The 15 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (5/16/17)

The weekly news cycle has turned into a funhouse mirror maze. No reasonable person can be expected to get through the constant barrage of headlines 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: Variety
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Source: The Guardian
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Source: CNBC
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Source: Reuters
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Source: The AV Club
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Source: BBC
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Source: CNN
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Source: WSLS
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Source: The Independent
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Source: Polygon
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Source: E! Online