Weekly World Headlines
Kansas City Royals pose with World Series trophy after Game 5 of the Major League Baseball World Series against the New York Mets Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, in New York. The Royals won 7-2 to win the series.
1) Royals win World Series
Last Sunday night the Kansas City Royals (95-67) became World Series champions after defeating the New York Mets (90-72) 7-2 in game 5. Down 2-0 by the top of the ninth, the Royals quickly got their bats going and scored two runs to tie their northeastern opponents. Going into extra innings, they rallied five more runs by the twelfth inning to steal the title. This was a regal moment for Kansas City as this was their first World Series title since 1985. Along with popping bottles in the locker room, the Royals celebrated their victory back home with a parade on Tuesday afternoon.
For more information:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/02/us/world-series-mets-royals-game-5/index.html
2) Hunger Games to get a theme park
From top left, Gwendoline Christie, Natalie Dormer, Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson, foreground, pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film ‘The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2’, in London, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015.
On Monday, Lions Gate Entertainment confirmed that its popular “Hunger Games” film franchise will get a theme park. AVATRON Park, an over 700 acre attraction, is set to be located in Bartow County, GA and will be heavily inspired by The Hunger Games. Lions Gate is looking to expand entertainment opportunities around the world and has partnered with the AVATRON development group to make this happen. This more than $750 million project will feature an amusement park, two hotels, a retail center, and an amphitheater. The park is expected in January 2019.
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3) Chipotle sued for E. coli outbreak
A pedestrian walks past a closed Chipotle restaurant Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, in Seattle. An E. coli outbreak linked to Chipotle restaurants in Washington state and Oregon has sickened nearly two dozen people in the third outbreak of foodborne illness at the popular chain this year. Cases of the bacterial illness were traced to six of the fast-casual Mexican food restaurants, but the company voluntarily closed down 43 of its locations in the two states as a precaution.
After closing forty-three of its Pacific Northwest restaurants, Chipotle Mexican Grill was sued on Monday by a customer who claimed to be sickened by E. coli after eating a burrito bowl. Washington and Oregon state health officials have linked thirty-nine cases of E. coli to several locations, further prompting the closures. No deaths have resulted from this but many have been hospitalized. Charmaine Denise Mode, the woman suing the Mexican food chain, ate at a Vancouver location on October 21st, 2015 and reported E. coli-like symptoms last Sunday. Local health officials then quickly linked her to the Chipotle outbreak. No further comments have been made on her lawsuit but Chipotle released this statement on Saturday to address the ongoing investigation:
“The safety and wellbeing of our customers is always our highest priority. After being notified by health department officials in the Seattle and Portland, Ore. areas that they were investigating approximately 20 cases of E. coli, including people who ate at six of our restaurants in those areas, we immediately closed all of our restaurants in the area out of an abundance of caution, even though the vast majority of these restaurants have no reported problems. We are working with health department officials to determine the cause of this issue. We offer our deepest sympathies to those who have been affected by this situation.”
In regards to other areas, Chipotle has made no plans to close locations in other states as there is no evidence of a link to other restaurants.
For more information:
http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/03/news/companies/chipotle-sued-e-coli/index.html
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/11/05/chipotle-now-linked-to-39-confirmed-e-coli-cases-14-hospitalizations.html
4) ISIS bomb suspected on Flight 9268
Egyptian security forces stand guard by debris of a Russian airplane at the site a day after the passenger jet bound for St. Petersburg, Russia crashed in Hassana, Egypt, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. The Metrojet plane, bound for St. Petersburg in Russia, crashed 23 minutes after it took off from Egypt’s Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Saturday morning. The 224 people on board, all Russian except for four Ukrainians and one Belarusian, died.
After the deadly crash of a Russian plane in Egypt, a U.S. intelligence analysis suspects that ISIS or its affiliates planted a bomb on the plane. Last Saturday, Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after dismantling midair, killing all 224 of its passengers. U.S. officials are pointing fingers at the terrorist group, ISIS, after listening to an audio message from their Sinai branch that was posted on terror-related social media accounts on Wednesday. Many are not sure if ISIS is to blame considering they usually have no problem taking pride in their attacks and have not taken responsibility for this yet. Officials in Egypt and Russia believe there is no evidence to support these claims on ISIS.
For more information:
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/11/05/middleeast/russian-plane-crash-egypt-sinai/index.html
5) Carson and Trump to get Secret Service protection
Ben Carson, right, watches as Donald Trump speaks during the CNBC Republican presidential debate at the University of Colorado, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2015, in Boulder, Colo.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Thursday that Republican front-runners Ben Carson and Donald Trump will receive Secret Service after their requests for protection in future political events. Carson and Trump will be the first 2016 Republican presidential candidates to receive this type of security. DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson approved the candidates’ requests after looking at factors including their standing polls, amounts of contributions received, and the threat environment.
For more information:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/05/politics/donald-trump-ben-carson-secret-service/index.html