Jim Jordan, Britney Spears, Joe Morton & More - 10/18/2023

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Today's Rundown:
Jim Jordan suffers defeat on first ballot for speaker race, leaving fate uncertain
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/jim-jordan-suffers-defeat-first-ballot-speaker-race-leaving-fate-uncer-rcna120798

President Joe Biden will visit war-torn Israel on Wednesday, Secretary Blinken says
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/10/16/president-biden-to-visit-israel-following-oct-7-attacks/71210601007/

Britney Spears says in memoir she had an abortion after pregnancy with Justin Timberlake
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/britney-spears-says-memoir-abortion-pregnancy-justin-timberlake-rcna120795

After ChatGPT disruption, Stack Overflow lays off 28 percent of staff
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/after-chatgpt-disruption-stack-overflow-lays-off-28-percent-of-staff/

Prosecutors investigating Rust shooting intend to bring involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin before a grand jury
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/alec-baldwin-may-face-involuntary-manslaughter-charge-rust-shooting-pr-rcna104138

Alex Murdaugh requests new murder trial, alleges jury tampering in appeal
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/10/17/alex-murdaugh-new-trial-requested/71216070007/

Wyndham rejects $8 billion unsolicited buyout offer after Choice Hotels goes public with its bid
https://apnews.com/article/choice-hotels-wyndham-acquisition-merger-a0602a987106067f25f030870bdc0262

Maren Morris files for divorce from Ryan Hurd after 5 years of marriage
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/maren-morris-files-divorce-ryan-hurd-160345163.html

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ONE DAY OLDER ON OCTOBER 18
Joe Morton (76)
Jean-Claude Van Damme (63)
Zac Efron (36)

WHAT HAPPENED TODAY:
1867: The United States took possession of Alaska after purchasing it from Russia for $7.2 million.
1898: The United States took possession of Puerto Rico.
1925: The Grand Ole Opry opened.

PLUS, TODAY WE CELEBRATE: Chocolate Cupcake Day
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-chocolate-cupcake-day-october-18

National Chocolate Cupcake Day on October 18th annually celebrates the sweetness of small chocolate cakes. Cupcakes can be traced back to 1796 when a recipe notation of "a cake to be baked in small cups" was written in American Cookery, by Amelia Simmons. The earliest known documentation of the term cupcake was in 1828 in Seventy-five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats in Eliza Leslie's Receipts cookbook