• ☝️ Hurricane Milton is projected to rapidly intensify from a Category 1 hurricane to Category 4 before making landfall around Tampa this week; the storm is expected to bring up to 15 inches of rain in some locations.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

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• 💰 US markets rose across the board on Friday (S&P: +0.9%; Dow: +0.8%; Nasdaq: +1.2%); the Dow closed at a record high. | 💼 The US economy added a better-than-expected 254,000 new jobs in September; the unemployment rate ticked down to 4.1%.
• ✈️ Spirit Airlines is considering filing for bankruptcy in the wake of its failed merger with JetBlue, according to The Wall Street Journal.
• 📈 Vietnam's GDP rose 7.4% year-over-year in Q3, driven by exports and investment; the figure marks its highest quarterly increase in two years.

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SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

• SCOREBOARD: 🏈 CFB: There were several major upsets outside of Vandy’s historic win against #1 ‘Bama; unranked Arkansas beat #4 Tennessee, #25 Texas A&M stomped #9 Missouri, unranked Washington beat #10 Michigan, and unranked Minnesota upset #11 USC; see a full Week 6 recap. | ⚾ MLB Playoffs: The four ALDS and NLDS series kicked off on Saturday and continue this week; see the full playoff picture. | 🏈 NFL: See a full Week 5 recap.
• 🏰 Anne Hathaway confirmed she’s returning for Princess Diaries 3, which is in the works at Disney. | 🍿 Speaking of sequels: Between 50%-70% of movies from the six major studios next year will be related to existing IP (aka a sequel, prequel, or remake), per CNBC.
• ⚖️ Los Angeles prosecutors say they’re reviewing new evidence in the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez – two brothers convicted of killing their parents in 1989 – that could lead to resentencing or possibly a new trial; the case has drawn renewed attention following the recent release of Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

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• 🫁 The FDA approved a new treatment for a specific type of lung cancer, with trials showing it stopped cancer from advancing for 40+% longer than the standard treatment.
• 🦠 The world’s oldest living microbes were recently discovered within a 2 billion-year-old sealed rock fracture; the microbes predate the previous record-holder by ~1.9 billion years.
• 📲 Google has reportedly begun rolling out new anti-thievery features for Android users; they include a tool that uses AI to lock your screen when it detects “common motion associated with theft” (like your phone being snatched out of your hand).

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MISCELLANEOUS

• 🗳️🗣️ Election news: On Saturday, former President Trump held a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania – the site of his attempted assassination – where he delivered a speech and brought out billionaire Elon Musk; VP Harris appeared on an episode of the popular Call Her Daddy podcast yesterday, will go on 60 Minutes tonight, and announced future interviews with Howard Stern, Stephen Colbert, and the hosts of The View.
• 📖 Merriam-Webster added 200 new words to its dictionary, including “freestyle,” “beach read,” and “IDGAF.”
• ⛪ Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals, significantly increasing the size of the College of Cardinals (which elects each new pope).

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