6 Things You Need to Know Monday, Oct. 3

By Eleanor Sheehan

Published on 10/3/2016 at 1:50 PM

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The New York Times obtained a copy of Donald Trump's 1995 tax return. The document shows that he declared a $916 million loss that year. Claiming a loss so massive could have allowed Trump to legally avoid paying federal taxes for nearly two decades.
The citizens of Colombia surprisingly voted against a peace agreement between the government and FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. FARC is a Marxist guerrilla army made up of mostly rural farmers who have been fighting the government since 1964. The peace agreement would have allowed them to begin the process of becoming a legal political party.
Theresa May, the new prime minister of the United Kingdom, announced her plans to leave the European Union. Britain will officially leave the Union by mid-2019, assuming negotiations go seamlessly.
The Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi of Japan. Ohsumi discovered a vital cellular process called autophagy or "self-eating." His findings revealed how cells recycle their structures through autophagy.
The most powerful tropical storm in the Atlantic since 2007 plowed through Haiti, Jamaica, and Cuba over the weekend and continues to rattle the islands. Hurricane Matthew sustained 130-mile-per-hour winds and dumped 40 inches of rain in some parts of Haiti. Forecasters are unsure whether Hurricane Matthew will hit the East Coast of the United States.
Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room on Monday. Thieves dressed as police officers reportedly locked her in the bathroom and stole jewelry worth an estimated $10 million.