Kyle Nowak

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with Gov. Grisham’s emergency health order to suspend the right to carry guns in Albuquerque for a “cooling-off period”?

📅 What you can look forward to this upcoming week...

✈️ The airport lounge arms race is in full swing. Both credit card companies and airlines are building out their lounge networks to attract travelers, and competition is fierce.

🔮 Two weeks from today, the Sphere – a 366-ft-tall orb located in Las Vegas with the ability to project virtually any image/scene onto itself – will host its first concert. Could this be the future of in-person entertainment?

🔥 It’s Friday, September 15th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

"Never say never. Because limits, like fears are often just an illusion."

–Michael Jordan (b. 1963)

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

⚖️ A federal judge blocked an order by New Mexico’s governor, issued last week, which suspended the right to carry guns in Albuquerque, calling it a violation of residents’ 2nd Amendment rights.

🌍 Around the world: The European Central Bank raised interest rates to a new record high, Venice wasn’t added to UN’s list of endangered World Heritage sites despite a recommendation from experts, and more.

💊📈 Surging US demand for laxatives is leading to shortages and emptier shelves at the drugstore.

📝 If the Consumer Price Index, America’s most widely-used measure of inflation, was a fitness exercise, it would be a burpee – up, then down, then back up again.

🌏 A researcher presented what he claims are two alien corpses to a Mexican gov’t committee, the UK’s largest pub operator is rolling out surge pricing for beer, and more.

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

🛍️📱 After nearly a year of testing and development, TikTok is rolling out TikTok Shop to all of its ~150M US users.

🔥 It’s Thursday, September 14th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

“Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though they may be your enemy. ”

–George Washington (1732-1799)

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.

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with House Speaker McCarthy’s decision to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Biden?

🏃 Danelo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer, is still on the loose following a prison escape about two wks ago. And he’s been quite busy

📝 Yesterday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden over allegations of corruption.