Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Paris Curfews, Rays-Brewers World Series, and Sleep Cursing

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1803, the Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase Treaty, doubling the size of the United States for $15 million, possibly the greatest real estate deal in history.

Nearly one in three weddings now lasts three days, according to a new report. However long the party ran, the first dance tends to stick. Hit reply and tell us your first-dance song and the year. We may share a few favorites in an upcoming edition.

What does $1 million actually get you once retirement hits? A life of cruises and beach houses, or something far more ordinary? How much disappears into housing before the first trip is booked? What happens when the medical bills arrive, and is there anything left for the grandkids? And the biggest factor in how far a million goes: It’s not the stock market, and it surprises almost everyone. On today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast, Ayla counts down the five things you need to know about retiring with seven figures. Tune in here!

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Trump to France: ‘Close the Borders, Fast’

President Trump urged France to "CLOSE THE BORDERS, FAST" on Monday after a weekend of rioting left nearly 1,000 police officers injured, about 2,400 people under arrest, and at least 3,000 businesses damaged. “The migrants have taken over France,” he wrote on Truth Social.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu ordered overnight curfews in parts of Paris and several northern cities, blaming “ultra-left" groups. President Emmanuel Macron refused to accept his interior minister’s resignation, even after the minister admitted police had “lost control” in some cities.

Some 550,000 people marched Saturday. Rioters gutted the 19th-century city hall in Limoges, torched Lyon’s tourist office, and smashed luxury boutiques in Paris. See photos here.

Not everyone was rattled. A couple was filmed sharing a drink and a cigarette at a bistro table near the Arc de Triomphe as fires burned behind them, and a jogger wove past burning e-bikes. The Louvre closed Monday, and unions have called a nationwide strike for Nov. 5.

Musk Pledges Stock Giveaways to Kids

Elon Musk said Monday he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in America next year, a pledge worth roughly $10.5 billion at Friday’s closing price of $146.03.

“Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many,” he wrote on X, without saying how the shares would be distributed or who counts as a kid.

The post answered a Sunday announcement from AI developer Anthropic, which committed 5% of its shares to a new Public Benefit Fund, with over 1% more for every 50% rise in the company’s value. Musk had replied that Anthropic should give the shares “directly to the public” instead.

Both companies are under scrutiny over AI’s effect on jobs, and Anthropic is preparing a stock listing that could value it above $1 trillion. The Census Bureau counts about 72 million Americans under 18, and SpaceX stock rose more than 2% in early Monday trading.

1 in 3 Weddings Now Last Three Days

Nearly one in three American weddings now stretches across three days or more, according to a new report from The Knot, as couples turn the big day into a weekend of welcome dinners, ceremonies, and day-after brunches.

The wedding-planning site’s annual trends report, drawn from the planning habits of 1.7 million U.S. couples, found searches for coastal Italian “beach club” weddings up 315% from a year ago. Antique lace searches are up 280%, and silver flatware and cool-toned decor searches are up 133%.

Food is becoming the entertainment, with searches for roaming caviar, oyster, and cannoli carts up 66%. Couples are also registering for camcorders, record players, and old-fashioned cocktail glasses.

All of it adds up. Wedding spending was up 8.5% through May this year, according to Bank of America card data. The Knot’s editorial director told the media that couples’ “No. 1 priority is now the guest experience.”

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➤ The million-dollar retirement dream is shrinking, and the biggest threat isn’t the one most retirees expect. (Listen Now)

➤ Ukrainian drone operators completed a frontline medical evacuation that had never been done before. (Hear Details)

➤ A National Guard member was shot after troops stepped in to break up a late-night street fight in Washington, D.C. (Hear Story)

➤ Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly proposed a November summit in China with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss ending the Ukraine war, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky excluded. (More)

➤ Judge Ana Reyes refused to recuse herself from the case over President Trump’s renovation of a park into a golf course, saying the Justice Department’s charge that she was biased was baseless. (More)

➤ The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether an 1868 federal ban on distilling liquor at home exceeds Congress’s taxing power, with arguments expected next year. (More)

➤ President Trump signed an executive order creating a women’s health division at the National Institutes of Health and a White House task force, crediting Melania Trump with the idea. (More)

➤ The Tampa Bay Rays beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-3 Monday night, winning the American League Championship Series 4 games to 2. The Rays now head to Friday’s World Series opener against the National League champion Milwaukee Brewers, two teams that have never won a Series title. (See Details)

➤ The NBA season tips off tonight with a tripleheader headlined by the Knicks raising their first championship banner since 1973 before hosting LeBron James for his expected 76ers debut. (How to Watch)

➤ Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season after doctors found blood clots in both lungs, just over a week after he played in London. (More)

➤ Shohei Ohtani's game-worn jersey from his first MLB game in Japan sold at auction for $2.06 million over the weekend. It tops the $1.5 million his World Baseball Classic jersey fetched in March. (More)

➤ Oregon football wide receiver Evan Stewart was arrested on a DUI charge hours after sitting out the Ducks' win over Nebraska with an injury. He leads the team in catches, receiving yards, and touchdowns this season. (More)

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Daily Market Report 10/19/2026

▲	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	26,430.89	+1.11%
▲	SPX S&P 500	7,690.77	+0.41%
▼	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	51,966.60	-0.07%
▼	BTC Bitcoin	$81,757.19	-0.32%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$4,162.90	-0.44%
▲	SILVER Per Ounce	$57.33	+0.59%
▼	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$98.43	-2.94%
▲	10Y 10-Year US Treasury Yield	5.14%	+0.82%
▲	IRON Disc Medicine	$77.28	+35.94%

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➤ Big Stock Move: Disc Medicine stock soared about 36% Monday after its drug bitopertin met every goal in a Phase 3 trial for erythropoietic protoporphyria, a rare light-sensitivity disorder. (More)

➤ Microsoft dropped plans to anchor British AI cloud firm Nscale’s Essex data center weeks before an IPO that could value Nscale at up to $35 billion. (More)

➤ TikTok restored the ad account for Alex Gibney’s documentary on Elon Musk two days after telling the distributor that the suspension was permanent, calling the ban an error. (More)

➤ Trader Joe’s announced the opening of three new stores, in Bend, Oregon, Boynton Beach, Florida, and Phoenix, Arizona, as part of more than 30 locations the grocer expects to open in 2027. (See Locations)

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➤ The object that searchers hoped was Amelia Earhart’s plane in a remote Pacific lagoon turned out to be a pile of washed-up trees coated in coral sand. Purdue University says the hunt will continue. (See Findings)

➤ Pieces of Halley’s Comet will streak across the sky this week as the Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight Wednesday into Thursday, with up to 20 shooting stars an hour once the moon sets before dawn. (See Viewing Tips)

➤ Adults averaging 9,000 or more steps a day scored better on attention and impulse-control tests in a 14-year study, and higher blood pressure was linked to poorer decision-making. (See Study)

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➤ A team from Finland, a country with no olive trees, won the World Olive Picking Championship on a Croatian island by hand-harvesting 122 pounds in 45 minutes. “It’s unreal,” the captain said. (See Champs)

➤ The most common word people say in their sleep is “no,” and nearly one in 10 sleep-talking phrases contains a curse word, according to researchers who recorded 232 sleepers for two nights. Men swore the most. (See Study)

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School Voucher Costs, Flock Vandalism, and Train Trouble

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1922, Army Lt. Harold R. Harris made the first successful emergency bailout of a plane using a ripcord-operated parachute while over Dayton.

One small step for a retired pilot, one giant leap for Wapakoneta: a $400,000 gift is putting Neil Armstrong's boyhood home on track for public tours. Learn more in Et Cetera.

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Voucher Spending Tops $1 Billion Again

Ohio spent $1.173 billion on private school vouchers in fiscal year 2026, topping $1 billion for the second straight year.

Nearly half, $532.8 million, went to EdChoice Expansion scholarships, which provide full awards to families earning up to 450% of the poverty line, while others can receive prorated amounts. More than 105,000 students received one.

Ohio Federation of Teachers President Melissa Cropper said the money is going to vouchers while public schools "still are not fully and fairly funded."

The figures arrived days after a state appeals court ruled EdChoice unconstitutional. The program continues while Attorney General Andy Wilson appeals to the Ohio Supreme Court.

"Families should not worry, as there is no immediate impact from the ruling," Wilson said. School choice advocates warn that the roughly 180,000 students in the program could lose access if the decision stands.

Vandals Target Flock Cameras

More than 30 Ohio police agencies searched the Flock network this summer over license plate cameras that were chopped down, rammed, or spray-painted, according to records obtained by the Dayton Daily News.

In Warren County, someone cut down a state-owned camera worth $3,000 along Dixie Highway. In the Toledo area, one camera turned up in the water at Hecklinger Pond Park.

Police say the cameras help solve serious crimes. "Flock cameras and the information they provide to us are too valuable," Toledo Assistant Police Chief Kevin Braun said.

Critics call the readers mass surveillance that logs every driver, not just suspects. Case Western Reserve University's Michael Benza said the vandalism may reflect frustration that government ignored those privacy concerns.

Flock, which runs more than 120,000 cameras in 49 states, said damaging the equipment is illegal and "ultimately hurts the very communities this technology is there to help protect."

Prediction Markets Defy Ohio Order

Most of the 10 prediction market companies Ohio ordered to stop offering sports "event contracts" were still doing so after Friday's deadline.

The Ohio Casino Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters Oct. 2 to platforms including Polymarket, Robinhood, and Coinbase, calling the contracts unlicensed sports betting. Only Plus500US told the state it would stop.

"They need to come into compliance, or we're gonna force them into compliance," Attorney General Andy Wilson said. The state is threatening criminal and civil penalties and says it can recover what the companies earned in Ohio.

The companies say they answer to federal regulators, not the state. "Markets can't operate when the rules change at every state line," said a spokesperson for Kalshi, which is fighting Ohio in court.

A federal appeals court sided with Ohio against Kalshi last month. Licensed Ohio sportsbooks pay a 20% tax and can't take bets from anyone under 21.

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➤ Statewide: Rep. Josh Williams, R-Sylvania, introduced House Bill 1023 to create a task force studying whether Ohio's early childhood programs prepare kids for kindergarten. Its report would be due Dec. 1, 2027, but the bill must pass by Dec. 31 or be reintroduced next session. (See Details)

➤ Cincinnati: The Christ Hospital Health Network received a $50 million gift from the Farmer Family Foundation, the largest in its history. The money will go toward modernizing and expanding its Mount Auburn campus. The same foundation set the previous record with a $15 million gift last year. (See Details)

➤ Sandusky: Cedar Point reopened Millennium Force Saturday evening, a day after a small metal bracket fell from a ride car into a guest area. No one was hurt, and the park said the coaster passed maintenance inspections and all required safety checks. (More)

➤ Lockland: A stopped train blocked the village’s tracks for at least 90 minutes Sunday, forcing firefighters 30 seconds from a fatal house fire to take a seven-minute detour. It was Lockland’s second train-related response delay in a week, and Norfolk Southern says it is looking into it. (See Details)

➤ Pickerington: The school district is asking voters to approve a 10-year, 0.75% income tax Nov. 3 after a 1.25% request failed in May. If it fails, the district says it would cut middle school band and orchestra, on-campus College Credit Plus classes, and some sports teams. (See Details)

➤ Toledo: Police Chief Mike Troendle is in his final two weeks on the job, retiring Nov. 1 after 32 years with the department. Assistant Chief Kevin Braun, a Libbey High School graduate who joined the force in 2000, will take over. (See Interview)

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➤ The Cleveland Guardians were eliminated Monday with a 7-3 loss in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series. Junior Caminero and Yandy Díaz—both formerly in Cleveland’s organization—each hit two-run home runs for Tampa Bay. (More)

➤ Ohio State freshman defensive back Jay Timmons was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week after posting seven tackles, two pass breakups, and a forced fumble in the Buckeyes’ top-five win at Indiana. (More)

➤ University of Dayton linebacker Joe Kingsbury was named Pioneer Football League Defensive Player of the Week after tying a career high with 12 tackles, including 1.5 sacks, in a 19-9 win at Butler. The Flyers host San Diego at noon Saturday. (More)

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➤ Cleveland Public Power asked City Council to replace its two-tier residential rates with a monthly fee plus three usage tiers starting in 2027, with increases in 2028 and 2029. CPP hasn't said what the change would cost a typical customer. (See Details)

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➤ Hometown Pharmacy opened a 1,900-square-foot store at 3516 South Meridian Road in Austintown, in a former Huntington Bank building across from Sparkle Market. It merges two nearby locations and adds private rooms for vaccinations and pharmacist consultations. (More)

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➤ Ken Schreiber, a Dayton native and retired Air Force and American Airlines pilot, donated $400,000 so the Auglaize County Historical Society could buy Neil Armstrong's boyhood home. The society hopes to open it for tours by 2030, Armstrong’s 100th birthday. (Read Story)

➤ The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra honored Wynton Marsalis after his final Cleveland performance leading the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, a group he has directed since 1988. (More)

➤ Franklin Park Conservatory's fall display of pumpkins, mums, and ornamental cabbages, including two pumpkin houses, runs through Nov. 1 in Columbus and is included with general admission. The ticketed Pumpkins Aglow lights up select evenings. (See Photos)

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