Brazil, the Movie, but It's America

Culture

- Researchers analyze shifts in Taylor Swift’s dialect

- NYC rat czar officially resigns

Tech

- Meta has released “Vibes,” a short-form vertical video feed exclusively of AI-generated content. Those interested can download the Meta AI app

Vigilante Justice News

- man admits to killing parents on live television (AP news)

- Michigan church shooting and North Carolina shooting hours apart

- Sara Jane Moore, who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975, dies at 95

- Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Nation

- Trump says he will send troops to Portland

- The number of people charged with breaking US federal drug laws dropped to the lowest level in decades this year after the Trump administration ordered enforcement agencies to focus on deporting immigrants, a Reuters review of nearly 2 million court records found.

- RFK impeachment introduced by House Democrat Stevens citing health care chaos under secretary

Foreign

- China remains No. 1 threat in space: Space Force general