Your Tuesday Briefing – The New York Times

7 more people killed in mass shooting in California

Seven people have was shot dead yesterday afternoon In San Mateo County, Calif., the local sheriff’s office said it was the second mass shooting in the state in three days. Authorities said the shooting happened around 2:20 p.m. local time at two separate locations about 30 miles south of San Francisco. The eighth is in hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Authorities said suspect Zhao Chunli, 67, of Half Moon Bay, California, was found in his car in the parking lot of the sheriff’s office substation. An official said he was taken into custody “without incident”, and a semi-automatic handgun was found in his vehicle. The suspect is believed to be a worker at an agricultural nursery, one of two locations where the shooting took place.

Several children were present when the shooting took place. Officials said a motive had not yet been determined, and as of late Monday, not all of the victims had been identified.

Fee: Another victim of the previous mass shooting in California, a thriving Chinese-American suburb of Los Angeles, died in hospital yesterday, bringing the death toll to 11.

Members of the Oath Keepers militia found guilty of sedition

After 15 hours of deliberation, the jury found four members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia guilty of plotting rebellion yesterday for their role in trying to keep Donald Trump in office following his 2020 election defeat. The ruling comes nearly two months after the group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes, was found guilty of the same in a separate trial.

Three of the men joined the rest of the group on January 6 to enter the Capitol, while the fourth, stationed in a hotel room filled with rifles in Virginia, usually sending text messages asking for weapons to be shipped into Washington, DC. If necessary.

Justice Department lawyers argued that the Oath-Keepers had for months expressed a desire to help Trump stay in power even after his election defeat and that they arrived in Washington on January 6. , ready to support the former president as an armed militia. if you allow them to do so.

Text definition: Dating back to the Civil War, the charge of conspiracy to riot is little used because of the complexity of proving that a group banded together to plot against the government by force. It has become central to the Justice Department’s efforts to prosecute national organizations involved in the January 6 riots.

Related:

• Georgia’s investigation into possible 2020 election interference by Trump has entering the prosecution phase. It remains unclear whether the former president will face charges.

• The Arkansas man pictured with his boot on the desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office during the January 6 riots on the Capitol is convicted of eight federal crimes.

Impact of Brexit on UK farmers

Two years after the UK left the EU, ending the ability of EU citizens to automatically work in the UK, Brexit’s impact is taking place on the entire economy. These include a shortfall of around 330,000 workers, which has hit Britain’s food and agricultural sectors hard. About $27 million in fruit and vegetables were not harvested last year.

Opinion polls show British sentiment has begun to turn against Brexit, with business owners citing difficulties finding workers, as well as thorny trade issues and what they describe is complex paperwork requirements. Farmers say that even with immigration from outside Europe, there are not enough workers to maintain previous production levels, especially at peak times.

In the years since Britain voted to leave the EU, many Eastern Europeans have left the country, many of them amid the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit making it difficult to recruit replacements. While there are visa initiatives for seasonal agricultural workers, they are primarily intended for people with shorter stays and for employers that provide temporary housing.

Analysis: Simon Beardsley, chief executive of the Lincolnshire Chamber of Commerce, said: “It does not appear to be favorable for some Eastern European employees to come and try to make a living as it will be more competitive to return to their home country.

More than 23 million households in the US—nearly a fifth nationally—have purchased pets since March 2020. With many returning to the office, someone has to walk all those pandemic-stricken puppies. walking, that is, experienced dog walkers can now earn six figures annually.

“If I had told myself when I was young that I could make a living taking care of dogs,” said one dog walker, who recently bought a vacation home, “I would never have believed it. .”

SPORTS NEWS FROM Ethics

How Arsenal continue to ‘make it’: The winner of the match against Manchester United is an important point in Arsenal’s development story.

How women’s football needs to change: Chelsea’s frozen ground against Liverpool was embarrassing. The postponement of a top game has disrupted fans and players alike, and that’s part of the a bigger picture of problems to be solved.

Illegal streaming and soccer fights: From set-top boxes to modified ‘fire sticks’, illegal football match streams are headache that won’t go away.

From the Era: After 4 rounds, the Australian Open does not have many top stars, with Iga Swiatek, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Coco Gauff is no longer active. Behind the scenes, a group of powerful players joined in a high-risk battle to control and overcome tennis. And in the NFL, knockout now down to four teams. All four are led by Midfielder in his 20s.

America is boring

Across the United States, new neighborhoods are starting to look alike, raising concerns that cities are losing their unique charm. But In the current housing crisis, does it matter??

Last year, an estimated 420,000 new rental apartments were built across the country. The new developments look amazingly similar, often in the form of mid-rise, boxy buildings with ground-floor retail space, sans-serif fonts, and vibrantly-lit panelling.

The conspicuously bulky design juts out from the downtown streets and overwhelms its surroundings. Over time, it attracts a certain ecosystem — craft breweries, small cafes, young suburban professionals.

Colloquially, some of these buildings have begun to be referred to as “decorative buildings” or “rapid popular architecture”. That’s part of why they’re hated and why it’s acceptable to hate them. “I think they are terrible,” said one passerby. “It is very ugly. Very bad. I hate it!”