Tuesday, October 7, 2025

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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. Clicking the link will take you directly to these stories:

A fire engulfed a South Carolina judge’s million-dollar beachfront home. (Hear Details)

What are Turkish hair transplants? Do they actually work? (Hear Episode)

➤ Daily walks are one of the healthiest things you can do. (Listen Now)

  

Politics

The Supreme Court declined without comment to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of her sex trafficking convictions for hiring underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. (More)

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ demand that the two have a televised debate as the government shutdown entered its second week. (See Details)

➤ President Trump said Monday that all medium- and heavy-duty trucks imported into the United States will face a 25% tariff starting Nov. 1. The announcement, made on Truth Social, both delays and expands a tariff he previously announced in late September. (More)

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after less than a month in office on Monday, deepening the country’s political crisis and leaving President Emmanuel Macron with few options. (See Details)

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Sports

➤ AP Poll: Miami jumped to No. 2 following their 28-22 win over Florida State, which fell to No. 25. The formerly No. 9 Texas Longhorns dropped out of the poll entirely after losing to the unranked Florida Gators. (See Poll)

➤ A pair of clutch eighth-inning hits from Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodriguez gave the Seattle Mariners their first home playoff win in 24 years on Sunday night. (See Highlight)

➤ Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young set a WNBA Finals record by scoring 21 points in the third quarter of their matchup against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday. Vegas holds a 2-0 lead in the series, which continues tonight. (More)

➤ An alligator stared down golfer Vince Whaley as he stood in a pond to punch his ball out of the mud during a PGA Tour event this weekend. He landed the ball up on a hill, then promptly exited the water to escape the gator’s ire. (See Shot)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: NFL | MLB | NBA | Soccer | Tennis

Finance

Trend Line Daily Market Report   10/06/2025

NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
22,941.67
0.71%
SPX
S&P 500
6,740.28
0.36%
DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average
46,694.97
-0.14%
BTC
Bitcoin
$125,100.32
1.28%
GOLD
Per Ounce
$3,984.60
2.67%
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
$203.71
+23.71%
Bitcoin and gold are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Advanced Micro Devices’ stock jumped nearly 24% Monday after it announced that OpenAI could take up to a 10% stake in the chip-making company. (More)

Steak ’n Shake announced that it has begun installing massive American flags at its restaurants across the country. The burger chain posted on X that it “proudly supports American values and traditions.” (See Post)

Rite Aid shuttered its remaining 89 drug stores this week after filing for bankruptcy in May for the second time in less than two years. The drugstore sold most of its U.S. stores’ pharmacy services earlier this year to rivals CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, Albertsons, and Kroger. (More)

Bruce Buffer, the 30-year veteran ring announcer for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) matches, has signed with UFC sponsor Bud Light to become a spokesperson for the brand. (More)

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Science & Technology

➤ The Nobel Prize in Medicine went to three scientists, Mary E. Brunkow and Fred Ramsdell of the U.S., and Shimon Sakaguchi of Japan, for a breakthrough discovery that could lead to new treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases. (More)

➤ A new study found that Sir Ernest Shackleton’s shipEndurance, had multiple structural deficiencies and was not designed to withstand the Antarctic sea ice that crushed it in 1915. (See Details)

➤ Texas-based Otto Aerospace is building a private jet with no cabin windows, replacing them with HD screens that show real-time exterior views. The goal is to cut fuel consumption by up to 60% by reducing the drag and weight of traditional windows. (See Jet)

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Travel Tuesday

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➤ A new list highlights 11 of the most remote, scenic Airbnbs on Earth,  including a cliffside pod in Peru and a luxury container near Capitol Reef. (See Airbnbs)

Travel writer Everett Potter’s new book, National Geographic’s 100 Train Journeys of a Lifetime, highlights rail travel as a unique “slow travel” experience. (More)

A flight attendant with over 10 years of experience shared 13 essential travel items available in Amazon’s October Prime Day sale, which began on Monday. (See Items

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➤ New York’s iconic Flatiron Building is being converted into 38 ultra-luxury condos, with prices starting near $11 million and topping out at $50 million. (See Details)

➤ Thailand’s annual water buffalo festival kicked off Monday, celebrating the start of harvest season with water buffalo races and pageants. (See Photos)

A jewel-studded Fabergé egg once gifted by a Russian czar could crack a world record this December, with experts expecting it to fetch over $27 million at auction. (See Egg)

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Poll Position

Would you fly in an airplane with no windows?

  1. Yes
  2. No 
  3. I don’t fly, period
 

Yesterday’s Results:

Will you get an Advent calendar this year?

  1. No: 66%
  2. Yes: 19%
  3. I will gift it: 15%

Quote BoxDaily Quote

Quote

“We have a negotiation going on right now with the Democrats that could lead to very good things. And I’m talking about good things with regard to health care.”

—  President Trump on discussions with Democrats to end the government shutdown

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