Briefly with OZY

With two recent high-profile mass shootings in America and last year’s terrible gun violence record, the pressure is on for reform — but Congress is divided. Israel's political deadlock looks set to continue after election results fail to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a clear path to a majority. And Banksy's pandemic painting sells for $23 million.

A gunman in Colorado has killed ten people in a supermarket shooting spree. China is furious over U.S. sanctions. And Jack Dorsey's first Tweet sells for $2.9 million.

Scores of spring breakers break Miami Beach curfew to party, while Israelis head to their fourth election in two years. And thousands of spiders swarm into homes to escape Australian floods.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris visited Atlanta Friday to mourn the six Asian women and two others killed in Tuesday’s shooting rampage. And find out how the West lost the pandemic.

China accuses the U.S. of hypocrisy over the "slaughter" of African Americans in tense Alaska talks. President Joe Biden heads to Atlanta as details about the killer emerge. And Taiwan's government asks people to stop changing their names to "salmon" to get free sushi.

Georgia police say Robert Aaron Long, 21, confessed to killing eight people, six of them Asian women, at Atlanta-area massage parlors, claiming he was sex-addicted and wanted to eliminate “temptation.” And cash and contagion are multiplying March Madness.

There are concerns that the killing of eight people in the Atlanta area could be an anti-Asian hate crime. Intelligence reports show Russia ran a pro-Trump disinformation campaign during the 2020 election. And Justin Bieber's new lavender Crocs sell out on launch.

North Korea has warned to the U.S. not to “cause a stink” in the region, and Biden is under political pressure over a recent border influx. OZY launches another round of the Genius Awards that helped propel Amanda Gorman to greatness.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Asia today with China and North Korea set to dominate the agenda. Aung San Suu Kyi's in court after another bloody weekend in Myanmar. And BLM and female artists are the big winners at a socially distanced Grammys. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $27 million to George Floyd’s family to settle a law-suit over his death in May after police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck for nine minutes, igniting a national reckoning over police violence. And the sun might set on springing forward and falling back. Click here to subscribe now to When Katty Met Carlos, OZY’s newest podcast: https://www.ozy.com/pg/podcast/when-katty-met-carlos