WEDNESday, SEPT. 6, 2023

Good morning! On this date in 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz as the two shook hands. It was the third presidential assassination after Abraham Lincoln and James Garfield.

Today is Wisdom Wednesday in our Rotator section, and we’re offering the secrets to living a happy, regret-free life — plus a few instructive, very short stories!

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Sen. Vance Pushes Bill to Ban Mask Mandates

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance said he would introduce a bill Tuesday to stop any federal official, including the president, from implementing a mask mandate through the end of 2024.

Vance’s bill, titled the Freedom to Breathe Act, would prevent the government from requiring masks for airplane flights, public transit, or school, and it would also bar school and transportation officials from refusing service to anyone not wearing a mask.

The move comes in the wake of several facilities reimposing mask mandates. President Biden is now wearing a mask because Jill Biden has a mild case of Covid, despite having been double-vaccinated and twice boosted.

United Snafu Halts Flights for an Hour

United Airlines asked the FAA to issue a ground stop Tuesday that lasted an hour while the airline struggled with a system-wide technology slowdown.

Hundreds of flights were delayed and several were canceled through the morning. United blamed the problem on a software update that slowed its computer systems to a crawl.

The airline’s stock dropped 2.5% during the day, and federal officials said they’d be investigating the incident. United said no cybersecurity issues were involved.

‘Top 100 Places to Live’ List Cuts Out Big Cities

People seeking the best place to live while avoiding big cities have a new interactive guide that ranks only towns with a population between 75,000 and 500,000.

The Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. list offers users a tool to choose their own criteria for ranking the 100 cities by factors such as amenities, education, affordability, healthcare, and so on.

No. 1 on the overall list is John’s Creek, GA. If ranked by safety, Rochester Hills, MI, is No. 1, and ranked by cost of living, the top city is Des Moines, IA, where the median home value is $177,000. You can sort the list here.

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➤ Rep. James Comer subpoenaed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and several Secret Service officials for testimony related to a tipoff to the Biden transition team of a Hunter Biden tax probe interview. (More)

➤ Sen. Mitch McConnell didn’t have a seizure or a stroke after he froze for 30 seconds, said Brian Monahan, Congress’ attending physician. Monahan gave McConnell both MRI and EEG exams last week. (More)

➤ Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison Tuesday for his participation in the events of Jan. 6, the longest sentence to date given to anyone charged in the case. (More)

➤ The Texas Senate on Tuesday denied all of GOP Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton’s motions to dismiss impeachment charges as he pleaded not guilty to accusations of corruption. The impeachment has divided the Texas GOP. (More)

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➤ Duke pulled off the biggest win in its modern football history Monday night by defeating No. 9-ranked Clemson 28-7. The win was arguably the biggest upset in college football this weekend. (See highlights)

➤ Team USA bounced back at the Basketball World Cup, easily defeating Italy 100-63 to escape elimination. The team will play next in the semifinals. (More)

➤ Spain officially fired Jorge Vilda, coach of the country’s champion Women’s World Cup team, just weeks after a victory celebration led to Spain’s soccer federation president being suspended for kissing a player. (More)

Market Report 9/5/23

▼	NASDAQ Natl. Assoc. of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	14,020.95	–0.08%
▼	SPX S&P 500	4,496.83	–0.42%
▼	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	34,642.10	–0.56%
▲	BTC Bitcoin	$25,796.0	+0.01%
▼	MANU Manchester United	$19.35	–18.22%

➤ Big Stock Move: Manchester United shares dropped 18% Tuesday on news that an expected sale of the iconic soccer franchise had fallen through. (More)

➤ Only three states don’t have a billionaire living there: Alaska, West Virginia, and Delaware. All the rest have at least one, and now there’s a map that shows the wealthiest billionaire in every state. (See Map)

➤ Warner Bros. Discovery adjusted its full-year financials to show a hit of $300 million to $500 million due to the impact of the ongoing writers’ and actors’ strikes. (More)

➤ A photographer got shots of a rare phenomenon known as “gigantic jets,” enormous bolts of lightning that blast straight upward from a storm cloud to the edge of outer space. (See Images)

➤ Be of good cheer! New research from China shows that moderate amounts of beer can benefit your gut health, perhaps even more than probiotics. (More)

➤ Researchers have developed a new 3D-printed “living material” that could help clean up polluted seas. It’s a seaweed-based polymer combined with genetically engineered bacteria. (More)

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➤ A man who felt purposeless after his retirement went on a 30-day silent retreat and came home with four lessons for living a happy, regret-free life. (See His Advice)

➤ Last week we brought you a link to short inspirational stories, which was popular enough that this week, we wanted to offer a similar link, this time to the ten best short stories with a simple moral behind them. (See Stories Here)

➤ A survey of 2,000 people offers hard-won wisdom on the best ways to get over a difficult breakup. The results include the Top 10 Ways to move on after a hard split. (See List Here)

➤ A painting bought for $4 at a thrift shop could sell for as much as $250,00 at auction. The painting is by N.C. Wyeth, an illustrator whose work appeared on ”Saturday Evening Post” covers. (See Painting)

➤ Chinese workers seeking a shortcut used excavating equipment to cut a big hole in China’s Great Wall, causing “irreversible damage” to a centuries-old section of the wall built during the Ming Dynasty. (More)

➤ America’s tallest waterslide is under construction at Mt. Olympus in the Wisconsin Dells. The “Rise of Icarus” waterslide will top out at 145 feet high when it opens in summer 2024. (See Images)