A key civil rights case heads to the land's highest court

Impeachment inquiry ... Catholic bishops ... Yom Kippur ... NASA mission ... Nobel Peace Prize ... LGBTQ town hall ... MLB playoffs

view in browser update subscription preferences Sunday 10.6.19 Every year, more than 43 million Americans deal with mental illness, but only 41% seek assistance. Mental Health Awareness Week starts today. Here's how you can surmount the stigma and find help. And here's what else you need to know to Start Your Week Smart. By Michelle Krupa and Faith Karimi Four homeless men were bludgeoned to death with metal while they slept in New York City. North Korea says its talks with the US broke off over the latter's "old viewpoint and attitude."   A key witness in the murder trial of a Dallas officer was shot dead days after a guilty verdict.  US diplomats are watching in frustration as Secretary Pompeo gets more entangled in Ukraine drama. Two inmates described as dangerous escaped from a Canadian prison in Saskatchewan.  Catholic bishops gather in Rome Leaders from the Amazon region start meeting today to discuss the church's growth. Prickly issues could include letting married priests serve in that part of the world and preserving the area's ecology in the era of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, whose pro-development policies and lax regulation have been blamed for devastating rainforest fires. SCOTUS hears a key transgender civil rights case Justices are scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday in the case of Aimee Stephens, who was fired after telling her boss she is a transgender woman. It's one of the term's most important cases and may settle whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act covers discrimination based on transgender status.   The faithful mark a most sacred day Yom Kippur begins at sundown Tuesday. It's the most important of Jewish religious holidays, when the observant ask for forgiveness from God and from other people. A new tool rockets to space's frontier NASA's Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission is due to begin Wednesday. Its satellite will study the zone high in the Earth's atmosphere where terrestrial weather and space weather meet, with the aim of mitigating effects on human technology, communications systems and society. Cuba Gooding Jr.'s sex abuse trial begins The actor is expected in court Thursday to face misdemeanor state charges of forcible touching and third-degree sex abuse related to an alleged groping incident in June at a Manhattan bar. Air-quality scientists discuss pollution and health Independent air quality experts are set to meet Thursday and Friday to review the science of particulate matter pollution -- tiny droplets with dirt, dust, soot or smoke that have been linked to cancer, stroke and heart attack. The scientists were dismissed last year from a federal panel and claim the EPA aims to "to subvert the Clean Air Act." US ambassador whom Trump removed testifies Marie Yovanovitch served as the US diplomat in Ukraine until May, after the President's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, reportedly accused her without evidence of trying to block efforts to investigate Democrats like Joe Biden. She is due to give a deposition Friday to the trio of House committees leading the impeachment inquiry. The Nobel Peace Prize winner is revealed The recipient, among 301 candidates, is set to be announced Friday and will join the likes of former President Barack Obama, Malala Yousafzai, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Mother Teresa.   Advertisement Duchess Meghan just redefined royalty On a tour of South Africa, the new mom spoke "as a woman of color and as your sister." And in vowing to stay true to her activism, she recast the value of the Crown's red carpet, writes CNN's Max Foster. Check out what Meghan told him -- and the rest of CNN's weekend reads.    LGBTQ issues are the focus of a CNN town hall The "Power of Our Pride" event is due to feature nine Democratic presidential candidates, including Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg. Candidates invited by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation will take questions for a half-hour each on Thursday from 7 to 11:30 p.m. ET. Watch on CNN on the eve of National Coming Out Day. An iconic villain gets his own story "Joker" stars Joaquin Phoenix in a role that reimagines the origin tale of Batman's arch-nemesis. The film's dark theme has invoked memories of the 2012 mass shooting at a screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," another Batman spinoff, and has put the US Army, Los Angeles police and others on alert. Scary good content is streaming this month It's started getting darker earlier now that it's October, so settle in and get spooked with these picks on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Now and Acorn TV.   American football crosses the pond The Chicago Bears take on the Oakland Raiders -- all the way in London. But you don't have to leave the couch: Watch today at 1 p.m. ET on Fox. Sluggers inch closer to the World Series Division series are in full swing ahead of Major League Baseball's grand finale. Here's how to watch. Athletes compete in the World Beach Games More than 1,300 of the globe's best vie for victory in 14 beach and water sports starting Saturday in Qatar. Team USA includes 42 women and 27 men contending in events that include aquathon, beach handball and bouldering.   Think you're John Wayne? Kacey Musgraves, who performs today at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas, channels the spirit of Friday's International Day of the Girl in this pick from our favorite Good Stuff newsletter writer, CNN's AJ Willingham. (Click here to listen.) Advertisement Share Tweet ALL CNN NEWSLETTERS update preferences or unsubscribe CNN Five Things shows up in your inbox every weekday at 6 a.m. ET and on Sundays at 9 a.m. ET. Like what you see? Don't like what you see? Let us know. We're all about self improvement. Did a friend forward you this newsletter? Sign yourself up! Sign up to get updates on your favorite CNN Original Series, special CNN news coverage and other newsletters. Copyright © 2019 Cable News Network, Inc. A WarnerMedia Company, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to CNN's 5 Things newsletter.