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Happening in the World: British lawmakers returned this week to a tumultuous House of Commons, after the U.K. Supreme Court decided unanimously that PM Boris Johnson’s suspension of Parliament was “unlawful, void and of no effect.” Johnson has promised to leave the EU by the October 31 deadline, while opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn is demanding that the date be pushed back. (CNN)
Happening in the US: The CDC’s tally of vaping-related illnesses has risen to 805 this week, with 275 more patients in 46 states. This news comes two days after Juul replaced its CEO in an attempt to remain afloat amid two public health crises: teen nicotine addiction and the rising number of vaping-related deaths. (NYT)
Happening in NYC: In a repatriation ceremony earlier this week, the Manhattan District Attorney announced that the gold sarcophagus of Nedjemankh, confiscated from the Met in February, is being returned to Egypt. The coffin was stolen from Egypt during the country’s 2011 revolution, and the Met claims it did not know of the object’s real provenance when the museum bought it from a dealer in Paris in 2017. (Gothamist)
Happening on Campus: 1919: Black Water, an exhibition of new work by New York-based artist Torkwase Dyson, opens today at 6 pm in Buell Hall. The exhibit is a response to the 100th anniversary of the “Red Summer” of 1919, a time of intense racial violence across the United States. The reception will include a discussion between the artist and Getty Institute curator Dr. LeRonn P. Brooks, moderated by Professor Mario Gooden of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. The event is free and open to the public. (Columbia GSAPP)
bury me in this when I die of vaping-related illness via Pixabay