THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

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  • So far, two teenagers have announced that they're running for governor of Kansas in 2018. 
  • A federal appeals court heard arguments on Friday to make public draft indictments of Hillary Clinton from the Whitewater scandal in the 1990s. 
  • Yoko Ono threatened to sue the maker of a lemonade drink that they named John Lemon. They caved. 
  • Taco Bell is going to phase out drive-through windows at 350 of their restaurants and then, at those locations, will start serving alcohol. 
  • Bernie Casey, best known for Revenge of the Nerds and as the star of I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, has died at the age of 78. 
  • Sean Penn is going to try his hand at television, starring in a new Hulu series, "The First." 
  • The National Enquirer has issued a formal apology to Judge Judy after publishing false claims about her and her family. Among the wrong allegations was that she was suffering from Alzheimer's. 
  • Melissa Joan Hart has deleted a post where she was complaining about how Hurricane Maria had ruined her family vacation. 
  • Former major leaguer Raul Mondesi has been sentenced to eight years in prison for corruption during his time as mayor of San Cristobal in the Dominican Republic. 
  • 12-year-old ventriloquist Darci Lynne won the latest edition of "America's Got Talent." Her first Vegas show is November 3. By the way, the ratings for this year's America's Got Talent were the highest they've been in three years. 
  • White giraffes have been caught on video for the very first time. 
  • Wednesday night was Rosh Hashanah, the arrival of the Jewish New Year.

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