This image released by Universal Pictures shows the character Michael Myers in "Halloween Kills," directed by David Gordon Green. (Ryan Green/Universal Pictures via AP)
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Here are the headlines you Need2Know for Monday, October 18, 2021:
MANCHIN'S DEMANDS
Sen. Joe Manchin is laying down his demands for what needs to be cut from President Biden’s legislative agenda in order to gain his support. The Democrat from West Virginia reportedly told the White House over the weekend that the child tax credit must include a work requirement and a $60,000 income cap. Manchin is also said to be firmly against the cornerstone of Biden’s climate plan, a $150 billion program that would push utility companies toward renewable energy. AXIOS
COVID LATEST
Dr. Fauci says the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should have been a two-dose vaccine from the beginning. His comments followed a recommendation from the FDA’s advisory panel that J&J recipients get a booster, regardless of their age or underlying conditions. The FDA is expected to accept that recommendation. Fauci also urged police officers to get vaccinated as police unions across the country have been resisting vaccine mandates despite Covid being the top cause of death for cops for the last two years. INSIDER
AMERICANS KIDNAPPED
One of the most notorious gangs in Haiti is thought to be behind the weekend kidnapping of 17 American and Canadian missionaries in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince. While mass kidnappings have become common in Haiti, it is rare for gangs to target American citizens. The missionaries, five of whom are children, were on the way home from building an orphanage when they were abducted. Their condition is unknown. NBC NEWS
UK LAWMAKER KILLED
British politicians could soon get round-the-clock police protection after a member of Parliament was killed on Friday as he met with constituents. Sir David Amess was stabbed 17 times at an event in Essex, outside of London. A British national who is the son of a former Somali political aide is being held under Britain’s terrorism act. It was the second time a British lawmaker was killed while meeting with constituents in five years. BBC
STRIKETOBER WATCH
A strike of Hollywood production workers that was to start today has been avoided after the union agreed to a tentative deal with the studios. Assuming the contract is ratified, IATSE members will get retroactive pay increases and more rest between shoots. Meanwhile John Deere and Kellogg’s workers are both still on the picket line, joining recent strikes by hospital workers in Buffalo, metalworkers in West Virginia, coal miners in Alabama and whiskeymakers in Kentucky, among others. DEM-GAZETTE
WORLD'S RICHEST
Elon Musk is so rich that he’s now worth more than Bill Gates and Warren Buffett combined. Musk’s net worth recently crossed $230 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, thanks to the strength of Tesla stock and a stock sale at his other company, SpaceX. Musk has been trolling former world’s-richest Jeff Bezos, tweeting a silver-medal emoji at the Amazon founder. BARRON'S
WNBA CHAMPS
The Chicago Sky beat the Phoenix Mercury to win the franchise’s first WNBA championship. Two Chicago natives, Candace Parker and Allie Quigley, scored a combined 42 points in the comeback win to clinch the title. ESPN
HALLOWEEN SLAYS
Halloween Kills shocked at the domestic box office, bringing in more than $50 million -- the biggest open of the pandemic for a horror or R-rated film. The Halloween installment was even available to stream on Peacock and still overperformed in theaters, a very good sign for the movie-theater industry as a whole. DEADLINE
SPOTTED...
…Bill Clinton, walking out of the California hospital where had been treated for sepsis: SEE PIC
...the trailer for The Batman, featuring glimpses of Zoe Kravitz as Catwoman and an unrecognizable Colin Farrell as Penguin: WATCH
...Daniel Craig, crashing Rami Malek’s Saturday Night Live episode in multiple sketches: WATCH
LEFTOVERS: A WOMAN'S WORK
A Spanish author of popular crime thrillers, thought for years to be a woman, turns out to be three middle-aged men writing under a pseudonym. Spain’s literary world was shocked when three male TV writers, Agustín Martínez, Jorge Díaz and Antonio Mercero, accepted a coveted book award that had been given to “Carmen Mola,” an acclaimed author who was thought to be female university professor and mother of three living in Madrid. The men acknowledged Mola didn’t actually exist, and said they had hid behind the pseudonym for fun. CNN
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Catching you up on today's entertainment headlines with the Tribeca Film Festival has kicked off in NYC, "Black Adam," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson dropped its first full trailer, the musical "Come From Away" based on a true story set during 9/11 will be closing on Broadway this October, and more.
Survivors of Larry Nassar, including Olympian Simone Biles, are seeking $1 billion in damages from the FBI due to its failure to investigate the former gymnastics team doctor convicted of committing years of serial sexual abuse of minors. Jack Queen, a senior reporter at Law360, joined Cheddar News to break down the legal grounds of this case. "This is one of the biggest black eyes that the Bureau has faced in generations, quite frankly, and the FBI has taken full responsibility and admitted that it completely botched this investigation," he said. "So, there's a lot of pressure to settle."
The Elevate Prize Foundation is donating $10,000 to different grassroots organizations based on a theme every month to help scale their work, focusing on a different theme each time. Upcoming prizes will help uplift an organization supporting the LGBTQ community and one mobilizing to help end gun violence. The foundation's CEO Carolina Garcia Jayaram joined Cheddar to discuss the initiative and why it's important to uplift these grassroots organizations. "We are identifying social entrepreneurs around the world to help them scale their work. but the ultimate purpose of that is to create the first-ever fanbase for good," she said. "We're trying to make good famous and by inspiring people to think about the role they can play in doing good in the world."
With real estate being a largely male-dominated industry, Stephanie Shojaee, vice president and chief marketing officer at development company Shoma Group, joined Cheddar News to discuss how she took on the gender gap for women to achieve leadership roles, starting at her own company. “It's been very important to teach all the women that work here, especially the younger ones, that they shouldn't change themselves," she said. "You need to be happy with who you are and just keep breaking barriers."
We are already starting to feel the effects of summer. Heat waves in Texas and California are already sending temperatures soaring. That could spell trouble for the nation's power supply. there are new concerns about outages in many areas of the country. Cheddar's Shannon Lanier explains the two main causes of blackouts, and what states are doing to keep the lights on and the air conditioning running.
If you have been on the road this past year, you've probably seen more accidents on the road than you ever have. You're not wrong. Traffic fatalities are not only increasing they are hitting historic highs. Almost 43,000 people died in motor vehicle accidents in 2021. Cheddar's Shannon Lanier investigates - and finds out why.
U.S. stocks close Tuesday at session highs after a subpar start to the trading day. Tim Chubb, Chief Investment Officer at the wealth advisory firm, Girard, joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss. 'We're starting to see the moderation of three core things -- we've seen the moderation of prices, we've seen the moderation of wage growth we've seen in the labor market, and we've also seen a moderation of job openings,' he says.
The victims from the USA gymnastics sexual abuse scandal continue to seek justice. Survivors of Larry Nassar are seeking more than one-billion dollars from the FBI for failing to stop the convicted sports doctor when the agency first received allegations. According to a report released by the Justice Department's Inspector General, FBI agents knew
in July of 2015 that Nassar was accused of abusing gymnasts; however, Nassar wasn't arrested until December of 2016. The group that filed the claim includes Olympic medalist Simone Biles and around 90 other women. Louise Radnofsky, sports reporter at The Wall Street Journal, joins Cheddar News' Closing Bell to discuss.
Tattoo artist Katrina "Kat Tat" Jackson, famous for starring in the VH1 hit series "Black Ink Crew: Chicago," is also the first Black woman to own a tattoo shop in Beverly Hills. She joined Cheddar News to discuss her trailblazing work, the stigma BIPOC tattoo artists face in the industry, and the way the space has changed for artists of color since her start. "In the beginning, I remember walking into a tattoo shop just like, hey, I wanna learn, I wanna be a tattoo artist and kind of just being laughed at, not taken seriously," she said. "Even with the tattoo conventions, a lot of African American tattoo artists were almost scared to go to conventions because it's not a welcoming environment."
