5 things you need to know Tuesday
1. San Francisco Giants and Kansas City Royals meet in the World Series
It's an unprecedented World Series. When Game 1 begins Tuesday in Kansas City, it will be the first time two teams with fewer than 90 victories meet in the Fall Classic. It's just the second time two wild card teams play each other. To set the right mood, two San Francisco radio stations have banned the Lorde song Royals from their airwaves (at least through the Series). In response, Kansas City's 99.7 The Point promises to play the song every hour from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
2. Oscar Pistorius gets five years
The South African athlete was sentenced Tuesday to a maximum of five years in prison for the Valentine's Day, 2013, killing of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. He was given a suspended, three-year sentence for an unrelated firearms charge.
3. 'No better year' for the Orionid meteor shower
Bits of dust and rocks from Halley's Comet will be visible in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, and then again Tuesday night into Wednesday during the Orionid meteor shower. There could be as many as 25 meteors per hour at its height, according to EarthSky. If clouds don't interfere with your view, the lack of a bright moon will help in viewing the meteors. The meteors are called the Orionids because they seem to come from the constellation Orion the Hunter. "There's no year better for the Orionids than this one," said astronomer Bob Berman of the astronomy website Slooh.
4. White House fence jumper appears in court
Omar Gonzalez faces additional charges in court Tuesday after a grand jury reviewed more evidence in the case against him for allegedly jumping a fence at the White House and pushing his way through its front doors. The additional charges accuse Gonzalez of resisting Secret Service officers minutes before he was stopped and possessing a gun magazine that held more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Gonzalez told Secret Service agents he breached White House security Sept. 19 because he wanted to warn President Obama about the atmosphere collapsing, court papers say.
5. The political news bubble
A new study from the Pew Research Center shows that a significant and influential chunk of the American populace lives in a media bubble in which they encounter only facts, or more accurately "facts," with which they agree. And that's not good news for democracy, writes Paste BN columnist Rem Rieder.
And, the essentials:
Weather: A cool and showery day is likely Tuesday in the northeastern U.S., while rain and even some light snow is possible in the Rockies.
Stocks: Markets fall as China growth weighs
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