Kyle Nowak

🔥 It’s Monday, October 30th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

“Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.”

Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)

❓ Our question to you: What’s your current perception of X overall?

✈️ Both Southwest and Spirit Airlines reported earnings yesterday. They indicate domestic travel demand is starting to normalize.

❌ It’s been exactly one year to the day since Elon Musk completed his purchase of Twitter (now X) for $44 billion. The platform is doing its best to navigate a series of current business challenges.

🔥 It’s Friday, October 27th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

"The sweetest pleasure arises from difficulties overcome."

–Publilius Syrus (85 B.C. – 43 B.C.)

⚾ The World Series starts tonight, marking the official close of a season in which the MLB enacted new rules aimed at creating a more entertaining and engaging product for fans. Here’s how they did.

🌎 Around the world: Costa Rican officials are investigating the largest national bank heist in the country’s history, Israel’s military carried out what it described as a “targeted raid” in Gaza, and more.

🏛️🗣️ For Republicans, the fourth time was the charm. The House now has a speaker, Mike Johnson (R-LA), who was approved by a 220-to-209 party-line vote yesterday.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

🔥 It’s Thursday, October 26th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

"You are now, and you do become, what you think about."

–Earl Nightingale (1921-1989)

This weekly section delivers the most outlandish, off-the-wall, and occasionally laugh-out-loud news stories of the week, as well as some hilarious or… curious synchronicities crowdsourced from around the world.

🌎 Around the world: Hurricane Otis made landfall in southern Mexico as a Category 5 storm, an international organization invented new bean species to combat Africa’s hunger crisis, and more.

❓ Our question to you: In your opinion, should local governments be allowed to clear homeless camps without also offering alternative housing to all homeless residents?

💥🎓 US colleges are struggling with how to approach the ongoing Israel-Hamas war (plus an update on other recent war news).

📝 More than 40 attorneys general sued Meta yesterday, accusing the social media company of illegally misleading the public about the harm its products could impose on children and teens.

🌏 Iceland experienced its first full-day women’s strike since 1975, Israel continued to launch airstrikes targeting Gaza, and more.