For the Record

‘The signature of the deal is simply the end of the conflict. Then the hard work starts.’

Juan Manuel Santos, President of Colombia, on signing a peace accord Sept. 26 to end a 52-year conflict with the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia; citizens will vote on the agreement in an Oct. 2 referendum

‘Our fathers and our mothers are killed, and we can’t see them anymore.’

Zianna Oliphant, 9-year-old resident of Charlotte, N.C., lamenting the consequences of police violence against black people at a Sept. 26 city council meeting that took place six days after officers fatally shot Kevin Lamont Scott, sparking two nights of protests

‘Donald was one of the people who rooted for the housing crisis. He said, back in 2006, “Gee, I hope [the market] does collapse, because then I can go in and buy some and make some money.”‘

HILLARY CLINTON

‘That’s called business, by the way.’

DONALD TRUMP

An exchange between the Democratic and Republican candidates during the first presidential debate

28

Number of North Korea–based websites; they focus on news, recipes, movies and more

‘For that to happen today, we had some help.’

Dee Gordon, Miami Marlins second baseman, describing his hitting a home run in the team’s first at-bat on Sept. 26, one day after the death of the team’s All-Star pitcher José Fernández; minutes before, the Marlins had paid tribute to Fernández

National Museum of African American History and Culture

The site opened on the National Mall

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Washington Monument

The site closed “indefinitely” for repairs

$5,000

Amount of money found in a Domino’s pizza box by a woman in San Jose, Calif.; for returning it, the company gave her free pizza for life

claw back

Verb. To forcibly retrieve something (often money) already given away

Usage: On Sept. 27, Wells Fargo announced it would claw back $41 million in compensation from its CEO, John Stumpf, in the wake of a scandal over bank employees constructing phony accounts

SOURCES: NEW YORK TIMES; CNN; BBC; VICE; ABC 7 NEWS (KGO-TV); USA TODAY