Friday, October 16, 2026

• 32 — the Fear & Greed Index — Fear

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   Teen shooter kills 3 children, teacher in Oregon elementary school before being shot by bystander — CNN

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   Why some Gen Z voters who backed Trump now regret their decision — NPR

3. 3

   ‘Oh, Shut Up’: 5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine — The New York Times

4. 4

   Katie Zacharia Says Bar Exam Results Were ‘Inconsequential’—And She Never Retook Test — Forbes

5. 5

   4 GOP senators join letter demanding Pentagon inspector general investigation of Ukraine’s Starlink outage — The Hill

6. 6

   Nvidia, Apple each gave $25 million for Trump's ballroom, Washington Post reports — Reuters

7. 7

   Body found in barrel at Lake Mead identified as murder victim from Arkansas: "Earmarks of a mob hit" — CBS News

8. 8

   Illinois congressman says he was at a Hindu temple during attempted shooting — The Washington Post

9. 9

   Trump wants more Afrikaner refugees while others are stuck due to his ‘cruel’ policies — The Guardian

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    Fish, Oil and Corruption: 6 Takeaways From Alaska’s Senate Debate — The New York Times

• Brazil’s Working Class Forced the Senate to Reduce the Working Schedule — Left Voice
• WATCH: Georgia's Ossoff and Collins face off in Senate debate — PBS
• Arkansas governor moves up special election date for state Senate seat — Arkansas Advocate
• Brazil’s Senate votes 75 to 1 to end the 6×1 work schedule. Business groups warn of layoffs ten days before the runoff — Plataforma Media
• Cornell University faculty to begin debating no-confidence resolution — ABC News
• 2026-10-16 — IMF Meetings
• 2026-10-16 — Continuing Jobless Claims
• 2026-10-16 — Core PPI
• 2026-10-16 — Core PPI
• 2026-10-16 — Core Retail Sales

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Man this sucks..

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Immersive Street Food Experience | Watching Freshly Baked Fire-Shao (Huoshao) on the Street 🥙🔥👀

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"Telescope ranches" in Texas. People pay to store $10K+ telescope rigs in the middle of nowhere to escape light pollution. The warehouse roofs roll off each night, and owners remote in from anywhere i

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G2 vs. 100T — VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Playoffs Stage — Day 16

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Why is she trying to milk this? We don’t care

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The BOB AND TOM SHOW - October 16, 2026

• Man this sucks.. — r/memes
• For the MAGA men... — r/humor
• "Telescope ranches" in Texas. People pay to store $10K+ telescope rigs in the middle of nowhere to escape light pollution. The warehouse roofs roll o… — r/interestingasfuck
• Why is she trying to milk this? We don’t care — r/SipsTea
• A Group of Good Men Help Stop a Kidnapping in Progress — r/whoathatsinteresting
• Immersive Street Food Experience | Watching Freshly Baked Fire-Shao (Huoshao) on the Street 🥙🔥👀 — 3,942 views
• G2 vs. 100T — VALORANT Champions Shanghai — Playoffs Stage — Day 16 — 28,842 views
• The BOB AND TOM SHOW - October 16, 2026 — 2,851 views
• EG FNS | 100T vs G2 - VCT Champions Playoffs #VCTWatchparty | !vote !inzone — 11,195 views
• LIVE: ABC News Live - Friday, October 16 — 1,829 views
• TODAY Goes to Ireland! Follow Along Live for a Full Rundown of All Four Hours’ Adventures — 500+ searches
• Daniela Hantuchova calls out Iga Swiatek over laundry, warm chicken demands in Madrid — 200+ searches
• Rays-Guardians ALCS Game 3 time moved up to 1 p.m. ET due to weather — 100+ searches
• NA ŻYWO: Iga Świątek — Ann Li w Wuhan. Relacja i wynik live — 500+ searches
• DP World India Championship: Tom McKibbin one shot off lead in India, Rory McIlroy three further back — 200+ searches

• Kelly Clarkson Selling Bird-Themed Decor Online on Heels of Brooklyn Shop Controversy — Rolling Stone
• ‘Special Forces’: Collin Gosselin Chokes Back Tears Over Kate’s Actions — Yahoo
• Netflix Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria exits amid major layoffs — Los Angeles Times
• Anna Faris Was “Hurt” By Chuck Lorre’s Comments About Her ‘Mom’ Exit: “Yikes” — Deadline
• Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan Team for 'Expectations' Remix Video — Variety

• S&P 500 fut 7,795.25 +0.05%
• Nasdaq fut 30,067.75 -0.25%
• Dow fut 52,414.00 -0.03%
• VIX 16.13 -2.00%
• 10-yr yield 5.09% -1.95%
• Dollar (DXY) 101.69 -0.36%

• 06:00 · United States — IMF Meetings →  
• 08:30 · United States — Continuing Jobless Claims → 1,710K vs 1,710K exp
• 08:30 · United States — Core PPI → 0.7% vs 0.3% exp
• 08:30 · United States — Core PPI → 5.0% vs 4.4% exp
• 08:30 · United States — Core Retail Sales → 0.9% vs 0.6% exp
• 08:30 · United States — Initial Jobless Claims → 199K vs 199K exp

• HDB HDFC Bank Limited — $116.1B, not supplied, $0.40 exp
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• TRV The Travelers Companies, Inc. — $78.8B, pre market, $7.07 exp
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• MTB M&T Bank Corporation — $31.2B, pre market, $4.98 exp
• CFG Citizens Financial Group, Inc. — $26.4B, pre market, $1.38 exp
• RF Regions Financial Corporation — $22.9B, pre market, $0.67 exp
• BANF BancFirst Corporation — $3.6B, not supplied, $1.93 exp

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• Neural networks are clean — 720 points

• North Carolina man sentenced for $8M AI music fraud scheme — KTVB
• Falmouth man faces prison in $6M Medicare scheme involving fraudulent knee brace orders — Cape Cod Times
• New Orleans attorney sentenced in staged 18-wheeler crash trial — FOX 8 Live WVUE
• A TikTok romance, a fake doctor and $200,000 gone — NBC 5 Chicago

• NVIDIA Joins European Commission Initiative to Expand AI Resources for Science — HPCwire
• 20-year-old bottleneck solved: What Google Quantum AI's latest scientific breakthrough means — Business Today
• Chinese scientists use homegrown LLM to solve world-class math problem — Global Times
• European Innovation Council backs 43 projects to turn breakthrough research into prototypes — European Innovation Council

• 30-year fixed 7.4% (as of 2026-10-15)
• High mortgage rates are deepening a ‘K-shaped’ housing market — CNN
• Mortgage Rates Have Become the Housing Market’s Fall Nemesis — National Association of REALTORS®
• Ski town housing markets face slower sales amid rising mortgage rates, as luxury market outperforms trends — Aspen Times

• Dogs across the Midwest find customized care at the Evan and Sue Ann Werling Comparative Oncology Research Center - Purdue University College of Vete… — Purdue University College of Veterinary
• Giant dogs face ‘substantial’ lifespan and welfare costs, new research says — Vet Times
• Large dogs age more quickly than small dogs at a molecular level — Reuters

• Scientists discover how exercise reverses muscle aging — Science Daily
• Can Creatine Make You Stronger Without Exercise? A New Study Says Yes — Yahoo Health
• Adult Fitness May Be Determined by How Active You Were as a Child, Study Says — AOL.com

• Blimp branded in Grand Theft Auto colors travels through South Florida ahead of video game release — WSVN
• Rep. Torres Announces Power To The Players Act, Legislation to Ensure Gamers Own Their Games — House.gov
• What Video Games Are Coming Out in November 2026 — Explosion Network

• Tishomingo Burn Ban

• 2017 — Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss.
• 2013 — Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people.
• 2002 — The Bibliotheca Alexandrina opens in Egypt, commemorating the ancient library of Alexandria.
• 1999 — The magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake strikes Southern California

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• Willian Pacho, Ecuadorian footballer (25)
• Aaron Nesmith, American basketball player (27)

• Grilled aubergines with spicy chickpeas & walnut sauce — Turkish, Vegetarian

• Did you know the first French fries weren't actually cooked in France? They were cooked in Greece.

What was the name of the first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?