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Monday, November 2, 2026
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Good Morning! On this day in 1920, Pittsburgh’s KDKA made the first commercial radio broadcast in America, reading the Harding-Cox presidential election returns from a shack on the roof of a Westinghouse plant to about a thousand listeners within 500 miles. Hear a recreation of that first broadcast here.
Take a second look at those crumpled lottery tickets in your wallet. A Michigan man carried a $1 million Powerball winner around for two months and only found out when he came up short for a soda. We have the whole story in Et Cetera. Have you ever won anything on a lottery ticket? Hit reply and tell us, even if it was five bucks.
The clocks fell back this weekend, and almost nobody is happy about it. But ending the time change is harder than it sounds. America tried going without it once, and what happened that winter turned the whole country around in a matter of weeks. Fifty years later, the fight is back on, so how did we end up changing our clocks in the first place, and is this the year it finally stops? On today’s episode of Flyover Focus, we dig into the strange history of Daylight Saving Time, the 1974 experiment that changed everything, and the three ways this could all end. Tune in here!
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 Jet Crash Kills 9 in Florida
A Learjet carrying nine people plunged into a mobile home park in Greenacres, Florida, west of Palm Beach, around 12:50 p.m. ET Sunday. No one on board survived.
Minutes after reporting moderate turbulence and light ice, the pilot radioed a mayday, saying the jet was in an “overspeed condition” and dropping as fast as 20,000 feet a minute. “We’re going to crash into the ground,” she said. Her last words to the controller: “We’re out of time.”
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed all nine died. The 22-year-old jet, bound from Austin, Texas, to the Bahamas, clipped a tree and downed power lines before hitting nose-first. Video showed a fireball and a crater in the road. Officials have not said whether anyone on the ground was hurt.
The FAA and NTSB are investigating. About 600 residents of the surrounding community were moved to shelters overnight, and Military Trail remains closed indefinitely.
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Michigan Democrat Endorses GOP Senate Rival
Rep. Haley Stevens, a Michigan Democrat who narrowly lost her party’s Senate primary, endorsed Republican Mike Rogers on Sunday, two days before an election that could decide control of the Senate.
Stevens appeared with Rogers at a Detroit church service, then said in a video posted to X that Democrat nominee Abdul El-Sayed had told her she was no longer welcome in his campaign.
The two had clashed over an ad from an outside group backing El-Sayed that blamed U.S. aid to Israel for high grocery prices. Stevens called the ad antisemitic. El-Sayed said he had nothing to do with it.
Democrats likely need to hold the seat, now held by retiring Democrat Gary Peters, to have any shot at overturning the Republicans’ 53-47 majority. El-Sayed brushed off Stevens’ endorsement, saying he was focused on Michigan voters rather than his former primary opponent.
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Southwest Floods Force Mass Evacuations
Flash floods forced mandatory evacuations across Arizona and southwestern Colorado on Sunday, with residents of Sedona, Arizona, ordered to flee the rising Oak Creek as crews worked to reach people trapped in their homes.
In Pagosa Springs, Colorado, the San Juan River was forecast to crest near 19.7 feet late Sunday, about 2 feet above the 1911 flood that wiped out most of the town. The sheriff’s office warned of “potentially catastrophic” damage, and officials restricted incoming traffic on U.S. Highway 160.
The region is getting two or three months of rain in a couple of days, a National Weather Service meteorologist said, on top of flooding that hit the same towns last week. Flood watches cover nearly all of Arizona and parts of Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada.
Up to 4 more inches could fall through today. Officials told residents in low-lying areas to leave now rather than wait for crews that may be stretched thin at the storm’s peak.
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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.
➤ Four adults were hospitalized after lightning struck near an Arizona elementary school during morning drop-off, including a woman who was holding an umbrella. (Hear Details)
➤ A week at Disney World over Halloween cost a family of four more than a week in Spain, Italy, or Greece, and that’s just the hotel room. (Hear More)
➤ AI is building AI, and a new chart from one leading lab shows just how fast the machines are taking over their own research. (Listen Now)
  
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➤ A federal judge on Sunday threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska’s Senate race if Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, ruling the government had no workable plan to probe “decoy” ballots without breaking voter secrecy. DOJ said it will appeal. (See Ruling)
➤ The White House has spent months mapping out how President Trump could keep governing through executive action if Democrats take Congress on Tuesday, from new tariffs to tighter visa rules, according to a report citing three people familiar with the plans. (See Plan)
➤ President Trump’s defamation suit against The Wall Street Journal was tossed for a second time Saturday, this time with prejudice, after a judge ruled he hadn’t shown “actual malice” over its report on a birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. Trump’s team vowed to press on. (See Decision)
➤ Sen. Chris Murphy, 53, was hospitalized after suffering a stroke at his son’s hockey game Saturday. His office said the Connecticut Democrat is awake and alert at Johns Hopkins in Maryland, and doctors expect a full recovery. (See Update)
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➤ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Atlanta Falcons 16-0 on Sunday despite not completing a pass. Tampa Bay became the first NFL team since 1974 to win without a completion. (See Highlights)
➤ Kyle Larson finished ninth Sunday at Martinsville and will carry a 67-point championship lead into next week’s NASCAR Cup Series finale at Homestead. William Byron won the race, with Chase Elliott finishing second. (More)
➤ Kimi Antonelli became the youngest Formula 1 world champion Sunday, clinching the title at age 20 with a third-place finish at the Mexico City Grand Prix. He surpassed Sebastian Vettel’s previous age record. (More)
➤ Miami remained No. 1 in the latest AP Top 25, followed by Georgia, Utah, Notre Dame, and UCLA. Ohio State fell nine spots to No. 11 after its upset loss, while USC re-entered the poll at No. 18. (See Full Rankings)
➤ Sweden’s Andreas Almgren won the men’s New York City Marathon in his marathon debut Sunday, while Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui won the women’s race for her second title. American Jessica McClain finished second. (See Results)
➤ Yesterday’s Results: NFL | NCAAM | NCAAW | NHL | NBA | NASCAR | F1 | Soccer | Golf
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➤ The clocks fell back this weekend, and almost nobody is happy about it. But America tried ditching the time change once, and what happened that winter still haunts the debate today. (Tune In Here)
In the latest episode of Flyover Focus, we trace how a joke, a bug collector, and two world wars gave America its clock change, and why getting rid of it has stumped Congress for a century. A bill to end the switch for good is sitting in the Senate right now, but it would put an hour of your daylight on the chopping block. Would you trade your winter sunrise to keep your summer evenings?
In case you missed it, last week’s Flyover Focus counted down the 10 most common scams targeting Americans right now. (Watch Now)
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➤ Binance began restoring withdrawals Sunday, starting with Bitcoin and Ethereum, three days after the record $6 billion theft froze its users out. The FBI on Saturday formally blamed North Korea, naming the same group behind last year’s $1.5 billion Bybit hack. (See Update)
➤ AI and chip stocks have lost about $5 trillion in value since Oct. 6, while the rest of the market gained $1.3 trillion. History favors buyers: the S&P 500 has risen from a midterm October through June all 19 times since 1950. (See Numbers)
➤ The AI assistant that haggles over someone’s cable bill may actually be a person on the line. Startups say today’s AI agents still can’t reliably make phone calls or book appointments, so they quietly hand those jobs to human contractors. (See Story)
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➤ NASA’s Swift telescope is expected to fall back to Earth around Friday after a robotic rescue mission failed to reach it. Most of the 1.5-ton craft will burn up, though a few tungsten pieces may survive, most likely landing in the ocean. (See Details)
➤ Common medications used by people with type 2 diabetes may trigger “prescribing cascades,” a study involving nearly 684,000 patients found. Researchers identified cases in which side effects such as swelling or urinary problems may lead to additional prescriptions instead of adjustments to the original medication. (See Study)
➤ Meta has built a 5-foot humanoid robot named Max with a Chinese startup and is already working on a second version, according to a report. The long-term goal is a machine that handles household chores, though Meta says it has no plans to sell one. (See Details)
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Have you ever been to a Disney park?
- Yes, recently
- Yes, long ago
- Never
Yesterday’s Results:
Did you ever make Jiffy Pop?
- Yes, occasionally: 58%
- Yes, all the time: 22%
- No, but I remember it: 18%
- What’s Jiffy Pop: 2%
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 Daily Quote
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“And that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today. I don’t belong in Abdul’s campaign. … Who we are as Michiganders is not hate and is not what we are getting out from our Democratic nominee right now.”
— Rep. Haley Stevens, Michigan Democrat, in a video posted to X after appearing with Republican Mike Rogers at a Detroit church
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 Today’s Trivia
What is the only letter of the alphabet that doesn’t appear in any U.S. state name?
Show me the answer
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