Monday, October 19, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1781, British Gen. Charles Cornwallis surrendered some 8,000 troops to George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively ending the Revolutionary War. Cornwallis pleaded illness and skipped the ceremony, and when his deputy tried to hand his sword to the French commander, he was directed to Washington instead, who passed the honor to his own second-in-command.

Holiday airfares are the highest in at least a decade, with Thanksgiving fares up 31%. Today’s poll asks whether you’re flying anywhere this holiday season.

The most important places in American history aren’t where you think. Some of the moments that shaped this country happened in towns with one stoplight, a single gas station, and a tumbleweed rolling across Main Street. Do you ever wonder which town spent three years officially not existing while it helped win a world war? Or where the most famous invention in American history finally got off the ground? One of these towns could be in your state, and you may have even driven through it without knowing what happened there. On today’s episode of Flyover Focus, we count down 10 small towns that changed American history. Tune in here!

Flying cars are getting closer to everyday life, and today’s sponsor, Doroni, is giving investors a chance to get involved. With a share price change coming after Oct. 22, there’s still time to invest at the current price. Get the details below.

Holiday Airfares Hit a 10-Year High

Flying for the holidays will cost more this year than at any point in at least a decade, according to booking data from Hopper. The average domestic round trip is running 31% higher than last year for Thanksgiving and 23% higher for Christmas.

That works out to about $402 for Thanksgiving and $452 for Christmas, driven by jet fuel costs tied to the Iran war and travelers booking earlier than usual. International fares are up too, with the biggest jumps to Europe, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

The day matters as much as the destination. Returning the Sunday after Thanksgiving runs over $600, while Thanksgiving Day itself and Black Friday are the cheap seats. The weekend before Christmas is the priciest departure window.

Hopper’s advice is to book before Halloween. Christmas hotel rates are up 18% as well, averaging $197 a night.

4 Soldiers Killed in Alberta Base Fire

Four Canadian soldiers died and 39 were hospitalized, at least 19 in critical condition, when a “violent, fast-moving” grass fire swept a training range at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, Alberta, on Saturday. Prime Minister Mark Carney called it one of the worst peacetime tragedies in the military’s history on home soil.

Soldiers were throwing live grenades and running attack drills when a fire more than half a mile away shifted with gusts near 62 mph and reached the range’s administrative area in under a minute. Maj. Gen. Wade Rutland said it's “not normal” for a fire to move that far in 30 to 60 seconds.

Officials said there was no sign of outside interference and that no oil or gas infrastructure was involved, despite reports of explosions.

The four were all with 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton and preparing for a deployment to Latvia. Twenty-two ambulances and eight aircraft answered the call, and Albertans lined up to give blood.

France Erupts in Riots, Unrest Spreads in EU

French shop owners spent Sunday sweeping up glass after cost-of-living marches that drew 550,000 people Saturday collapsed into looting and arson in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, and a dozen other cities. Police made nearly 2,400 arrests, and close to 1,000 officers were hurt.

Masked groups disabled security cameras before smashing into pharmacies, supermarkets, and luxury boutiques. In Limoges, a fire set by protesters sent the clock tower spire of the 140-year-old city hall crashing down in flames. See a video here. City halls in Marseille and Lille were ransacked.

The marches grew out of weeks of student protests over school conditions, with fuel and rent costs driven up by the Middle East war. In a Sunday night address, Macron blamed “ultra-left splinter groups” and said those who looted must pay for the damage.

Solidarity protests spread across Europe over the weekend, with police turning water cannons on crowds in Brussels and Milan and tens of thousands marching in Lisbon.

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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.

➤ An Air Force officer died after falling from the Alamodome rafters while rappelling onto the field before Saturday’s UTSA-Navy game. (Hear More)

➤ A truck drove through a crowd at a youth soccer game in Wichita, killing a 6-year-old boy and a man. The driver was released without charges. (Listen Now)

➤ Modern reruns of the infamous 1961 Yale shock experiment still find most people obey, and researchers now know why disobeying is so hard. (Tune In)

➤ President Trump endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel’s Oct. 27 election, calling him “Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself.” (See Details)

➤ Text messages show Katie Zacharia booked her own Fox News interviews, undercutting reports that the chief of staff set her up to fail. She stepped down on Friday after five days as press secretary. (More)

➤ Vice President JD Vance said “of course there’s a chance” he won’t run in 2028, citing four young kids and a wife who “has never loved politics.” He plans to decide after the midterms. (See Details)

➤ President Trump’s doctor, Rear Adm. Sean Barbabella, is a former front-line Navy physician nicknamed “ice cold under pressure” by colleagues, and must stay within three minutes of a patient who admits to ignoring his aspirin advice. (See Profile)

➤ The Buffalo Bills beat the Las Vegas Raiders 33-30, the Cleveland Browns topped the Baltimore Ravens 13-10 on a late game-winning field goal, and the Pittsburgh Steelers rallied past the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 26-19 in overtime Sunday. (See Scores)

➤ Tyler Reddick won Sunday’s NASCAR playoff race at Phoenix for his sixth victory of the season. Kyle Larson finished 34th after a tire failure, cutting his championship lead over Christopher Bell to five points. (More)

➤ Miami moved up two spots to No. 1 in the latest AP Top 25, its first time on top since 2002, followed by BYU, Ohio State, Notre Dame, and Georgia. Texas fell 12 spots to No. 19, and Florida re-entered at No. 20. (See Full Rankings)

➤ The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries left the court during the national anthem before Game 1 of the WNBA Finals on Saturday, returning immediately afterward. (More)

➤ The Big 12 Conference admitted late Saturday that Notre Dame should have had one second remaining in its 28-24 loss to BYU. The conference said replay officials incorrectly cleared the clock and will review its process. (More)

➤ The most important moments in American history didn’t all happen in Philadelphia or Boston. Some happened in towns you've never even heard of. (Tune In Here)

In the latest episode of Flyover Focus, we count down 10 small towns that changed American history. These are towns where wars ended, legends were born, and modern technology took off. We are talking about moments that shaped the entire country, tucked away on rural country roads. How many of these stories do you actually know?

In case you missed it, last week’s Flyover Focus counted down 10 things you should stop paying for. How many are still quietly draining your bank account every month? (Watch Now)

➤ TikTok permanently suspended the ad account for Musk, Alex Gibney’s documentary on Elon Musk, citing repeated political-content violations, just as the film expands to 470 screens. The distributor is appealing. (See Details)

➤ A new dashboard from the Center for AI Safety counts just over 117,000 U.S. job cuts companies attributed to AI this year, about $8.5 billion in lost annual wages. (See Your State)

➤ Inflation is narrowing, but not where it hurts. Only 38% of price categories are rising faster than 3%, yet electricity, rent, hospital bills, and car repairs are all still among them. (See Chart)

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The FAA Opens the Sky to a $457B Market

At first, the biggest barrier to achieving the flying car was getting it off the ground. Built by a drone expert, flying car company Doroni did just that. Now, with the new FAA mosaic rules creating a defined path forward for aircrafts like Doroni’s H1-X, they’re helping to shape where this skyrocketing market is headed next.

Doroni’s home state, Florida, is one of eight regions leading the FAA’s flying car pilot program. And it recently passed a bill funding vertiport development statewide.

As the flying car industry races towards a projected $9T by 2050, Doroni’s preparing for take off, targeting commercial deliveries for 2028. Thursday is your final chance to invest in Doroni at $3.30/share before their share price changes after 10/22.

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➤ Japan launches the first round-trip mission to the Mars system today, a probe that will orbit the moon Phobos for up to three years, scoop at least 10 grams of its surface, and fly it home. (See Mission)

➤ Stanford researchers revived dying, bleached corals in seven weeks, the fastest recovery on record, simply by letting them touch a healthy clone. Beneficial algae crossed between the fused tissues within three days. (See Corals)

➤ Emergency room visits for e-bike injuries jumped 760% since 2023, and 1,810% among children, according to a review of 140 million patient records. Regular bicycle visits rose by less than 8%. (See Study)

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➤ Albertans vote today on whether to start a legal path toward separating from Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney and conservative Premier Danielle Smith, who called the vote while opposing independence, campaigned together against it. (See Details)

➤ The leader of Israel’s largest Arab party, a possible kingmaker in the Oct. 27 election, says Palestinians would drop the demand for their own state if Israel absorbed the West Bank and gave them full voting rights. (See Interview)

➤ Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal and a fuel depot in St. Petersburg early Sunday in what Russian state media called one of the year’s largest attacks, killing one person. (See Details)

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➤ Conor Kennedy, son of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., married Brazilian pop star Giulia Be during three days of festivities in Rio, including a blessing beneath Christ the Redeemer. (See Photos)

➤ A Philadelphia couple’s pigeon tour is now TripAdvisor’s third most popular in the city, born after one of them nursed a sick bird back to health. (See Pigeons)

➤ A Brazilian bricklayer sold everything and rode a bus 1,200 miles to marry a woman he’d been messaging since 2020. She was an AI character. He plans to go back and find a real one. (See Details)

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