Thursday, October 15, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1970, Congress enacted the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (the RICO Act) to combat mob activity in the U.S. The law increases penalties for crimes linked to organized crime, with convicted individuals facing up to 20 years in prison and forfeiting profits from racketeering.

Archaeologists found a 4,500-year-old shipwreck off Turkey, and one of the clay jars on board looks like it was used to churn butter. The leading theory is that the crew kept goats on the ship for fresh milk. We have the details below.

Your 2027 Social Security raise is official, and we report on it today in our Take Off section. But a raise is never just a raise. The COLA ripples into what you pay, what you owe, and what you actually keep, and most retirees don’t see the full picture until the January check arrives. Deadlines are in play too, including a window that opens this very week. So how much of your raise is actually yours? On today’s episode of The Flyover Podcast, Ayla goes in depth to count down the five things that decide what your 2027 check really looks like. Tune in here!

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Social Security Checks Rise 3.6% in 2027

Social Security benefits will rise 3.6% next year, the biggest cost-of-living bump since 2023. For the average retiree, that works out to about $75 more a month, lifting the typical check to roughly $2,170 starting in January.

The adjustment affects 76 million Americans, including 7.3 million on Supplemental Security Income, whose higher payments arrive Dec. 31.

Personalized COLA notices go out by mail in December or online in late November for anyone with a My Social Security account. Those who want the paperless version must opt in by Nov. 18. Seniors’ groups say the increase still trails the 3.7% annual inflation rate reported Wednesday.

For a better understanding of how much of the increase you’ll see, The Flyover Podcast today breaks down the various deductions and other factors that will affect individual payments. You can listen to it here.

Trump: Greenland Drilling Set to Begin

President Trump said early Wednesday that “massive” oil, gas, and mineral exploration is getting ready to begin in Greenland, though he offered few details on the project itself.

In a Truth Social post, he wrote that experts say the amount of easily available oil on the island “is far greater than that of almost any land, anywhere in the World.”

He also framed the island as a shield, saying any future attack on the U.S. “will have to come across Greenland,” where American defenses would knock down drones and missiles.

The announcement comes four weeks after the U.S., Denmark, and Greenland signed a security agreement that expands American bases on the island and mentions “minerals cooperation” without specifics.

Oldest Known Shipwreck Found Off Turkey

Archaeologists have found what they believe is the world’s oldest shipwreck, a Bronze Age trade vessel that sank off Turkey’s Mediterranean coast between 4,400 and 4,700 years ago, around the time the Great Pyramid was going up.

The wooden hull is long gone, but more than 30 ceramic jars and three stone anchors still sit on an underwater slope about 98 feet down near Kekova Island in Antalya. Researchers think the 33-foot ship was hauling cargo along the coast, possibly bound for Troy or Crete. Watch a video here.

Several jars still hold hardened black residue, which could be olive oil, wine, or tree resin. Clay analysis suggests the jars were made in workshops in the Jordan Valley. One jar appears to have been used to churn butter, suggesting the crew kept goats on board for milk.

The find beats the previous record holder, a wreck off the Greek island of Dokos, by a few centuries. The artifacts will go on display at a new underwater archaeology museum in Antalya opening in the coming months.

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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.

➤ Five things are quietly reshaping your 2027 Social Security check, and most retirees only catch one. (Listen Now)

➤ Global health researchers have linked roughly one in eight new cancer cases worldwide to a dozen common infections, some preventable. (Hear Details)

➤ Federal regulators have accused nine of the nation’s largest banks of closing accounts over customers’ political and religious beliefs. (Listen Now)

➤ Six Republican senators, including Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn, joined six Democrats urging President Trump to rescind his Russian diesel deal, calling it “a gift to our adversary.” (More)

➤ U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly, a Trump appointee, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the White House from barring CNN, MS NOW, and Politico reporters while the case continues in court. (More)

➤ President Trump pardoned Alaska diesel mechanics Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming onstage at a Wasilla rally, an unusually public use of clemency power, calling their Biden-era prosecutions wrongful. (More)

➤ New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Council Speaker Julie Menin struck a deal to ban horse-drawn carriages citywide starting June 2028, ending a Central Park tradition that drew new scrutiny after a teen tourist was thrown to his death in June. The council votes Oct. 22. (See Details)

➤ Major League Baseball moved today’s American League Championship Series Game 3 between the Tampa Bay Rays and Cleveland Guardians from 6 p.m. to 1 p.m. ET because of potential inclement weather. (More)

➤ The WNBA moved Finals Games 3 and 4 between the Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries from the Dream’s 3,500-seat home to 17,000-seat State Farm Arena. (More)

➤ Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order authorizing the state’s colleges to offer a fifth season to 2022 high school graduates, defying NCAA eligibility rules. (More)

➤ The NFL suspended Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson for two games for punching Buffalo Bills linebacker Bradley Chubb after Monday’s game. (More)

Daily Market Report 10/14/2026

▼	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	26,692.87	-1.88%
▼	SPX S&P 500	7,718.94	-1.11%
▼	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	51,621.48	-0.09%
▼	BTC Bitcoin	$81,858.35	-1.49%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$4,121.80	-1.33%
▼	SILVER Per Ounce	$55.74	-5.78%
▲	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$95.12	1.04%
▲	BSP Bending Spoons S.p.A.	$53.46	+41.20%

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

➤ Big Stock Move: Bending Spoons stock jumped as much as 41% on Wednesday after Berkshire Hathaway invested another $330 million in the Italian company, which buys and revives struggling apps. (More)

➤ Inflation accelerated to a 3.7% annual rate in September as gasoline prices jumped 9.1%, accounting for more than half the monthly increase and raising odds of another Fed rate hike. (More)

➤ Netflix is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs, about 6% of its workforce, mostly in product, technology, legal, and human resources, days before next Tuesday’s quarterly earnings report. (More)

➤ More than 112,000 bottles of Amazon Extra Strength Acetaminophen 500 mg caplets have been recalled after consumers reported discolored tablets. The FDA has not identified a cause. (More)

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➤ The Halloween fireballs return this month. Here’s why these slow-moving meteors are worth watching rather than glancing at. (See Guide)

➤ Penguin droppings are fertilizing green algae blooms across the Antarctic Peninsula, and that green snow absorbs about 40% more sunlight than white snow, which could speed up melting, a new study finds. (See Study)

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➤ A $30 painting that a Michigan record hunter spotted in a dark hallway at an estate sale turned out to be a 1951 Gertrude Abercrombie and sold at auction for $1.35 million. (See Painting)

➤ The French Riviera hotel once favored by the Kennedys and Grace Kelly has banned photo shoots after visitors showed up with bags of outfits for lunch-table influencer sessions. (See Details)

➤ Bel-Air turns 100 this year, and a new photo book traces how an oilman’s “gentlemen’s haven” that once banned “movie people” became Hollywood’s most private address. (See Photos)

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➤ An Austin estate sale shopper sorting through some newly bought boxes found a stash of live World War II grenades, and the police bomb squad had to come haul them away. (See Details)

➤ Kai Trump, a freshman golfer at the University of Miami, had wrist surgery to repair an injury from her first college tournament and gave no timeline for her return. (See Post)

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