It is true that last week the Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years, but a few other events happened as well.
It was not a great week for police officers, especially in Oklahoma and Iowa, and Iraqi forces are still trying to take back Mosul from ISIS.
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1. A deadly manhunt ended in Oklahoma.
Michael Vance went on a rampage in Oklahoma starting October 23 that ended October 30. Vance’s violent tear across the state, which resulted in the death of two people, may have been a result of anger from child sexual assault allegations, according to KFOR in Oklahoma.
The two people killed during the rampage were Vance’s aunt and uncle, Robert and Valerie Kay Wilkson, according to a report from CNN. Of the five people shot during the weeklong rampage, two were police officers.
Vance was killed in a police shootout October 30.
2. The fighting is still happening in Mosul.
CBS News reported that Iraqi forces entered the city limits of Mosul for the first time in two years last Tuesday. Iraqi forces first began the operation to take Mosul back from the Islamic State about three weeks ago and it can be expected to continue for weeks, possibly months, according to the report.
The Islamic State originally occupied Mosul in June 2014 and it is considered ISIS’s last major stronghold in Iraq. The operation is happening slowly because of the barriers of urban warfare and Iraqi forces are trying to minimize casualties as much as possible.
3. Two police officers were ambushed in Iowa.
Scott Greene shot and killed two officers in Des Moines November 2. Both Sgt. Anthony Beminio and Officer Justin Martin were ambushed in the driver’s seat of their patrol car, according to a report from The New York Times.
Police were apparently familiar with Greene after a series of arrests and confrontations, according to the report. But he was not considered violent or dangerous before the incidents.
Green has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder.
4. The Cubs won the World Series.
It only took 108 years and 10 innings in the seventh game, but the Cubs have finally won the World Series. They beat the Cleveland Indians 8-7 on November 2 at Progressive Field, a day that is sure to live in infamy in the minds of Cubs fans.
There were all kinds of stories of Cubs fans who had waited years for this day, but one fan in particular really went above and beyond to cherish the game. Wayne Williams drove over 600 miles, from North Carolina to a cemetery in Greenwood, Ind., to listen to the Cubs play in the World Series with his father to honor a pact.
Williams promised his father, also named Wayne Williams, that they would listen to the game together when the Cubs were in the World Series again, according to a report from The Washington Times. Williams sat in the cemetery in a lawn chair beside his father’s grave and listened to the Cubs win.
5. Unemployment went down.
CNN reported on Friday that the U.S. economy added 161,000 jobs in October resulting in unemployment falling to 4.9%. Wage growth also increased to 2.8% in October.
