Plus: A failed House speaker vote, Britney Spears' memoir and viral twin grandmas ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2023 / Finely crafted by Lily Herman
Good morning, folks. Pepper X, a new pepper 10 years in the making, was just named the world's hottest chili pepper. Would you try it?
Now, onto the news.
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 | News To Know |  | (Evan Vucci/AP) | - President Biden arrived in Israel today for a wartime visit. The trip comes after a deadly explosion rocked a Gaza City hospital on Tuesday. Palestinian officials blamed Israel, while Israel denied responsibility and claimed it was a failed rocket launch by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In Tel Aviv, Biden appeared to endorse Israel’s denial. (CNN)
- Rep. Jim Jordan lost his first floor vote to become House speaker on Tuesday. He plans to move forward with a second vote today. New polling shows that a growing majority of Americans blame the GOP for congressional dysfunction. (Reuters / Yahoo News)
- The East Coast is facing more rain this week: Meteorologists say a significant nor’easter could bring serious rainfall and heavy winds by Friday. (AccuWeather)
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 | Entertainment Spotlight |  | (Mark J. Terrill/AP) | - Britney Spears dropped a major revelation from her upcoming memoir The Woman in Me (out next week): In an excerpt, Spears writes that she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake. (Entertainment Weekly)
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 | Sports. Sports. Sports. |  | (Brynn Anderson/AP) | - Let’s talk MLB playoffs: The Phillies are up 2-0 in the NLCS after beating the Diamondbacks 10-0 in Game 2 yesterday. (Yahoo Sports)
- Game 4 of the WNBA Finals airs tonight at 8 p.m. ET (ESPN). The Aces lead the series 2-1, but the Liberty have momentum heading into the matchup. (Yahoo Sports)
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 | Finance For You |  | (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images) | - Nostalgia alert: Five popular toys — the pogo stick, the Fisher-Price Corn Popper, My Little Pony, PEZ dispensers and Transformers — are up for induction to the National Toy Hall of Fame. (AP)
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 | Tech Talk |  | (Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | - YouTube is rolling out a new “You” section with three dozen features and updates. If you use YouTube on the go, check out the new lock screen tool, which helps you avoid accidental interruptions when watching videos on a phone or tablet. (Engadget)
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Fantastic Finish | Meet Anne McQueen and Susan Briggs, twin 84-year-old grandmas who’ve worn matching outfits every day for decades. “People always stop and stare at us and just smile and want to talk to us because we are little matching old lady twins,” they said. (People) |
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