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🇧🇷 Bolsonaro arrest caps Brazil’s long coup reckoning. Police detained former President Jair Bolsonaro in Sao Paulo over an alleged plan to dodge a 27-year prison term. Prosecutors say he explored asylum at the American embassy to avoid immediate imprisonment. The sentence stems from a Supreme Court conviction for trying to overturn his 2022 defeat. Allies call the move persecution and urge street protests. Markets watched Brasilia for any repeat of the 2023 riot. Bolsonaro’s arrest signals judges are willing to jail ex-leaders, not just lecture them.

👜 Luxury buyers revolt against endless price hikes. A new industry study projects global personal luxury sales will fall about 2 percent to 358 billion euros this year. Shoppers are balking at handbags that cost 40 percent more than in 2019. Even top-tier brands report weaker traffic from aspirational buyers. Wealthy clients are trading from logos to experiences like travel. Discounters and resale platforms benefit as closets turn into inventory. The report warns that prestige without fresh creativity now looks less like aspiration and more like inflation.

🍼 ByHeart parents say warnings came months too late. At least five families report their babies developed infant botulism after drinking ByHeart formula months before an official outbreak was flagged. Federal regulators later tied 31 illnesses to the product and ordered a recall. Parents say they repeatedly raised alarms but saw little urgency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urged caregivers to discard specific lots. Some cans remained on shelves even after alerts. For affected families, the episode turns trust in formula into a case study in delayed listening.

🗳️ The 2028 race starts with winks and nods. A new crop of Democrats is openly admitting they are eyeing the presidency rather than hiding behind book tours and party fundraisers. Rumors include Gavin Newsom and Cory Booker. Senators and governors are already visiting early states. Donors are mapping out primary lanes before the 2026 midterms. Strategists say the Trump era erased any stigma around permanent campaigning. Voters risk tuning out years before ballots appear. The early jockeying shows that one year into this term, the next contest has effectively begun.

🧊 Alaska Native villages watch the ground disappear. Communities like Kipnuk, Kwigillingok, and Quinhagak face erosion, flooding, and thawing permafrost as Alaska warms faster than the global average. A tribal health report lists 144 Native communities at serious risk. Moving even one village can cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Newtok’s partial relocation for 300 people topped 160 million. Federal programs remain patchy and slow. Residents know the ocean’s timetable waits not for paperwork.

⚖️ Jury clears officer in killing of Ta’Kiya Young. An Ohio panel acquitted officer Connor Grubb of murder and related charges in the 2023 shooting of Young, a pregnant Black mother accused of shoplifting. Body camera video showed him firing as her car inched forward in a grocery lot. Prosecutors argued he had space to move instead of shooting. Jurors accepted his claim that he feared being run over. Civil rights advocates called the verdict another blow to police accountability. Young’s surviving family and loved ones left the court stating the law saw a threat where they saw a daughter.

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