THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • An apple orchard in Indiana was picked clean by thieves, who made off with over 50,000 apples.
  • When you go to book a flight on Japan Airlines and go to choose your seat, they're going to put little icons on the seats already purchased, letting you know if the passenger next to you will be carrying a 2-year-old or younger baby.
  • Fifth graders at Riverside Elementary School in Jeffersonville, Indiana, were given two days last week "to make sure that relationships have ended." Yes, the school was banning dating.
  • The average age of the car on the road these days? Just under 12 years.
  • A GoFundMe campaign has raised over $75,000 to pay for the legal bills of the White House whistleblower.
  • The former home of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love in Seattle has gone on the market for $7.5 million. Built in 1902, it has four-bedroom, and around 8,000-square-feet.
  • In the mid-1950s, Annette Adkins and Bob Harvey were sweethearts at Gar-Field High School in Woodbridge, Virginia. But life happen, Annette met another guy and they got married. Six decades later, Annette and Bob have reconnected and plan to get married next month.
  • Huey Lewis and the News have released their first new song in 20 years, "Her love is killing me." Lewis retired from performing live last year after being diagnosed with Meniere's disease, a rare inner ear disease that sometimes renders him almost completely deaf. The singer has good days and bad, but the unpredictable nature of the disease's symptoms makes it impossible for him to schedule live shows.
  • Rob Garrison, the actor known for playing Tommy in The Karate Kid, has died. He was 59.
  • Samsung has re-released their new "Fold" phone, a cell phone that folds in half. A 4.6-inch front display when folded, and a 7.3-inch display when unfolded.
  • Angelina Jolie is in "Marvel's The Eternals", which opens in November. In the movie, she's a blonde.
  • Interesting chunk of trivia: Abraham Lincoln was the only president we ever had that was once a bartender.
  • Tennis pro Nick Kyrgios has received a 16 week suspended ban, provided he gets support from a mental coach.
  • Two out of five Americans say politics is stressing them out.
  • A report says 7 in 10 parents send their children to school when they are sick.
  • The NFL has dropped the 18 game proposal and is now looking at a 17 game season.

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