annual capacity. The CFIUS review is expected as soon as this month.

Potential Depression Biomarker

A brain network was found to be significantly larger in people living with depression than in people without it, according to a new study released yesterday. The findings suggest the presence of an expanded network could be a risk factor for depression, potentially leading to earlier avenues for diagnosis and treatment for the 20% of US adults affected by the condition.

Researchers analyzed brain activity scans taken of 141 people with depression and 37 without it (see study). The technique, known as precision functional mapping, revealed the size of the frontostriatal salience network—a circuit used for screening external stimuli—to be 73% larger than the controls on average. Scientists believe the network's large size displaces room on the brain's cortex—its outer surface—for other network functions (explore 3D model).

A related analysis of brain scans of children who later developed depression showed the abnormal size of the network remained stable over time, indicating it could be used to identify the condition before symptoms develop. Researchers plan to study whether the larger network stems from genetics or experiences.

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Science & Technology

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Business & Markets

> US stock markets close mixed (S&P 500 -0.2%, Dow +0.1%, Nasdaq -0.3%) as US job openings fell to 7.67 million in July, the lowest level since January 2021 (More) | Nvidia denies report of allegedly receiving a Justice Department subpoena over antitrust concerns (More)

> Biotechnology startup eGenesis raises $191M for human-compatible transplants derived from gene-edited pig organs; eGenesis provided the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplanted into a human in March (More)

> OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever's new venture, Safe Superintelligence, raises $1B to help develop safe artificial intelligence systems; latest funding round values the startup at $5B (More) | See previous write-up (More)

Politics & World Affairs

> US Justice Department accuses Russian state media network RT of $10M election interference campaign, including effort to recruit US social media influencers; DOJ indicts two employees and seizes 32 internet domains (More) | Ukraine's top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba becomes sixth cabinet member to resign in government shake-up (More)

> UK government releases report on 2017 Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people in the London social housing unit; report blames multiple administrations and companies, including US-based Arconic, which supplied building's exterior material (More)

> Suspected Boko Haram motorcycle and gun attack kills at least 100 people at a market in northeastern Nigeria; at least 1,500 people have been killed in the region so far this year (More)

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