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| 1 | Charlie Kirk |  |
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A massive memorial service was held for the controversial right-wing activist in the same stadium where the Arizona Cardinals play, attracting so many people that 20,000 had to watch in the nearby indoor arena. One of the speeches was delivered by his widow, who forgave the man accused of the murder. |
| 2 | Erika Kirk |  |
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| 3 | 2025 Ballon d'Or |  |
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France Football unveiled their picks for the best players of the 2024–25 season. The top awards went on the male side to Ousmane Dembélé, helped Paris Saint-Germain win an elusive UEFA Champions League and also end as runners-up on the expanded 2025 FIFA Club World Cup and get two national championship; and the female side to Aitana Bonmatí, who won Spanish club tournaments with FC Barcelona and ended as runner-up on both the Women's Champions and the Women's Euro (although she didn't play the latter due to illness). |
| 4 | Zubeen Garg | |
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The "Heartthrob of Assam", who could play 12 instruments and sing in over 40 languages, died at age 52 while swimming in Singapore on September 19. His body lay in state for a public memorial until cremation on September 23, when he received full honors and a 21-gun salute. |
| 5 | Deaths in 2025 | |
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I tell myself I've got, say, 30 years. At 75 this place will suit me fine. I've never feared the grave but what I fear's that great worked-out black hollow under mine. |
| 6 | ChatGPT | |
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The overuse of this chatbot leads to news of all flavors, like a woman who won the lottery following its number suggestions, and a lawyer fined for using fake AI-generated quotes in court. |
| 7 | One Battle After Another | |
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Two years after his last movie, Leonardo DiCaprio returns under the direction of Paul Thomas Anderson as a retired revolutionary who must rescue his daughter from a corrupt military official. Fast-paced, well-acted and combining both thrilling set pieces and a few funny moments, One Battle After Another was praised by critics and opened as the #1 movie with a $22.1 million weekend, although whether it will be an exception on most of Anderson's movies underperforming at the box office is yet to be seen. |
| 8 | D4vd |  |
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The only news to arise from the disappearance and death of a teenager, whose decomposed body was found on September 8 in the trunk of this singer's car, is that her body was released to her family for a funeral and that she was not pregnant at the time of her death. Her cause of death has been listed as "deferred", pending the release of the autopsy report. |
| 9 | They Call Him OG | |
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No, this isn't about the "original gangster" and American rapper/actor Ice-T. This is the latest Indian crime thriller released on September 25. Filming began in 2023, with Pawan Kalyan (pictured) cast as OG, a retired gangster returning after 10 years to take on a new crime lord. Filming had some delays, since Kalyan was made deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2024. |
| 10 | Assassination of Charlie Kirk | |
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#1 was fatally shot in the neck while addressing an audience on the campus of Utah Valley University. 22-year-old Tyler James Robinson was arrested for it, and showing how weird the world has gotten, the cartridges used by him had Internet memes inscribed in them: the spent one read "Notices bulges OwO what's this?", and three others had "Hey fascist! Catch! ↑→↓↓↓" (the input to summon a bomb in Helldivers 2), "Oh bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao", and "If you read this, you are gay LMAO". |
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| 1 | Ed Gein | |
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"The Butcher of Plainfield" was arrested in 1957 for the murder of a hardware store owner, and investigation discovered both that Gein killed another woman and kept a disturbing collection of human remains mostly taken from graveyards, with particular focus of making things out of skin. Gein's trial had him diagnosed with schizophrenia and found legally insane, so instead of prison he was sent to a mental institution where he died in 1984. The latest retelling of his story – that had been adapted into a few movies, including a musical, and inspired fictional serial killers such as Norman Bates, Leatherface and Buffalo Bill – is the recently released Netflix show Monster: The Ed Gein Story, where Gein is played by Charlie Hunnam. |
| 2 | Jane Goodall | |
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This English primatologist and anthropologist died on October 1 at age 91, while on a speaking tour in the US. She spent over six decades of her life in field research of the Kasakela chimpanzee community in Tanzania. Her mission was to prove that chimpanzees were not too different than humans (or that human behavior wasn't too complex). She was a UN Messenger of Peace and was bestowed numerous honors throughout her life, the last being the US Presidential Medal of Freedom. On October 3, Netflix aired an episode of its series, Famous Last Words, featuring her reflecting on her life's work and her own mortality. |
| 3 | One Battle After Another | |
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Paul Thomas Anderson has made another incredible movie in this action thriller starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a former revolutionary and Sean Penn as an corrupt general who antagonizes him, including by kidnapping his daughter. It is also his biggest box office hit having passed $100 million worldwide, although it still has to recover the high budget of at least $130 million, and after topping one weekend fell to second place behind Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl. |
| 4 | Mae Martin | |
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This non-binary, transgender Canadian actor/comedian created the Netflix show Wayward, where they play a cop that helps two teenagers uncover mysteries regarding their town. |
| 5 | Kantara: Chapter 1 |  |
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Sandalwood released a prequel to 2022's Kantara, still centered around Rishab Shetty and spiritual possession rituals. It has already made more money than the original while becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the year. |
| 6 | Government shutdowns in the United States | |
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On October 1, the US government shutdown for a third time (11th overall) during President Trump's terms in office, curtailing most governmental services. Politicians had disagreements over federal spending levels, foreign aid rescissions, and health insurance subsidies. Public blame was equally divided between Republicans, Democrats and Trump. |
| 7 | Bad Bunny | |
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This Puerto Rican rapper was announced as the halftime show performer of Super Bowl LX, returning after being a guest the last time Latins held the honors, the 2020 concert by Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. He also ended the week hosting the season opener Saturday Night Live, where his monologue mocked how part of the press questioned bringing in a guy who sings in Spanish: "If you didn't understand what I just said, you have four months to learn." |
| 8 | Deaths in 2025 | |
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As #2 once said, "I'm absolutely sure, myself, that death isn't the end, but heaven knows what happens afterwards. There's either nothing, or there's something. Can you think of a greater adventure than finding out what that is?" |
| 9 | Pete Hegseth | |
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On September 30 at Quantico, the United States Secretary of Defense (secretary of war, who knows?) announced to a gathering of around 800 top military officials that the US military would start focusing more on offense, lethality and violent effect, beyond defense, legality and political correctness. He criticized the "decades of decay" and the "fat generals" at the Pentagon. President Trump also addressed the room. Neither of the men received applause in return, despite demands for alignment with their politics (militaries should be apolitical). |
| 10 | ChatGPT | |
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People still use the chatbot and read its page. And use it for their research, when Wikipedia is right here and for all our mistakes less prone to hallucinations. |
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