| Greetings, TicToc readers! We're connecting today's bits and pieces so you can see the bigger picture. Read on...  SCOTUS thrust into political wars A newly conservative U.S. Supreme Court has returned to the bench for a new term that runs until next summer, and on the docket are a host of hot-button issues that'll get decided only months before the 2020 election.
Here are some highlights: - LGBT+ rights: Justices will decide whether Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of sex, also protects employees who are gay or transgender.
- Immigration: At issue is whether the Trump administration's shutdown of DACA, which has allowed 700,000 young people known as "Dreamers" to avoid deportation, was done lawfully.
- Abortion: Justices will rule on a Louisiana law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals, which could affect decisions on other state restrictions.
- Guns: At issue is a New York City ordinance that allowed licensed gun owners to transport their unloaded weapons to shooting ranges only within city limits, which the state later rescinded.
Highly quotable "Totally destroy and obliterate." Trump warned Turkey of crushing economic consequences if it takes any "off-limits" actions in northern Syria after the administration said it'd allow Turkey to target Kurdish forces in the region who have been U.S. allies in the fight against ISIS. "We too love money more than freedom and democracy." The creators of "South Park" issued an "apology" after the series was reportedly scrubbed from the Chinese internet following an Oct. 2 episode, titled "Band in China," that heavily criticized censorship in the country. "Stand up and fight back!" Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan tried several times to get through a speech on immigration policy at Georgetown University, but unrelenting protesters eventually forced him off the stage. $ignificant figures 9 million kronor. The cash prize ($918,000) awarded to a trio of scientists upon winning the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their work uncovering "how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability." 8 years. How many years of tax filings Trump's accounting firm was ordered to turn over to New York prosecutors, though he won a last-minute delay pending an appeal. Today in protests Hundreds were arrested around the world Monday as protesters, spearheaded by Extinction Rebellion, began two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand governments take urgent action on climate change. Here's what you missed: - In London, demonstrators blockaded major roads around parliament, choking off access to various buildings.
- 83-year-old activist Phil Kingston was taken away in handcuffs after he spray-painted "Life, not death for my grandchildren" on the side of Britain's finance ministry building.
- In New York, protesters doused the charging bull statue with fake blood and staged a die-in near Wall Street.
 Viral alert "A Higher Loyalty." Actors Jeff Daniels and Brendon Gleeson have been cast as James Comey and Donald Trump in a four-hour CBS miniseries based on the former FBI director's memoir.  Adrenaline junkies only Skydiving Everest. Why rappel the world's highest mountain when you can skydive down it? With Everest Skydive, adventure seekers can take an 11-day trek through Nepal and make one of the highest commercial free-falls in the world from 23,000 feet above sea level.  You made it this far... Now tell your friends to sign up here. Watch your inbox for our next newsletter tomorrow.
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