The world is like a movie written by a dozen coked-up screenwriters, the script of which was then eaten by one of their dogs, forcing the actors to try to perform their parts by reading the shit.
The world is dark and full of terrors, and no reasonable person can be expected to keep up with every important news story while maintaining their sanity.
No reasonable person can be expected to keep up with every important news story. So, we have taken it upon ourselves to quickly summarize the most important and/or insane headlines from the last week (or so).