Three California mass shootings in three days

Plus, Brazil launches a genocide investigation. Mass shooting leaves at least seven dead in Half Moon Bay, California; Brazil probes genocide against the Yanomami Indigenous people. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin.   TOP NEWS The latest on the Half Moon Bay mass shooting Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images - A 67-year-old suspect is in police custody after two shootings left at least seven people dead and one person seriously injured in Half Moon Bay, California. [[BBC / Max Matza](] - It was the third mass shooting in California since Saturday; hours after the Half Moon Bay attack, seven people were shot and one person was killed at a gas station in Oakland. [[CNN / Taylor Romine](] - Authorities say the suspected gunman in Half Moon Bay killed four people and wounded another at a mushroom farm before shooting three more people at a nearby trucking business. [[Guardian / Dani Anguiano and Richard Luscombe](] - Police have not determined a motive; however, they say the evidence points to a workplace-related incident. The suspect worked at the farm. [[NBC News / David K. Li](] - There have been more than 30 mass shootings in the US in 2023. [[NPR](] 📍 If you read just one story Vox’s Nicole Narea explains why California’s strict gun laws didn’t prevent the mass shooting in Monterey Park. [[Vox / Nicole Narea]](  [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Brazil investigates genocide - On Monday, Brazil’s federal government called for an investigation into genocide against the Yanomami Indigenous people, who face a humanitarian crisis. [[Washington Post / Victoria Bisset](] - The request comes after Brazil declared a public health emergency in the Yanomami reserve, amid a rash of child deaths, disease, and malnutrition. [[Reuters](] - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva blamed former President Jair Bolsonaro’s government for encouraging illegal gold mining that has polluted and depleted the Yanomami’s natural resources. [[Time / Sanya Mansoor](] - Bolsonaro, who has made incendiary comments against Black and Indigenous Brazilians, denied the accusations. [[Guardian / Tom Phillips](]   Support our work Reader gifts help keep Vox and newsletters like Sentences free for all. Support our work with a gift today. [Give](   MISCELLANEOUS Vox’s Ben Jacobs explains why New York Rep. George Santos’s lies, and growing fame, are unprecedented in Congress. [[Vox / Ben Jacobs](] - Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT passed an MBA exam at Pennsylvania University’s Wharton School, raising questions about the future of business education. [[NBC News / Kalhan Rosenblatt](] - Tuesday, many of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s top officials were fired or asked to resign over corruption involving war supplies. [[CNN / Ivana Kottasová, Kostan Nechyporenko, and Jo Shelley](] - The Department of Justice and eight states filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google to break up its advertising business. [[Vox / Sara Morrison](] VERBATIM “It was in the afternoon when kids were out of school. For kids to witness this — it's unspeakable." [[San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus on the mass shooting / NBC](]   LISTEN TO THIS Why Mexico's top cop is on trial in NYC The US and Mexican governments trusted Genaro Garcia Luna to crack down on the drug trade. Now he’s on trial for conspiring with El Chapo’s Sinaloa cartel. Peniley Ramírez, co-host of the new podcast USA v. Garcia Luna, explains. [Listen now ▶](   Read more from Vox How to reform effective altruism after Sam Bankman-Fried]( [Jeff Bezos wants the world to know he’s a philanthropist]( [Yes, you can have kids and fight climate change at the same time]( [Cat Person, Brett Kavanaugh, Fair Play, and the anger of entitled men]( [Are we in a new Cold War?](  [Learn more about RevenueStripe...](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Manage your [email preferences]( or [unsubscribe](param=sentences). If you value Vox’s unique explanatory journalism, support our work with a one-time or recurring [contribution](. View our [Privacy Notice]( and our [Terms of Service](. Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Floor 12, Washington, DC 20036. Copyright © 2023. All rights reserved.