Here’s what I’m reading up on:
- The Sierra Leonean doctor, Martin Salia, who was being treated for Ebola in Nebraska dies.
- Abdul-Rahman Kassig is beheaded by ISIS.
- The Pope will be coming to Philly next fall; he’s currently attending a conference on "traditional" families.
- Halliburton is set to acquire Baker Hughes, one of the biggest international oilfield services corporations, for $35 billion.
- Unclassified e-mails from the State Department are hacked.
- Speaking of hacking, Anonymous launches #OpKKK and takes over the Ku Klux Klan’s Twitter account.
- Spoilers (and plot holes!) for last night’s episode of "The Walking Dead."
- Oh, and the really bad Aaliyah movie.
- One hundred seventy two travelers aboard a Princess cruise ship are infected with norovirus aboard the exact same ship where 129 people were infected just seven months ago.
- What are you doing tonight? Might I suggest watching the Leonids (if you’re not on the East Coast).