Things you should know today: 10/9/17

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Spain warns it will act if Catalonia declares independence

Demonstrators shout slogans as thousands of people march to protest the Catalan government’s push for secession from the rest of Spain in downtown Barcelona, Spain, Sunday Oct. 8, 2017. Sunday’s rally comes a week after separatist leaders of the Catalan government held a referendum on secession that Spain’s top court had suspended and the Spanish government said was illegal.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy will not allow Spain to be separated and is determined to act should Catalonia declare independence.

In shooting chaos, Las Vegas airport became a safe haven

In this Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, Country music fan Julie Hart and her boyfriend Mark Gay pose for a photo as they recount fleeing from the shooting at the Route 91 Harvest festival Sunday, Oct. 1, in Las Vegas, at her family home in Anaheim Hills, Calif. Hart and Gay rushed out onto the airport fence, running with a group of people across the runways towards the terminals on the other side of McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, as they realized they were being riddled with bullets. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

The Las Vegas Airport became a refuge for a mass of people trying to escape the Las Vegas Strip shooting.

The Latest: For 2nd year, no women among Nobel winners

Per Stromberg, Chairman of the Committee, left, Goran K Hansson, Secretary of the Committee, centre, and Peter Gardenfors, Member of the Committee, announce Richard Thaler of the University of Chicago, as the the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize winner in Stockholm, Monday Oct. 9, 2017. (Henrik Montgomery/TT via AP)

Committees that choose the recipients of Nobel Prizes will meet later this year to discuss gender and ethnic diversity issues.

New Justice League trailer garners over 9 million views

The Justice League’s official heroes trailer claims the #1 spot in trending videos this week.

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