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view in browser Monday 9.16.19 Let's start the week off with something inspirational, like this Georgia police officer who walked in a 5K just a year after he was shot in the head. Here's what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door. By Doug Criss Saudi Arabia oil field attack   President Trump tweeted that the US has "reason to believe we know" who was responsible for the weekend attack on a Saudi Arabian oil field. The President also said the country is "locked and loaded depending on verification" for a possible response. The tweet, which hints at a US military response, raised tensions in the region, which is already on edge after the attack. The coordinated strikes on key Saudi Arabian oil facilities knocked out half of the country's oil capacity, more than 5 million barrels a day. That's about 5% of the world's daily global oil supply, so oil prices shot up. Yemen's Houthi rebels said they're responsible for the attacks, but US officials say the more likely culprit is either Iran or Iraq.   Brett Kavanaugh   The battle over Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh reignited over the weekend, after The New York Times published an excerpt from a new book that details sexual misconduct allegations against him. One of the book's allegations was raised during Kavanaugh's contentious confirmation process last year and has previously been denied by him. Another allegation in the book is a new one from a former male classmate which the authors say was corroborated by two sources. Kavanaugh had no comment. Several of the 2020 Democratic presidential candidates said he should be impeached from the Supreme Court. President Trump tweeted that the Justice Department should "rescue" Kavanaugh. CNN's Stephen Collinson said the President and the Democrats are willing to relitigate the Kavanaugh saga because they both want to put the Supreme Court at the center of the 2020 presidential election.   Purdue Pharma   Purdue Pharma, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York yesterday. It's all part of the agreement it made to pay billions of dollars to multiple states and governments to settle lawsuits that accuse the pharmaceutical giant of helping to drive the opioid crisis. After the bankruptcy filings are done Purdue Pharma says it will provide more than $10 billion in funding to address the opioid crisis, including settlements with 24 state attorneys general. Purdue Pharma has denied any wrongdoing.   UAW strike   Members of the United Auto Workers union went on strike against General Motors last night. The union's 46,000 hourly workers walked out at 31 GM factories and 21 other facilities across nine states. It's the first work stoppage in the US auto industry in 12 years. The union said GM was putting profits ahead of the employees who helped save the company after it went through bankruptcy and a federal bailout a decade ago. GM said it's made a substantial offer that includes better pay and profit sharing for union members. Both sides are set to meet later this morning.   Hurricane Humberto   Humberto is officially a hurricane, but thankfully it is becoming less of a threat to the US east coast. Humberto's winds ticked up to 75 mph last night, strong enough to be classified as a Category 1 storm. As it has strengthened it's taken an eastward turn away from the US. It will cause high surf and heavy rains throughout the week in Bermuda as it continues to go deeper into the Atlantic. Swells caused by the storm could also create dangerous rip currents from central Florida up to North Carolina. Attention is now being shifted to at least two more tropical disturbances, one in the Gulf of Mexico and the other in the Atlantic off the coast of Venezuela.   Advertisement People are talking about these. Read up. Join in. RIP, Ric With a mop of black hair and black sunglasses, Ric Ocasek had the quintessential look for the early days of MTV. Ocasek, lead singer for The Cars, has died at age 75. The hive is buzzing Beyonce's "Homecoming" didn't win a Creative Arts Emmy Award this weekend and (surprise) the Beyhive is in an uproar. Bad dream She woke up from a dream thinking she had swallowed her engagement ring. Then she realized she really did. Play ball What's the best way for a 112-year-old White Sox fan to celebrate his birthday? Go to his very first game, of course.   22 The number of people injured in a deck collapse at a condo building in Wildwood, New Jersey Bust a move When the break dancing is this good, sometimes you just have to join in. 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