Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Suspect Cruise Ship Murder, 8M Thanksgiving Flyers, and the Hug Lady

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1837, 18 Texas Rangers battled 150 to 180 Kichai warriors at the Battle of Stone Houses in present-day Archer County. Only eight remained alive after the rangers charged through the smoke of a prairie fire the Kichai set.

Could eating more carbs actually help you age slower? Bread, pasta, and potatoes have spent decades on diet culture's blacklist, blamed for everything from blood sugar spikes to expanding waistlines. But researchers who tracked 20 blood markers in adults ages 65 to 75 found something surprising. After just four weeks on a certain diet, one group's biological clock had run back more than a year. So, what carbs can you embrace and which ones should you avoid? Ayla has the full story on today's episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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Lawmakers Pre-File 1,000-Plus Bills

Texas lawmakers filed more than 1,000 bills in just over four hours Monday as pre-filing opened for the 2027 legislative session, less than a week after voters handed Democrats the governor's office and the Texas House.

Early Democratic bills would repeal education savings accounts that help families pay private school tuition, expand Medicaid, and create a redistricting commission. Republicans filed proposals to ban crypto kiosks and keep certain minors off social media.

Two San Antonio Democrats filed companion bills to repeal a 2025 law requiring most sheriffs to seek immigration-enforcement agreements with ICE. Republican Sen. Charles Schwertner, who wrote that law, has said he's open to more funding and legislation.

The session opens Jan. 12 and runs through May 31, with bills due by March 12. Republicans kept the Senate, but Democrat Lt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin will preside over it and is eyeing THC regulation over a ban.

Supreme Court Clears Big Bend Wall

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Trump administration can resume building border barriers and roads in Texas' Big Bend region, lifting a federal judge's order that froze construction while a lawsuit plays out.

In an unsigned order, the justices said U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone likely lacked authority to block the work, since the 1996 border law permits only constitutional challenges. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented.

Federal attorneys argued a gap in the wall would funnel crossings and drug trafficking into Big Bend, where agents apprehended more than 89,000 people from 2021 to 2025. The halt was costing nearly $500,000 a day, a border official said.

The challengers, an environmental group, a river guide, and a Ruidosa church group, say Big Bend has the fewest apprehensions of any border sector. The Center for Biological Diversity warned that contractors can now "bulldoze pristine desert and dynamite canyon walls."

Suspected Homicide on Galveston Cruise Ship

The FBI is investigating a suspected homicide aboard the MSC Seascape, a cruise ship authorities ordered back to the Port of Galveston on Monday after a reported incident involving a guest.

The victim was a woman, and the Galveston County medical examiner expects to perform an autopsy Tuesday. The FBI, working with the Coast Guard and port police, hasn't said how she died. A man was taken into custody, but no charges have been announced.

Whether the FBI can take a cruise ship case depends on factors such as the victim's nationality and the ship's flag. The Seascape, flagged in Malta, can carry more than 5,800 passengers and about 1,600 crew.

MSC Cruises said it is "cooperating fully with the investigation and providing support to those impacted." The ship, caught on surveillance camera leaving Galveston, has since resumed its seven-day Western Caribbean cruise.

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➤ Statewide: Nearly 80% of Texas school districts and charters, 945 of 1,183, earned an A for financial management in state ratings released Monday. The grades weigh 21 measures, including administrative spending and problems flagged by outside auditors. (More)

➤ Kerr County: The parents of 8-year-old Mary Grace Baker sued Camp Mystic Monday, the day a bankruptcy freeze on lawsuits lifted. They allege the camp knew its flood risk but failed to protect the 27 campers and counselors who died. (More)

➤ Austin: Federal investigators finished on-scene work in the Learjet crash that killed nine people, including an Austin couple and their children, 4 and 2, in Florida on Nov. 1. Pilots reported icing near 35,000 feet before the jet plunged. (More)

➤ Travis County: Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Austin-area gigafactory around mid-2027 to make room for its two-seat Cybercab robotaxi, Elon Musk posted Friday. Estimated U.S. Cybertruck sales fell 48% last year to about 20,000. (More)

➤ Seguin: A Porter family of five, including children ages 13, 6, and 3, died over the weekend when their SUV veered off eastbound I-10 and plunged from an overpass onto FM 725. Officials said the road was wet. (More)

➤ San Antonio: Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said DHS has agreed to an environmental review of a planned 1,500-person ICE detention center in an East Side warehouse, the core demand of the city's October lawsuit. DHS didn't comment. (More)

➤ Austin: Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas will teach a UT Austin undergraduate seminar on equality and freedom next spring, leading daily discussions on campus the first week of February. Only 17 of 65 applicants will get in. (More)

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➤ The Dallas Mavericks named New Balance the team's official footwear and apparel partner in a multiyear deal announced Sunday. The brand, which already sponsors forward Cooper Flagg, plans co-branded gear, community programs, and in-arena events. (More)

➤ Final state rankings from Dave Campbell's Texas Football put North Crowley No. 1 in Class 6A heading into the playoffs, ahead of Allen and Katy. Stephenville, Idalou, and Shiner top their divisions, while Odessa Permian holds No. 25 in 6A. (See Rankings)

➤ Flower Mound's girls won the Class 6A cross country state title Friday in Round Rock, their sixth in seven years. The Lady Jaguars beat runner-up The Woodlands by 57 points, a year after their five-year title run ended. (More)

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➤ American Airlines expects to fly more than 8 million Thanksgiving travelers even as airfares nationwide run 22% above a year ago. The Fort Worth carrier plans 7,021 flights on Sunday, Nov. 29, its busiest day since the pandemic. (More)

➤ SpaceX is seeking a property tax break for a natural gas power plant and supercomputing center at Starbase, near Brownsville, whose first phase is estimated to cost $24 billion. The plant would run 35 gas turbines. City leaders will weigh it Dec. 9. (More)

➤ A $250,000 gift from FirstLight Federal Credit Union will fund a Veterans Walk at El Paso's proposed downtown deck plaza. The credit union, founded in 1955 to serve Biggs Air Force Base, now serves Fort Bliss families. (See Plans)

➤ Bob Mills, founder of Bob Mills Furniture, has died at 79, his family announced. He opened his first store in Oklahoma City in 1971 and expanded to nine more, seven in Texas. The family says the business will carry on. (More)

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➤ Ye's AT&T Stadium concert drew 83,132 fans on Nov. 7, a U.S. rap concert record. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West beat his own mark from a week earlier in Houston. Dallas native Erykah Badu joined him onstage. (More)

➤ A 1,200-foot tower proposed for Congress Avenue and West Fourth Street would become Texas' tallest building, topping Austin's own 1,025-foot Waterline by 175 feet. The hotel-and-condo project, called Project Bolo, still needs the city to rezone the site. (More)

➤ San Antonio Zoo is turning Silverback Peak, part of its gorilla habitat, into a 129-foot Christmas tree for Zoo Lights, which opens Nov. 14. The show runs daily through Jan. 3 with 13 holiday areas and is included with admission. (More)

➤ The "Hug Lady" of Fort Hood hugged more than 500,000 soldiers before and after their deployments, from 2003 until her death in 2015. Her daughter is collecting their stories for a book and has received more than 300 emails so far. (See Legacy)

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➤ Could the carbs we’ve spent decades blaming for unhealthy aging actually wind your biological clock back by years? (Listen Now)

➤ Just as holiday lights start going up, more than 3.6 million ladders are being recalled after reports of falls causing skull fractures and brain injuries. (Hear Details)

➤ Ohio State has suspended a fraternity chapter after video from a weekend party appeared to show two people on fire. (Hear Story)

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New Honda Plant, Battle of the Bricks, and Fraternity Suspension

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

On this day in 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter operated by Cleveland-based Oglebay Norton, sank during a storm on Lake Superior. All 29 crew members died.

Find out how an 11-year-old fan in Madrid went home with a Tee Higgins touchdown ball in Et Cetera.

Honda Plans $3B Ohio Plant

Honda will spend $3 billion on a new central Ohio auto plant that’s expected to create more than 2,000 jobs.

The factory will sit between Honda’s East Liberty and Marysville plants and become the automaker’s fourth Ohio auto plant. It’s set to start building up to 240,000 vehicles a year in 2029, pending final government approvals.

Honda pointed to rising demand for hybrids. It’s also retooling a line at its Anna Engine Plant in Shelby County and expanding hybrid system output at its Ohio transmission plant by 250%.

Gov. Mike DeWine said Honda “could have chosen to build this plant anywhere in the world, but they chose Ohio.”

Data Centers Go 0 for 21

Ohio voters sided against data centers in all 21 local ballot measures on Nov. 3.

In Upper Sandusky, nearly 77% of voters approved a charter amendment banning data centers within city limits. Smartland Energy had proposed a 150-megawatt natural gas plant there to power one.

Roughly 80% of Wilmington voters rejected city leaders’ request to rezone four parcels for data centers. In Piqua, voters banned data centers 2-to-1 and recalled three commissioners, including the mayor, who approved a Meta data center last year.

Conserve Ohio, which backed several of the measures, wants lawmakers to pass a 12-month statewide moratorium before the year ends.

Smartland said it respects “the democratic process and the outcome” of the Upper Sandusky vote. The day after the election, industry group Infrastructure for America released a pledge committing its members to transparency and community investment.

OU Visits Miami for Battle of the Bricks

Ohio University will put its perfect Mid-American Conference record on the line tonight when the Bobcats travel to Oxford to face rival Miami University in the Battle of the Bricks, set to air on ESPN2.

The Bobcats arrive at Yager Stadium riding a six-game winning streak in coach John Hauser's first full season, and they're 5-0 in conference play for the first time since 1997. Quarterback Nick Poulos hasn't thrown an interception this season.

Miami would clinch bowl eligibility with a win on Senior Night. After losing their top two quarterbacks to season-ending injuries, the RedHawks are expected to start Caleb Heavner for the sixth time. Six of Miami’s last seven games have come down to the final drive or play, including a 34-31 overtime loss to Buffalo last week.

The matchup will be the 103rd meeting between the schools, with Miami holding a 56-44-2 series edge. Ohio has won the last two, including a 38-3 rout in the 2024 MAC Championship Game.

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➤ Statewide: Ohio has 935 permanent housing beds for its homeless population, enough for about 8% of the 12,196 Ohioans counted as homeless in 2025, according to a National Alliance to End Homelessness report. Fewer than half of the 32,000 Ohioans who entered the homeless system in 2024 found permanent housing. (See Details)

➤ Columbus: Ohio State placed its Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter on interim suspension after a video appeared to show two men catching fire at a fraternity party Saturday. The university said the men are receiving medical care and that it has referred the case to law enforcement. (See Details)

➤ Wintersville: Village leaders cleared the last paperwork for a nearly $3 million Cadiz Road resurfacing, one of the biggest projects in Wintersville’s history. A preconstruction meeting is set for next month, and Village Administrator Jesse Kosegi said work should take nine months from start to finish. (More)

➤ Cuyahoga County: The county is seeking a $7.5 million bridge loan from the Northeast Ohio Public Energy Council to keep its solar and microgrid projects moving while it waits on federal reimbursements. (See Details)

➤ Toledo: A 31-year-old woman died in custody at the Lucas County Corrections Center Monday morning, according to the sheriff’s office. Gabrielle Magsig was found unresponsive in her cell three days after she was booked on a drug paraphernalia charge, and her death is under investigation. (More)

➤ Youngstown: An ambulance worker is organizing a food drive for recently laid off employees of Sharon Regional Health System. (See Details)

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➤ Ohio State fired special teams coordinator Robby Discher after nine games, ending a tenure that began in January. The Buckeyes committed at least one special teams penalty in every game before Saturday’s 41-28 loss to Oregon, when they also allowed a fake punt. (More)

➤ Cleveland signed left-hander Antoine Kelly, 26, to a minor league deal with an invitation to big league spring training. Kelly made his MLB debut with the Cubs in July, throwing 1 1/3 scoreless innings, and posted a 4.25 ERA at Triple-A Iowa. (More)

➤ The Columbus Warriors, a veterans' hockey team, will skate with former Blue Jackets players against the Wright-Patt Flyers at Nationwide Arena before Thursday’s Military Appreciation Night game. Army veteran and founding member Steven Bowman said the team restores the camaraderie many veterans lose after leaving the service. (See Video)

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➤ HSH Contractor in Niles is turning to robotics and 3D printing to offset a skilled-trades shortage, President Erik Liber said, estimating that 1 in 4 workers in his industry will retire within five years. “Instead of having 10 masons, you need three,” Liber said. (See Video)

➤ Land-Grant Brewing in Columbus bought the Nocterra brand and its Powell taproom, which closed abruptly in August, and plans to reopen the taproom in late November with a Christmas pop-up. The deal doesn’t include Nocterra’s Scioto Audubon location, and Powell will close again in January for renovations. (More)

➤ Wawa wants to demolish a Wendy’s and Tim Hortons site on Indian Ripple Road near The Greene in Beavercreek for a store with 16 fuel pumps and a “FlyThru” lane for mobile-app orders. The proposal was on the agenda for Monday’s Beavercreek City Council meeting. (See Details)

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➤ Jackson Pohl, an 11-year-old youth quarterback, went home from the Bengals’ win over the Falcons in Madrid on Sunday with a touchdown ball Tee Higgins handed him in the stands. Pohl plans to keep it in a display case in his room. (Read Story)

➤ The Dayton Dragons’ Deck the Diamond holiday light show returns to Day Air Ballpark Friday with more than 1.5 million lights and a choreographed show every 10 minutes. New this year: a Polar Barrel Express ride. (See Details)

➤ Delaware's Parks and Recreation Department is holding its first gingerbread house contest, open to all ages with prizes in several categories. Registration closes Dec. 6, and winners will be named Dec. 12 at the Cookies and Cocoa Carnival. (See Details)

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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.

➤ Could the carbs we’ve spent decades blaming for unhealthy aging actually wind your biological clock back by years? (Listen Now)

➤ Just as holiday lights start going up, more than 3.6 million ladders are being recalled after reports of falls causing skull fractures and brain injuries. (Hear Details)

➤ Ohio State has suspended a fraternity chapter after video from a weekend party appeared to show two people on fire. (Hear Story)

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