The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (10/27)

The news can sound like those ominous radio reports you hear in the background during the prologue of a zombie movie. 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: CNN
Related: The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (2/2)
Source: AccuWeather