THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

• Lindsay Lohan recently had half of a ring finger severed, but then had it successfully reattached. The result of a boating accident.
• Kelly Clarkson says she sings differently after the birth of her second child.
• ABC has canceled "Aquarius" after two seasons.
• A reboot of the TV show "Dynasty" is coming to the CW Network.
• Completely autonomous cars have been approved in California, as long as they don't go faster than 35 miles-an-hour.
• In China, a man who murdered his parents tried to cover up the crime -- by killing 17 of their neighbors.
• A bartender in Washington, DC, received 13,000 texts and 400 calls after C-SPAN mistakenly posted her number on the air.
• The University of Wisconsin says they will be watching for any Halloween costumes that demonstrate any kind of racism.
• An Illinois doctor has been suspended for making vaccines out of cat saliva and vodka.
• Cleveland Browns wide receiver Josh Gordon has entered a rehab facility.
• A fan disrupted the Bears/Lions game on Sunday when he ran out on the field wearing a full gorilla costume and a shirt that read "All Lives Matter" on the front and "Put The Guns Down" on the back. He was tackled, removed from the game and turned over to authorities.
• Armed gunmen broke into Kim Kardashian's Paris hotel room, taped her mouth shut and stole millions of dollars in jewelry. When word reached her husband Kanye, he bolted from the stage mid-concert.
• Tori Spelling has been ordered by a judge to pay her American Express bill with a past due balance of $37,981.97, plus an extra $855 in court costs.
• Beginning this week, the government will pay for gender reassignment treatments and surgeries for soldiers.
• Yesterday was the first Monday in October, which means the U.S. Supreme Court is back in session.
• Bruno Mars drops a new single on Friday, "24-karat Magic."
• Brandi Glanville and celebrity chef Cat Cora -- who is one of the judges on the upcoming competition series "My Kitchen Rules" -- had a fling while shooting the FOX show. Brandi has since moved on to a new relationship with a man.
• The world's oldest man, Holocaust survivor Yisrael Kristal, celebrated his bar mitzvah over the weekend... at the age of 113.
• Whoa! Bass Pro Shops is buying Cabella's in a $5.5 billion deal.