Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 2023, the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas launched an attack on Israel by land, sea, and air, killing nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals, and taking 251 hostages into Gaza.

Chivalry is alive and well at 35,000 feet. Yesterday in our poll, 59% of you said a man should give his wife or girlfriend a first-class upgrade, and hundreds wrote in. One frequent flier said that when he gets upgraded and his wife doesn't, he hands his seat to whoever is sitting next to her in coach. Another kept it simple: "Wife, yes. Girlfriend, optional but probably not. Wife is permanent."

Neck pain is one of the most common aches afflicting people, and in many cases, doctors can't pinpoint a single cause. It could be your posture, your pillow, or something else entirely. But physical therapists say there's a fix that works better than rest or painkillers, and it takes just a few minutes a day. So what's really behind your neck pain, and which five exercises can help you strengthen your way out of it? Amy has the full story on today's episode of The Flyover Podcast. Tune in here!

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France Riots Grow as Arrests Pass 6,500

More than 250,000 people marched across France on Tuesday, the biggest day yet of a nearly three-week high school revolt. Riot police fired tear gas in Paris, Marseille, Rennes, and Strasbourg.

Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu told lawmakers 715 officers and 215 students have been injured, and arrests have passed 6,500, most of them minors. He accused Jean-Luc Mélenchon's far-left party of seeking to "sow chaos" before next spring's presidential election, even as the Paris crowd greeted Mélenchon with chants of "Mélenchon Président!"

The revolt began in Seine-Saint-Denis, the district just north of Paris, where students say they are protesting teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms, and crumbling schools. Immigrants make up about 32% of the population there, triple the national rate, and the same suburbs erupted in nationwide riots in 2005 and 2023.

President Trump responded Tuesday on Truth Social: "What's happening in France is nothing less than out of control mass migration. This isn't about schools, this is about Islam wanting to take over a once great Country!"

Car Loans Stretch to Record 84 Months

More than one in five new-car buyers are now stretching their loans to a record seven years or longer, and the average monthly payment still climbed to an all-time high of $787 in the third quarter, according to new, third-quarter data.

Buyers financed a record $44,664 on average, while the typical down payment slipped to $5,554. One in five new-car buyers now commits to $1,000 or more a month.

Interest rates haven't moved, with the average APR flat at 7%, but bigger balances over longer terms push lifetime interest to nearly $10,000 per loan.

Meanwhile, the average price of a new car reached $50,089 in August, up 1.9% from a year earlier, according to the latest data available from auto-pricing company Kelley Blue Book.

Televangelist Jim Bakker Dies at 86

Jim Bakker, the televangelist who co-hosted The PTL Club with his first wife, Tammy Faye, and built an evangelical empire that drew up to 13 million nightly viewers, died Monday at age 86. The cause of death wasn't disclosed.

Their empire unraveled in 1987 when Bakker admitted to a sexual encounter with church secretary Jessica Hahn, who said he assaulted her, and stepped down. The Rev. Jerry Falwell took over, and Bakker never regained control.

He was convicted of fraud in 1989 and sentenced to 45 years in prison, a term later reduced to eight. Tammy Faye divorced him while he was incarcerated and died of colon cancer in 2007.

Paroled in 1994 after about five years, Bakker wrote the memoir I Was Wrong, resettled near Branson, Missouri, married Lori Graham in 1998, and launched The Jim Bakker Show in 2003, still on the air at his death.

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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.

➤ Stubborn neck pain often lacks a clear cause, but physical therapists say five simple exercises can bring real relief. (See Exercises)

➤ Apple News has been accused of suppressing months of coverage about the DNC's mounting debt ahead of the midterms. (Hear Details)

➤ Some everyday habits are damaging your hearing in ways audiologists say you won't notice until it's permanent. (Listen Now)

➤ President Trump says his super PAC, MAGA Inc., will start paying for his pro-Trump TV ads after bipartisan backlash over their taxpayer funding through DHS. (More)

➤ The White House is defending President Trump's Nebraska rally line about Iran, "Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego." Gov. Gavin Newsom called him "deranged and dangerous," but Trump officials say they were misinterpreted. (More)

➤ The Pentagon says Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will be executed by firing squad in the military's first execution since 1961. (More)

➤ A New York man faces two felony counts of terroristic threats for allegedly sending Instagram death threats to Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.), a Senate candidate, and his son-in-law. (More)

➤ Soccer superstar Lionel Messi played his final match for Argentina on Tuesday, a friendly game against Benin in Buenos Aires after 21 years and 125 goals with the national team. (More)

➤ World No. 1 tennis star Jannik Sinner ended his 2026 season early to treat a right knee injury, closing a dominant 44-3 campaign that included a Wimbledon title. (More)

➤ Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has a sprained ankle and only an outside chance to play Sunday night against the Falcons, sources say. (More)

➤ The NFL suspended line judge Jeff Seeman two games and referee Adrian Hill one game for unprofessional conduct toward players in Week 4. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: MLB | NHL | NBA | Soccer

Daily Market Report 10/06/2026

▲	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	27,599.79	0.45%
▲	SPX S&P 500	7,818.93	0.58%
▲	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	51,521.28	0.49%
▼	BTC Bitcoin	$85,512.85	-0.26%
▲	GOLD Per Ounce	$4,153.40	0.34%
▲	SILVER Per Ounce	$61.09	0.24%
▼	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$87.77	-1.86%
▲	OPCH Option Care Health Inc	$31.01	+32.71%

Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Option Care Health shares jumped nearly 33% Tuesday after McKesson and private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice agreed to buy it for $5.8 billion. (More)

➤ The S&P 500 hit a new record high Tuesday, going above 7,800 for the first time as falling oil prices and an Nvidia-led tech rally lifted Wall Street. (More)

➤ The U.S. trade deficit widened to $105.6 billion, its highest level since just before new U.S. tariffs took effect last year. (More)

➤ The $81 billion merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery closed Tuesday, creating a new media giant called Skydance. The new co-CEOs warned staff of "difficult decisions that affect our workforce." (See Details)

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➤ Belgian American physicist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in Physics for IceCube, the South Pole detector that turns a cubic kilometer of ice into a trap for cosmic "ghost particles." (See Details)

➤ The Draconid meteor shower peaks Thursday night under a nearly moonless sky, and unlike most showers, it's best right after dark, no 3 a.m. alarm required. Look north toward the constellation Draco. (See Guide)

➤ NASA spent the summer flying planes into "fire clouds," the thunderstorms big wildfires create that loft smoke eight miles up. The goal is to learn which fires spawn them, and why. (See Mission)

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➤ A neurologist says seven everyday habits are quietly damaging your brain, and the fixes have less to do with genetics than you'd think. (See Habits)

➤ Three short phrases can shut down that defensive reaction before it takes over, and the first step is understanding what actually triggers it. (See Phrases)

➤ Nearly two-thirds of Gen Z adults have tried manifestation, psychics, or other mystical tactics in their love lives, and relationship coaches point to one thing driving it. (See Survey)

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➤ Germany's former spy chief, 80, was arrested on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason. Prosecutors say a former aide fed him some 2,000 confidential documents over 14 years, and that he passed information to a foreign intelligence service. (See Details)

➤ Sydney Sweeney has reportedly met with two rabbis about converting to Judaism as she and boyfriend Scooter Braun talk about starting a family. The process can take one to four years. (See Story)

➤ A golf apparel salesman who spent this year's U.S. Open selling shirts in the merchandise tent will return next year as a player after winning the U.S. Mid-Amateur. (Meet Champ)

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How long do you usually keep a car?

Yesterday's Results:

Should a man give his first-class upgrade to his wife/girlfriend?

Of course: 59%
We'd take turns: 22%
Nope: 8%
We'd flip a coin: 6%
Other (reply to tell us): 5%

Daily Quote

"If you need 84 months just to make the (car) payment fit, that's a potential warning light that the vehicle is out of your budget.”

— Joseph Yoon, consumer insights analyst at Edmunds, on the dangers of stretching to buy a new car