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Do this right now to your Yahoo account. Like now

If you have a Yahoo account, reset your password. Immediately. That’s because the company announced Thursday at least 500 million accounts were stolen. That’s right — 500 million people whose names, email addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth and, in some cases, encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers were stolen. Yahoo said it will notify account holders who were potentially affected. But still change your password. Better safe, than sorry. The company believes a state-sponsored actor was behind the hack. This all comes as Yahoo is completing its multibillion-dollar sale to Verizon. Such great timing.

Day 2 in Charlotte: The nightmare continues

It got ugly Wednesday night in Charlotte. Again. During the second night of protests, following Keith Lamont Scott’s death, one person was shot, two officers and nine civilians were injured, and 44 people were arrested. Police Chief Kerr Putney said Thursday he will allow Scott's family to view police video of the incident. Not on the list to the see the video: the public. Everyone still disagrees on whether Scott had a gun or a book the night he died. His neighbors remember Scott fondly and say he was a daily reader. Police say he had a gun. If you’re a parent wondering how to talk to your children about the constant stories of police violence, we’ve got some tips.

Say it ain’t so, Brad Pitt

We never saw it coming. The child abuse accusations or the divorce. Yet multiple reports allege Brad Pitt is under investigation for verbal and physical abuse against his children. The Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services won’t confirm if it is investigating Pitt. But the Los Angeles Police Department was clear that it's not investigating him. If things weren’t already confusing, French actress Marion Cotillard said she's not involved and wants no part of the divorce media storm. She is happily coupled with her French partner Guillaume Canet. Cotillard wrote on Instagram (because where else do you go to clear your name?) stated she was not a cause for the #Brangelina divorce. She’s pregnant with her second child with Canet and wishes Pitt and Jolie “peace.” We do, too.

The Donald needs a reset with African Americans

Donald Trump’s relationship with African Americans is ... rough. Today just made it worse. First the Republican presidential candidate called for boosting controversial “stop-and-frisk” policing to curb city violence Wednesday. You know, the program that critics say leads to racial profiling and disproportionately affects minorities and was shut down. Not good. Then on Thursday Trump condemned "lawless conduct" in Charlotte and said a "national anti-crime agenda" is needed to heal a divided nation. To make matters worse, the Mahoning County, Ohio, chairwoman for Trump’s campaign resigned after a viral video shows her declaring there was "no racism" before President Obama's administration.

The best letter Obama ever received

The world can't agree on what to do with Syria's 13.5 million refugees, but for 6-year-old Alex, it's pretty simple. The New York boy saw the picture we all saw this summer, of 5-year-old Omran Daqneesh, stunned and bloodied in an ambulance after an airstrike in Aleppo, Syria, destroyed his apartment building. Alex wrote to President Obama and told him to bring Omran to his house (park in the driveway, it's no problem). Alex said he'd be waiting with flags, flowers and balloons. "We will give him a family and he will be our brother," he wrote. Obama shared the letter this week during a refugees summit at the United Nations and basically said: This is what humanity looks like. Meanwhile, the U.N. said it resumed humanitarian aid deliveries to war-torn Syria. Even if Omran can't come live with Alex, he might get clothes, food and clean water. School is another issue and out of reach for so many Syrian children. That's where George Clooney comes in.

What’s scarier than Halloween? All the money you’ll spend

Forget Fourth of July or St. Patrick’s Day. This year, Halloween’s going to cost you a pretty penny. Brace yourselves. Americans are going to spend more than $8 billion trying to impress our kids and friends on Instagram with Halloween costumes, treats and pumpkins. And we haven’t even gotten to Thanksgiving or Christmas! No matter how much money you spend this year, just don’t buy this costume. And smile for the picture.

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Hello, fall.

Richard Sherman is fed up.

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