For the Record

‘I wanted to take the mask off.’

Harrison Browne, 23-year-old player for the National Women’s Hockey League’s Buffalo Beauts, explaining why he is coming out as transgender; he is believed to be the first openly transgender athlete on a U.S. professional hockey team

‘The place has been turned into a lake of blood.’

Murad Tawfiq, rescuer, describing Sana’a, the capital of Yemen, after Saudi-led airstrikes hit a funeral hall on Oct. 8, killing at least 100 people and wounding more than 500

Ken Bone

The Illinois energy worker became a viral star after the debate

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Ken Bone

The college basketball coach had to repeatedly clarify he is not, in fact, the viral star

‘I just finally thought, “Darn it, let’s do it. I’m tired of putting it off.”‘

Timothy Dolan, Cardinal and Archbishop of New York, unveiling a compensation program for victims of sex abuse by clergy members; some critics say his timing suggests an attempt to stymie lobbying efforts for legislation that would allow more victims to sue the archdiocese

2,624.6

Weight, in pounds, of a giant pumpkin harvested by a Belgian grower, setting a new record for world’s largest

‘He owes our country an apology.’

Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential nominee, criticizing Trump for what she characterized as repeated sexist, racist and Islamophobic statements leading up to the Oct. 9 debate

‘You’d be in jail.’

Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, to Clinton in the debate, after saying that if elected, he would assign a special prosecutor to investigate and imprison his opponent; the assertion drew comparisons to a dictatorship

$2.3 million

The fine Comcast will pay for billing subscribers for services and equipment they didn’t order, the largest civil penalty assigned to a cable operator by the FCC

13

Number of American Music Award nominations received by Drake, breaking Michael Jackson’s 32-year-old record for most AMA nominations in a single year

SOURCES: GREAT PUMPKIN COMMONWEALTH; NEW YORK TIMES; VICE