1. Bank CEO Quits After Investigators Dig Into Epstein Links

  CASHING IN 

Barclays announced early Monday that its chief executive, Jes Staley, is out.

2. Laundry Detergent Dumped on Torah Scroll at Frat House

 ‘HATE CRIME’ 

Tau Kappa Epsilon’s president said that vandals broke into the house at George Washington University while members were away.

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4. Steve Buscemi Becomes Own ‘Fellow Kids’ Meme for Halloween

 NEXT LEVEL 

The actor was reportedly spotted giving out candy dressed as his own famous meme.

5. Teen Hitchhiker Killed in Crash Identified After 60 YEARS

 AMAZING 

His body was exhumed, and genealogists used DNA tracing to find his family.

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7. Worldwide COVID-19 Death Toll Hits ‘Staggering’ 5 Million

 GLOBAL TRAGEDY 

The United States, which leads the world with a death toll of approximately 750,000, accounts for 15 percent of the world’s fatalities.

8. Handball Players Win Battle Over Skimpy Uniforms

 NOTHING TO LOSE BUT YOUR BIKINIS 

The outcry after the Norwegian women’s team was fined for refusing to wear regulation skimpy bikinis forces governing body to drop sexist uniform rules.

9. Dad of Missing 5-Year-Old Summer Wells Hit With DUI Charge

 MERCY 

“IT was a stupid decision,” the family wrote on their website.

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10. NYC Firefighters Pulling Mass Sickout Over Vax: Commissioner

 FLAMING UP 

An unusual number of firefighters have called in sick ahead of a vaccine mandate for FDNY going into force.

11. Joy Down Under as Australia Finally Reopens Its Borders

 HOME AT LAST 

After 20 months under some of the world’s strictest COVID restrictions, Australia is finally opening its borders to travelers.

12. Scots Mock Wolf Blitzer for Reporting on COP26 in Wrong City

 WHERE IS EVERYONE? 

The CNN host posted a photo of himself in Edinburgh, on the opposite side of Scotland from Glasgow.

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13. Aussie Footballer Shows Up to NYC Court in Halloween Costume

 PARTY’S OVER 

Jordan De Goey has been barred from training or playing with his team indefinitely.

14. Some U.S.-Trained Afghans Enlisting With Islamic State: WSJ

 LAST RESORT 

To a handful of former members of Afghanistan’s disbanded security forces, “ISIS has become very attractive,” according to a former official.

15. You’ll Never Guess What Oxford’s 2021 Word of the Year Is

 HINT: IT’S PANDEMIC-RELATED 

The winning word, according to a press release, “more than any other, has injected itself into the bloodstream of the English language in 2021.”

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