Joan Rivers died
Joan Rivers passed away on September 4, in New York City. According to CNN, what began as a routine procedure to check her vocal chords turned disastrous when she stopped breathing. After the incident, she was then treated at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic for reasons her family refuses to release. The New York Daily News reported that Rivers’ condition worsened when a doctor attempted to perform a biopsy on her vocal chords. The clinic now denies that procedure ever happened. Rivers went into cardiac arrest at the clinic around 10 a.m. on the day of her death. After numerous attempts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead at 1:17 p.m.
Kate Middleton is pregnant again
Nearly 14 months after the birth of their first child, Prince George, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their second child, as announced on September 8. The royal tweeter announced to the official account’s followers, “The Queen and the members of both families are delighted with the news that Their Royal Highnesses are expecting their second child.” While they decline to release her due date, commentators speculate that the baby will be born in late spring of 2015. As the fourth heir to the throne, the Royal Family has received congratulatory tweets from thousands of people, including British Prime Minister David Cameron and Scotland’s first minister, Alex Salmond.
The iPhone 6 is released
Apple released its newest product on September 19. The long-awaited iPhone 6, with new retina display and HD cameras, is the longest and thinnest iPhone yet. Available in two sizes, people now have the option of having a bigger phone that resembles an Android. Showing it off at a media event earlier in the summer, Apple brags that this iPhone will be a game changer. Along with the announcement of this product, the newest product to look forward to from the company is the Apple Watch, being released some time in 2015.
Ebola outbreaks in West Africa
Health officials say that the latest outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is the deadliest ever. Almost 5,000 cases have been reported since December 2013, and nearly half of them have led to the fatalities of those infected, according to the World Health Organization. Ebola hemorrhagic, one of the five known strings of Ebola, isn’t so much contagious as it is infectious, as scientists have learned that a single virus can lead to a great amount of deaths.
What America is going to do about ISIS
ISIS has beheaded another Westerner, a British aid worker. Both Britain’s leaders and the U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, have courted with Middle Eastern leaders to join a coalition against the terrorist group. Not releasing the names for “operational reasons,” according to CNN’s national security analyst, David Cameron, Britain’s Prime Minister, vowed to find the identities of the individuals responsible for the death of multiple innocent victims. ISIS funds itself through oil and an extortion racket, which originally spooked the global oil industry, and although they are not the only anti-government rebel group in Iraq, they are the most prominent to be dealt with at the moment.
