Details of Las Vegas Shooting Are Coming Out (Newser Morning 8)

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April 9, 2024     "If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one." —Mother Teresa   1 Don't Toss Those Solar Eclipse Glasses North America is full of solar eclipse glasses that are now of little use for a couple decades (sooner if you don't mind traveling a bit). Keep reading   2 Details of Las Vegas Shooting Are Coming Out The details of a Monday shooting at a Las Vegas-area law firm that left three dead are coming together, though authorities have not yet confirmed all the information that has been revealed. Keep reading   From our sponsors This Painting Sold for 8 Million and Everyday Investors Profited When the painting by master Claude Monet (you may have heard of him) was bought for $6.8 million and sold for a cool $8 million just 631 days later, investors in shares of the offering received their share of the net proceeds. All thanks to Masterworks, the award-winning platform for investing in blue-chip art. To date, every one of Masterworks' 16 sales out of its portfolio has returned a profit to investors. With 3 recent sales, investors realized net annualized returns of 17.6%, 21.5% and 35%. How does it work? Simple, Masterworks files each offering with the SEC so that nearly anyone can invest in highly coveted artworks for just a fraction of the price of the entire piece. Shares of every offering are limited, but Morning 8 readers can skip the waitlist with this exclusive link. Past performance is not indicative of future returns, investing involves risk. See disclosures masterworks.com/cd Skip the waitlist   At a Glance Traffic inches along southbound Interstate 93 near Franconia, New Hampshire, on Monday, April 8, 2024, more than eight hours after the solar eclipse. Thousands of people had traveled to a group of rural communities in the state that were in the path of totality (AP Photo/Nick Perry)   3 Trump's Truth Social Shares Continue Their 'Turbulent' Ride Last month, Donald Trump's net worth got a brief boost, thanks to the merger of Truth Social parent company Trump Media and Technology Group with Digital World Acquisition Corp. Keep reading   4 Prosecutors Rail Against Alec Baldwin in New Filing A new filing in the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin reveals some of what prosecutors plan to argue as they push for the actor to be held accountable for the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the New Mexico set of Rust in 2021. Keep reading   5 Father Lobbies Blinken During Condolence Call Antony Blinken was on the receiving end of a bit of intense lobbying when he made a condolence call to the father of a humanitarian worker killed in Gaza by an Israeli strike. Keep reading   6 Trump Has Plan to End Ukraine War. Ukraine Won't Like It Donald Trump has a plan to stop the war in Ukraine, though Ukraine won't like it. Keep reading     7 'This May Be the Most Viewed Astronomical Event in History' A chilly, midday darkness fell across North America on Monday as a total solar eclipse raced across the continent, thrilling those lucky enough to behold the spectacle through clear skies, the AP reports. Keep reading   8 UConn Joins Elite Group With 2nd Straight NCAA Title UConn delivered the latest of its suffocating basketball beatdowns Monday night, smothering Purdue for a 75-60 victory to become the first team since 2007 to capture back-to-back national championships, the AP reports. Keep reading   This Day in History On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the US Civil War after nearly four years. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2016: Guy Who Won't Take Down Trump Flag Faces Jail   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved