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Blake, Wm. The First Book of Urizen. 1794.

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Biden appeared horrified after a sedan crashed into a Secret Service SUV part of his motorcade in Wilmington, Delaware.

The incident occurred as Biden was leaving his campaign headquarters after a meal with his re-election team.

Secret Service agents quickly responded, pulling out their weapons and securing the scene.

Both the president and the first lady were unharmed, and the sedan driver complied with agents.

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Blake, Wm. A Small Book of Designs. 1796.

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25% of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married, the highest since the data started being recorded in 1900, according to the Pew Research Center.

For perspective, in 1980, just 6% of people in this group were unmarried, steadily rising since then.

Additionally, 78% of these unmarried people live alone, with only 22% reporting they live with a partner.

These findings correspond with a poll from July that found 40% of young U.S. adults think marriage is an outdated tradition.

There are likely various reasons for this trend, such as women prioritizing a career, the ubiquity of birth control, and the rising costs of childcare and housing.

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Blake, Wm. The Wrath of Elihu. 1805.

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Billy Garland, 2Pac's father, sees Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who was arrested in September for 2Pac's murder, as a "tool" used by higher powers.

Garland suggests that influential figures like 2Pac are targeted due to their potential to lead and inspire others.

Keffe D, arrested 27 years after 2Pac's death, has pleaded not guilty.

Garland: "He's always been a tool, and there's just time that they used him for what they wanted to use him. Because if you couldn't see if it was the government, the justice department, the LAPD, the Las Vegas Police Department, and several other entities... Anytime an African American man gets strong that has the potential to lead other people, he's not gonna survive."

"Let's be very honest, Keffe is not a very intelligent individual. When you go on air and say you participated in a high-scale assassination, eventually it's going to come back on you. I'm surprised he went that far that long without them arresting him. He was in the car. That's aiding and abetting in the murder. But he was doing his part, with the rest of the people who were talking about Orlando Anderson. He was fulfilling that glitch. He was adding to their truth, which we all know wasn't true."

"I don’t think we’ll ever find out who really did the shooting but we know it wasn’t no one individual." 

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Blake, Wm. The Nativity. 1799.

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Two Japanese towns are successfully boosting their populations as the national birth rate hits a historical low.

With a population of over 300,000, Akashi offers free baby food, nappies, medical care, and school lunches to support families. These efforts seem to be paying off, as the town’s population has increased for ten years in a row.

In Nagareyama, the population has grown by 24% to 211,000, thanks to child-friendly policies like a bus service for daycare and increased nurseries.

“Our aim was to create an environment in which parents can continue to work while raising children,” says Izaki Yoshiharu, the town’s mayor.

Nationwide, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has stated it’s “now or never” to address the country’s falling birthrate, warning in January that its infrastructure was “on the brink of not being able to maintain social functions.”

He pledged to double the government’s spending on child-related programs and establish a government agency to solely focus on the issue.

Japan has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, with fewer than 800,000 births being recorded last year for the first time since records began in 1899.

Kato Hisakazu, professor at Meiji University: “Japan needs to foster a culture that is generous to children.”