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| Ashley Shaffer writes The Short List newsletter for USA TODAY. To subscribe to this snappy news roundup, click here. |
| An unlikely hero saves Paris Fashion Week. Mark Zuckerberg is ready to throw down. And a police officer is convicted of murder. Here's the news you need to know Tuesday, in short. |
| But first, you deserve a vacation: Southwest is having a big-time sale, and you can snag some one-way flights for $49. I repeat: Forty. Nine. Dollars. |
Guilty: Dallas cop convicted of murdering neighbor in his home |
| A former Dallas police officer who said she mistook her black neighbor for a burglar and fatally shot him in his home was convicted of murder Tuesday and could face life in prison. Amber Guyger, who is white, testified that she walked into Botham Jean's apartment last September, thinking it was her own, and shot him in self-defense. Prosecutor Jason Hermus said Guyger should have known she was in the wrong apartment: Jean was eating a bowl of ice cream when she walked in. Cheers erupted in the courthouse as the verdict was announced, and crowds outside cheered, "Black lives matter." Lee Merritt, one of the lawyers representing Jean's family, said the guilty verdict is "a huge victory" that could "change policing culture around the world.'' |
Look out for moving icebergs |
| A gigantic iceberg the size of Los Angeles broke off Antarctica. At more than 600 square miles, 689 feet thick and about 315 billion tons, the massive new 'berg will now be tracked because it poses a potential hazard for shipping, CNN said. It's likely to take several years for it to break apart and melt completely, the BBC reported. Now I know you might be thinking: Global warming?! Probably not this time. "We don't think this event is linked to climate change," said Scripps' Institute of Oceanography professor Helen Amanda Fricker. "It's part of the ice shelf's normal cycle." That's chill. |
 | | A roughly 600-square-mile iceberg named D-28 has broken off of Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf. | | Polarview/ESA SENTINEL-1/Alex Fraser/Susheel Adusumilli | |
What everyone's talking about |
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Gigi Hadid, probably: She doesn't even go here |
| Not all heroes wear Chanel, but apparently some do. Supermodel Gigi Hadid saved the day at Paris Fashion Week when a woman crashed the Chanel runway on Tuesday. Spectator videos show a random audience member casually sneaking into the line of models making their way down the catwalk during the show's finale. With no security guards in sight, supermodelhero Hadid blocked the woman from walking and gracefully escorted her away. Cardi B told WWD she "loved the show," but "got a little scared when the girl" hopped up on the runway. |
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 | | After Chanel gained an unexpected extra runway model, it was supermodel Gigi Hadid to the rescue. | | IAN LANGSDON, EPA-EFE | |
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Who's the Facebook snitch? |
| Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he'll go down swinging. According to leaked (!!) audio from meetings with employees, Zuck says he will "go to the mat" and fight efforts by the government to break up the social networking giant. "We care about our country and want to work with our government and do good things," Zuckerberg said. "But look, at the end of the day, if someone's going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight." In the leaked (!!!) audio, obtained by The Verge, Zuckerberg also said breaking up Facebook won't solve issues raised by lawmakers, including how they handle the spread of misinformation. Now, we have an important question: Who leaked the audio?! |
 | | Is it? | | Facebook | |
A short impeachment inquiry update |
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A break from the news |
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