Good morning! On this date in 1956, CBS broadcast the first major Hollywood film to be shown in its entirety on TV: “The Wizard of Oz,” which became an annual fall TV event until 1991. (See Photos)
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Daylight Savings Time Ends, Again
Daylight savings ends this Sunday morning at 2 a.m., as Americans “fall back” for an extra hour of sleep. But despite legislative efforts to change the practice, we’ll still spring forward again next March.
The Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act last year, a bill that would make daylight savings time permanent. But it stalled there, and a 2023 version remains stuck in committee.
In the 1970s, Congress made daylight savings time permanent but reversed themselves less than a year later after early-morning darkness proved dangerous for school children, still one of the biggest obstacles to change.
New List Ranks Fastest-Growing Towns
A new ranking of the fastest-growing U.S. cities with populations over 100,000 is dominated by the Southwest, including the No. 1 fastest-growing town: Buckeye, Arizona, which grew 48% between 2017 and 2022.
The list, compiled by SmartAsset, ranks 344 U.S. cities, including those that lost population over the past 5 years. At the bottom is Paradise, Nevada, whose population declined by 21%
Cities with the biggest population shift in gender are also noted. Davie, Fla., had the biggest shift toward men, and Fullerton, Calif., toward women. You can search for the growth rate of your city here.
Was Jimmy Hoffa Buried at Third Base?
A group of “cold case” crime investigators believe they’ve found the spot where mobsters buried union boss Jimmy Hoffa, whose disappearance in 1975 remains one of America’s greatest mysteries.
The Case Breakers group said “a dying police sergeant’s scribbled instructions on an ace of spades” playing card led them to the old site of Milwaukee’s County Stadium, former home of the Brewers and now a parking lot. Hoffa was buried beneath 3rd base, they say.
Though some in Milwaukee are skeptical, the group brought in a corpse-sniffing dog who indicated that perhaps there was something there. They’re now seeking permission to dig up that section of the lot.
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➤ The White House is calling for “humanitarian pauses”to get aid into Gaza, even as the Israeli military finishes its encirclement of Gaza City and focuses on dismantling Hamas. (More)
➤ The House rejected efforts to censure Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib over her statements on the war in Gaza and GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over her response to Tlaib. Both parties raised concerns over First Amendment rights. (More)
➤ Speaking of Rep. Tlaib, a pro-Israel Democratic Party interest group launched a TV ad in her Michigan home district, criticizing her for her anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian stance. (See Ad)
➤ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. would get 22% support in a hypothetical three-way race against President Biden and Donald Trump, a new Quinnipiac poll shows. The poll shows him winning a plurality of independents. (See Poll Results)
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➤ The Las Vegas Raiders fired general manager Dave Ziegler and head coach Josh McDaniels after losing Monday night and falling to a season record of 3-5. (More)
➤ Major college football matchups to watch tomorrow include Alabama vs. LSU, Georgia vs. Missouri, Kansas State vs. Texas, Oklahoma vs. Oklahoma State, and Washington vs. USC. (See Matchup Details)
➤ Texas Ranger slugger Corey Seager was named the World Series Most Valuable Player for the second time, joining Sandy Koufax, Bob Gibson, and Reggie Jackson as the only players to win Series MVP twice. (See Photo)
Market Report 11/2/23
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NASDAQ Natl. Assoc. of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
13,294.19
+1.78%
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SPX S&P 500
4,317.78
+1.89%
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DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average
33,839.11
+1.70%
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BTC Bitcoin
$34,482.0
–1.32%
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ROKU Roku, Inc.
$78.05
+30.74%
➤ Big Stock Move: Roku shares rocketed up 31% today after the TV device company issued a positive third-quarter report showing net revenue up 20% year over year. (More)
➤ Sam Bankman-Fried was found guiltyof all charges of defrauding customers out of $8 billion from his cryptocurrency company FTX. He faces a potential maximum sentence of 110 years in prison; sentencing is March 28. (More)
➤ Theme park giants Six Flags and Cedar Fairare merging in a $3.5 billion deal. The combined company will boast 27 amusement parks, 15 water parks, and nine resort properties across 17 states and three countries. (More)
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➤ Birds in North America will no longer be named after people, and 80 species will be renamed to avoid names of people whose history some consider to be “exclusionary and harmful.” (More)
➤ The Japanese military says it has successfully test-fired a railgun on board a ship at sea. Railguns use electromagnetic force to fire metal slugs at extremely high speeds over long ranges. (See Video)
➤ The launch of the first U.S. moon lander in 50 years has been pushed back from this month until January 2024. Intuitive Machines’ private Nova-C lander will use a Space X rocket under contract with NASA. (See Illustration)
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➤ A man with a metal detector tried four times before finally finding a locket lost by a 10-year-old boy at a playground. The missing locket was a remembrance of the boy’s late mother. (See Photo)
➤ An injured bald eagle nursed back to health over a year of treatment was finally released into the wild. Officials said it circled overhead briefly, then soared away into the sky. (See Video)
➤Professor Chad is the rare educator on the website Rate My Professors who gets only positive reviews. That’s because Chad is the well-known guide dog for a nearly blind communications professor at a small Michigan college. (See Photos)
➤ Door Dash is testing a pop-up warning for customers, telling them that drivers can see if they tip — and that drivers have the freedom to select which order they deliver and when. (More)
➤ The San Francisco Zoo welcomeda pair of endangered Przewalski’s horses, a wild horse species from Mongolia, which are being carefully nurtured to avoid extinction. (See Video)
➤ Collins Dictionary has named “AI,” the abbreviation for artificial intelligence, as its “Word of the Year,” beating out other new terms such as “nepo baby” and “ultra-processed foods.” (More)
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