The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (9/15)

Sometimes watching the news can feel like you're seeing an anti-Earth propaganda film produced by aliens. No reasonable person can be expected to keep up with every important headline while maintaining their sanity, so we have taken it upon ourselves to quickly summarize the most important and/or ridiculous news stories from the last week (or so):
Source: Yahoo News
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Source: Washington Post