What Happened Was...

A lightning fast recap of the week's biggest events for September 26th - October 2, 2022

An aerial view shows boats piled on top of each other after Hurricane Ian passed through the area on September 29, 2022, in Fort Myers Beach, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/via Getty Images)

Below is a catch-up of the significant events of this past week. You can check in with a minimal time commitment, read about the big stuff, and stay in the know before we’re on to the next. If you want more information on the past week's events, you might want to scroll through my Twitter feed for more detail on other topics I don’t mention below.

Gun Violence

There were 14 separate mass shooting incidents in the US last week, where eight people were killed and 50 were injured. I document all mass shooting incidents for the week every Sunday, so please take a moment to review them and remember to keep up the fight for sensible gun reform. 

1. Sunday, September 25, 2022: Hammond, Indiana

2. Sunday, September 25, 2022: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

3. Tuesday, September 27, 2022: Philidelphia, Pennsylvania

4. Tuesday, September 27, 2022: Jacksonville, Florida

5. Tuesday, September 27, 2022: Goldsboro, North Carolina

6. Tuesday, September 27, 2022: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

7. Tuesday, September 27, 2022: Manhattan, New York

8. Tuesday, September 27, 2022: Queens, New York

9. Wednesday, September 28, 2022: Uniontown, Alabama

10. Wednesday, September 28, 2022: Baltimore, Maryland

11. Wednesday, September 28, 2022: Columbus, Ohio

12. Wednesday, September 28, 2022: Oakland, California

13. Thursday, September 29, 2022: McGregor, Texas

14. Saturday, October 1, 2022: Philidelphia, Pennsylvania

• Protesters continued to rally across Iran with strikes and protests throughout the country's Kurdish region, as demonstrations ignited by the death of Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdistan woman who was killed in police custody, entered their third week.

  Amee Vanderpool @girlsreallyrule

  WATCH: The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd in Iran after she was allegedly beaten by so-called morality police has galvanized a generation of young people challenging four decades of strict sharia law.

• A new investigation shows that the United States Supreme Court's potential conflicts involving Justices Thomas, Barrett, and Roberts' spouses exist but have been shielded from public disclosure.