In Other Brews…
A passenger plane crashed in Brazil on Friday, killing all 62 people aboard in the deadliest commercial crash since January 2023. Video shows the ATR 72 plane, heading to Sao Paulo, seemingly falling out of the sky into a residential community; no one on the ground was hurt. The crash’s cause is unknown and under investigation.
Even those with life-threatening allergies hate needles. Presenting… neffy (short for nasal epinephrine). An alternative to EpiPens, this nasal spray is the first FDA-approved needle-free emergency treatment for potentially fatal allergic reactions. Expected to be available within 8 weeks, neffy will cost $100 without insurance and is expected to increase usage for those with trypanophobia (fear of needles).
A third teenager was arrested in connection with the foiled terror plot on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows in Vienna. An unnamed 18-year-old male was taken into custody Thursday; a 15-year-old was also interrogated but not arrested. Swift will conclude the European leg of her tour with five shows at London’s Wembley Stadium before returning to North America.
Former Hurricane Debby drenched the Northeast this weekend after causing floods and spawning tornadoes in the Carolinas late last week. Debby peaked as a Category 1, but what it lacked in windspeed, it more than made up for in ability to dump rain. The storm has claimed at least nine lives. Hurricane season runs through November.
There are apparently still profits in selling things 97% off. Colin Huang, the 44-year-old founder of online discount retailer Temu, is now China’s richest person with a net worth of $48.7 billion, dethroning bottled-water king Zhong Shanshan. This is Huang’s second brush with mega-billions; Temu surged in 2021, collapsed in 2022, and has re-surged after focusing on international markets.