Why is it that whenever I look at FB now, I get these pop-ups of other people's news feeds?

Ever since the most recent, terribly annoying Facebook update, whenever I look at my Facebook news feed, I get these pop-ups of my friends’ most recent news. I can’t figure out how to close the pop-ups or get them off, and the result is that I end up trying to read the rest of the news feed below or around the pop-ups.

Help! I can’t stand it and if I could write to FB and tell them they’re idiots for the recent changes, I would except I don’t know how to contact them.