Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Dems Take Congress, Playoff Rankings, and Marriage's One Question

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected the 40th president of the United States, carrying 44 states and winning the popular vote to defeat incumbent Jimmy Carter.

Whatever the returns looked like where you live, last night’s results are below. If you need a break from all that, look up tonight: the Taurid meteor shower peaks, and it’s known for fireballs that light the sky for seconds. We have details in Science.

Have you heard you’re not supposed to drink coffee on an empty stomach? The warning is all over social media, and it claims that the first cup before breakfast is doing damage you can’t feel. Gastroenterologists just weighed in, and their answer isn’t what the internet says. Researchers performed endoscopies on more than 8,000 people to test the claim. A separate experiment found one common morning combo that backfires, sending blood sugar climbing when you’d least want it. So is your pre-breakfast cup safe or not? Ayla has the full story on today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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Democrats Win House, Senate

Democrats won control of the U.S. House and Senate last night, flipping both chambers and setting up divided government for the final two years of President Trump’s term.

In the House, the party needed a net gain of just three seats. Projections put it far above the 218 needed for a majority, in what could be the party’s biggest House majority in nearly two decades.

The size of the new Senate majority was still awaiting final results at The Flyover’s deadline. Democrats flipped Republican-held seats in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Ohio, among others. Full results here.

The majority hands Democrats committee gavels and subpoena power over the administration. Hakeem Jeffries is in line to become the first Black speaker when the new Congress convenes Jan. 3.

Upsets Topple GOP in Red Strongholds

Democrats took key victories in GOP strongholds last night, most prominently in Texas, where state Rep. James Talarico defeated Ken Paxton for Senate, becoming the first Democrat to win statewide there since 1994.

Also on the Texas ballot, Gina Hinojosa unseated Gov. Greg Abbott, who was seeking a fourth term, and will be the state’s first Latina governor.

In Kansas, Democrat Adam Hamilton, a Methodist megachurch pastor and first-time candidate, unseated Sen. Roger Marshall, becoming the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the state since 1932.

In Ohio, Democrat Sherrod Brown reclaimed his Senate seat from appointed GOP Sen. Jon Husted, and Amy Acton beat Vivek Ramaswamy for governor.

Maine, Michigan, and Alaska were still too close to call early this morning.

Ukraine Peace Negotiations Set

The United States will mediate peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia next week on Nov. 10 and 11 in Abu Dhabi, according to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff.

In preparation, American negotiators meet first this week in Brussels, Belgium, with France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the EU, and NATO to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.

Closer to home, First Lady Melania Trump will host officials from both countries at the White House on Thursday, the White House said, calling it an “extraordinary moment in American history.” She brokered last month’s local ceasefire that moved hundreds of civilians out of Russian-occupied Oleshky.

President Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Chinese President Xi Jinping could also meet about the war in the coming weeks. The Kremlin said yesterday that it hopes to finalize plans for a three-way meeting, which Moscow has proposed to hold at an economic summit in Shenzhen, China, on Nov. 18-19.

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The following stories are featured exclusively on The Flyover Podcast—a daily show that gives you the most important headlines in under 15 minutes.

➤ The warnings about drinking coffee on an empty stomach just ran into some inconvenient science. (Hear Story)

➤ Bomb threats forced diversions and searches on at least four European flights, part of an escalating wave of aviation scares. (Listen Now)

➤ The White House plans to end nearly $4 billion in annual military aid to Israel, upending decades of U.S. policy. (Hear Details)

➤ Georgia elected Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms governor, flipping the office after more than two decades of Republican control. The former Atlanta mayor is the first Black woman elected governor of any state. (More)

➤ Florida Republicans swept the top of the ticket, with Sen. Ashley Moody beating democratic socialist Angie Nixon and Rep. Byron Donalds beating Democrat David Jolly to become the state’s first Black governor. (More)

➤ North Carolina’s Senate seat flipped as former Gov. Roy Cooper beat Michael Whatley, the former RNC chairman President Trump recruited, giving Democrats their first Senate win there since 2008. (More)

➤ Democrat Chris Pappas beat Republican John Sununu in New Hampshire, keeping retiring Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s seat in Democratic hands. (More)

➤ Miami opened at No. 1 in this season’s first College Football Playoff rankings, the first time the Hurricanes have ever held the top spot. Georgia, Utah, and Indiana round out the top four. (More)

➤ MLB announced its 2026 award finalists this week, with Shohei Ohtani and Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong among the NL MVP contenders. Winners, including the first-ever Reliever of the Year, will be revealed next week. (More)

➤ The NFL unveiled Premier Flag, a professional flag football league for men and women set to begin play in summer 2027. NFL team owners will back the league, which launches a year before flag football makes its Olympic debut in Los Angeles. (More)

➤ College basketball tipped off this week amid roughly 200 lawsuits challenging the NCAA's new eligibility rules. Nearly half of the basketball players suing have won court orders to play, though appeals could still sideline them midseason. (More)

Daily Market Report 11/03/2026

▲	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	25,372.01	0.83%
▲	SPX S&P 500	7,568.92	0.36%
▼	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	51,786.70	-0.38%
▲	BTC Bitcoin	$76,774.63	0.13%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$3,950.20	-0.49%
▼	SILVER Per Ounce	$49.30	-2.80%
▼	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$95.22	-1.29%
▲	10Y 10-Year US Treasury Yield	4.95%	1.14%
▲	GPK Graphic Packaging	$11.30	+21.11%

Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Graphic Packaging (GPK) jumped 21.11% after the paperboard maker posted improving margins for a second straight quarter and held its full-year cash flow forecast, a relief for a stock that had lost roughly half its value this year. (See Details)

➤ CVR Energy is buying two refineries and a fuel marketing business from Marathon Petroleum for $4.2 billion, nearly doubling the Carl Icahn-controlled company’s refining capacity. (More)

➤ Disney is planning thousands of layoffs, its fourth round this year, with some managers told to find 20% in annual savings, according to people familiar with the plans. (More)

➤ Chipmaker Marvell will buy Lumentum, which makes lasers and switches for data centers, in a $115 billion all-stock deal that's one of the biggest tech industry deals ever. (See Details)

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➤ Physicists at CERN found the first evidence of a particle decay so rare it happens about once in every 10 billion "beauty" particles, ending a 42-year search. (See Details)

➤ The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks tonight into early Thursday. It averages only about five meteors an hour, but they are known for fireballs that light the sky for seconds. (See Viewing Tips)

➤ Fake job interviews cracked Binance. The exchange says hackers courted an engineer on a legitimate job site, then had him download malware disguised as an interview assignment, opening the door to the $6.3 billion theft. (See Findings)

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➤ Friedrich Nietzsche said a good marriage comes down to one question, and it has nothing to do with romance. One writer put the 148-year-old test to work on her own husband. (See Question)

➤ Stressed out? A Stanford psychiatrist says the fastest way to calm down may run through a single nerve, and the best-tested trick takes about a minute. (See Techniques)

➤ Deep thinkers tend to struggle with 11 everyday things most people never give a second thought to. (See List)

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➤ Five people, including two children, were rescued in the South Pacific after three months adrift in a 20-foot skiff. Four others are still missing. (More)

➤ A thief in Tokyo, Japan, tried on a $290,000 Swiss watch and then fled the store while wearing it. Days later, he mailed it back with a handwritten apology. (See Details)

➤ A retired tax man from Pennsylvania went daily to his local multiplexes, averaging 3.3 films a day, and walked away with a world record for seeing 1,207 movies in one year. (More)

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Yesterday's Results:

Have you voted in this year's midterm election?

Yes, I’ve already voted: 73%
I’m voting today: 24%
I’m not voting this year: 2%
I can’t vote/not eligible: 1%

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“My message is, congratulations to the Democrats, and I look forward to working with you for the good of our country."

— President Trump, congratulating Democrats on their midterm election victories in a phone call with CBS News.

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Election Results, Bomb Threats, and Holiday Card Designs

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1791, a Native American confederation led by Miami chief Little Turtle and other leaders defeated Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair’s American army at present-day Fort Recovery, Ohio.

Today’s sponsor, Noor, explores the hormonal changes behind thinning hair after 50 and shares a menopause specialist’s approach to supporting fuller-looking hair.

Democrats Flip Ohio’s Top Races

Democrat Amy Acton defeated Republican Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday to become Ohio’s first woman elected governor and the first Democrat elected to the office in 20 years.

The former state health director overcame more than $100 million in spending against her and attacks on her pandemic record, while Ramaswamy, endorsed by President Trump, faced bipartisan backlash over an ad featuring Acton’s estranged mother.

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown also unseated Republican Sen. Jon Husted, flipping a U.S. Senate seat for Democrats two years after losing his previous seat to Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno.

Gov. Mike DeWine appointed Husted in January 2025 to replace Vice President JD Vance. Brown will complete Vance’s term, which ends in January 2029, with the seat up for election again in 2028.

$55M Announced for Rural Kids' Health

Gov. Mike DeWine announced more than $55 million in federal awards Monday to bring eye exams, dental care, and health clinics to rural Ohio students.

More than $18 million will take OhioSEE, the state's in-school vision program, to all 88 counties. It launched in January as a 15-county pilot, sending mobile vision vans to schools and providing glasses to students who need them.

Another $17 million launches OhioDENTAL, which will park mobile dental vehicles at schools or set up temporary clinics inside them. The state says Ohio trails other states in preventive dental visits for children.

More than $20 million will open 17 school-based health centers in 15 counties and expand or sustain 49 more.

The money comes from Ohio's $202 million federal Rural Health Transformation award. Earlier rounds sent $1.3 million apiece to 22 rural hospitals, including O'Bleness in Athens.

North Royalton Firefighter Dies in House Fire

A North Royalton firefighter died Monday night after battling a house fire in neighboring Broadview Heights.

Crews were called to the 2100 block of West Royalton Road shortly before 9 p.m. On dispatch audio, a firefighter can be heard calling a "Mayday" and reporting a firefighter down in the basement.

A second North Royalton firefighter is in serious but stable condition, and five police officers were treated for smoke inhalation. Two people inside the home got out safely.

Mayor Paul Marnecheck asked the community to keep the firefighters and their families "in your hearts and prayers, while respecting their privacy." Neither firefighter has been named.

Investigators say the fire doesn't appear suspicious, and the State Fire Marshal will determine the cause. Fire departments across Northeast Ohio posted tributes Tuesday.

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The Hormone Behind Thinning Hair After 50 (It’s Not Just a Men’s Problem)

If your part has been widening, your ponytail feels thinner, or more hair is collecting in the shower drain, you’re not imagining it.

According to a menopause specialist, when estrogen drops after 50, the relative balance of a hormone called DHT rises. And DHT is known for one thing: shrinking hair follicles.

That’s why so many women who never had hair trouble in their 30s and 40s suddenly see it later. It’s also why thickening shampoos and biotin gummies often disappoint. They don’t address what’s happening at the follicle.

The good news? She says many of those follicles aren’t gone, just dormant.

Her approach skips the serums and foams entirely. It’s two capsules a day, built around a mineral pairing many women over 50 run low on.

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➤ Statewide: Ohio voters approved Issue 3, adding a photo ID requirement for voting to the state constitution. Ohio already requires photo ID at the polls, but the amendment makes the rule harder for lawmakers to change. (See Details)

➤ Also Statewide: Two Ohio Supreme Court races hadn’t been called as of deadline time. With 88% reporting, Republican Justice Dan Hawkins led by about 33,000 votes, and Justice Jennifer Brunner, the court’s lone Democrat, led by about 1,200. (See Latest)

➤ Toledo: Voters at Beverly Elementary were sent out of their polling place Tuesday morning after a bomb threat, and elections officials brought in extra machines so people could vote outside. Four other area schools also received threats; police cleared all of them. (See Details)

➤ University Heights: City Council on Monday rejected an amendment that would have ended the city’s requirement that landlords accept Section 8 and other housing vouchers. The vote followed weeks of public debate over the change. (More)

➤ Butler County: Commissioners are weighing raises above this year’s 2% merit benchmark after department heads warned that low pay is driving workers away. Commissioner Don Dixon floated 4% to 5% for the lump-sum portion, and the coroner budgeted a one-time 23% salary increase. (Read Story)

➤ Cincinnati: The St. Vincent de Paul charitable pharmacy, which has filled more than 1 million free prescriptions, is now sharing donated medications with free clinics in Dayton, Canton, Toledo, and other cities. Its warehouse holds about $9 million in drugs donated by nursing homes and individuals. (Read Story)

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➤ Ohio State debuted at No. 12 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, one spot outside the bracket as No. 25 Boise State holds an automatic bid. (See Rankings)

➤ Ohio University beat Akron 28-20, retaking the lead 13 seconds after the Zips went ahead in the fourth quarter. Duncan Brune sealed the win with a 91-yard touchdown run as the Bobcats moved to 5-0 in Mid-American Conference play. (More)

➤ Miami University squandered a 31-16 fourth-quarter lead, falling 34-31 to Buffalo in overtime when the RedHawks missed their game-tying field goal attempt. (More)

➤ The Cleveland Browns waived running back Audric Estime following Sunday's 27-6 loss at Pittsburgh, where the Browns averaged 2.3 yards per carry. Estime scored a touchdown on nine carries in his only game with the team, which visits New Orleans on Sunday. (More)

➤ Former Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz went on trial Monday in Brooklyn federal court on charges they took bribes to help two gamblers win at least $460,000 betting on individual pitches. Both have pleaded not guilty, and the trial is expected to last about a month. (See Details)

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➤ Construction is rising across Cleveland’s Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood, led by J Roc Development’s 13-story Naia Noir, the first lakefront high-rise in Cuyahoga County in 53 years. Other projects include 51 affordable senior apartments above a rebuilt Walz library branch and the 135-unit Canopy on Herman Park. (See Photos)

➤ AT&T will disconnect copper landlines Nov. 15 in parts of Mahoning and Columbiana counties, including Sebring, East Palestine, and Wellsville. Customers can switch to AT&T's newer home phone or wireless, but AARP Ohio warned that rural seniors who rely on landlines can't be left behind. (See Details)

➤ Rabbit Hole Books in downtown Dayton is fighting the city's move to revoke its occupancy over code issues tied to a February fire next door. The city called a new emergency exit "meaningful progress" but says the building's owner still has structural repairs to finish. (More)

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The Missing Nutrient Behind Thin Hair

After 50, many women run low on one mineral that helps keep DHT, a hair-thinning hormone, in check.

Biotin won’t fix that. Neither will another bottle of thickening shampoo.

A menopause specialist and an Austin hairstylist found that pairing this mineral with one B vitamin, plus three other targeted nutrients, may help support fuller, stronger-looking hair from the inside out. No serums, no foams. Just two capsules with your morning coffee.

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➤ The Ohio State Highway Patrol is taking entries from Ohio kids 12 and younger to design the colonel's official holiday card. Designs must include the patrol badge, Flying Wheel emblem, and an American flag with a 250th birthday message, and AI-made artwork won't be judged. (See Details)

➤ A 9-year-old girl stopped traffic at a Lodi bus stop to help Connie Seal, a neighbor who cracked her kneecap in a fall during her morning walk. Lodi police recognized Brayla Neel the same day for her quick response. (Read Story)

➤ A Toledo-area foster parent adopted her 4-year-old grandson during a children services ceremony celebrating five adoptions, nearly two decades after she adopted the boy's mother and the mother's two siblings. (Read Story)

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