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| Good morning, Daily Briefing readers! It's a long weekend for many as people around the nation celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day. Meanwhile, problems continue for Southwest Airlines and its customers as hundreds of flights are already canceled today. Three U.S.-based economists have won the Nobel prize in economics. And the long wait for runners to lace up is over – the delayed Boston Marathon is finally taking place. |
| It's Jane, with Monday's news. |
| 💊 New this morning: Two pharmaceutical firms are seeking emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for molnupiravir, an antiviral drug that offers the promise that COVID-19 could soon be treated by a pill. |
| 💧One-fourth of the United States' "critical" infrastructure is at risk of flooding, a new report warns. |
| 🔴 Two strong earthquakes struck south of Hawaii's Big Island on Sunday. Honolulu's National Weather Service said there was no tsunami threat. |
| ⚖️ These 10 Republicans voted for former President Donald Trump's impeachment. Where are they now and who do they face in 2022 midterms? |
| 🏈 Jon Gruden's racist email exposes the truth about the man behind the "Coach Chucky" image, writes USA TODAY Sports columnist Jarrett Bell. |
| 🍳 "Thank You Meal": Teachers, school staff and administrators can get a free breakfast now through Oct. 15 at participating McDonald's restaurants. |
| 🎧 On today's 5 Things podcast, hear how a new report paints a bleak picture for coastal cities in the coming years. You can listen to the podcast every day on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or on your smart speaker. |
US celebrates Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day |
| A growing number of cities are replacing Columbus Day — celebrated Monday — with Indigenous Peoples Day . President Joe Biden on Friday issued the first-ever presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples Day, lending the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus toward an appreciation of Native peoples. Monday is also Columbus Day, which commemorates the arrival of the Italian explorer to North America in 1492. Native American groups say the holiday embraces Western colonialism and pays tribute to a man who promoted the trans-Atlantic slave trade and is responsible for the genocide of indigenous people, while some Italian Americans see the move to scrap the holiday as an affront to their ethnic heritage. |
Southwest Airlines woes continue after hundreds more flights canceled |
| Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds of flights over the weekend, citing air traffic control issues and weather. The airline's President Mike Van de Ven said he hoped operations Monday would be "more normal.'' Van de Ven's comment came after Southwest cancelled more than 1,100 flights Sunday, roughly 30% of its scheduled flights that day, stranding travelers and flight crews across the country. Travelers need to check their flight status before heading to the airport. As of 6:10 a.m. E.T. Monday, Southwest had canceled more than 1,400 flights, according to flight tracker FlightAware. Prior to Monday's cancellations, the airline apologized to employees and customers. |
 | | Travelers need to check their flight status before heading to the airport. | | USA TODAY | |
What else people are reading: |
| 🚨 A shootout early Sunday at a Minnesota bar left one woman dead, at least 14 people injured and prompted panic and "madness," St. Paul police said. |
| 🏈 "National Football League, this hurts me": Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss got emotional on ESPN's "NFL Countdown" over Raiders coach Jon Gruden's offensive email. |
| 🔵 Actor Granville Adams, best known for his role as Zahir Arif in HBO's prison drama "Oz," has died after a prolonged battle against cancer. |
| 🗣 Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa Saturday, attacking President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats he said are taking the nation to the "brink of ruin." |
| 🍭 Timothée Chalamet dropped a little confectionary treat Sunday, revealing to fans the first look of himself as the young inventor and chocolate genius Willy Wonka. |
City and state beaches in Huntington Beach reopen following oil spill |
| A Southern California beach that had been closed since an undersea pipeline leaked crude into ocean waters last week is set to reopen Monday , officials announced. City and state beaches in Huntington Beach will reopen after water quality tests revealed no detectable levels of oil associated toxins in the ocean water, Huntington city and California State Parks said in a news release. They are still urging visitors to avoid areas that smell of oil and not to touch any oiled materials that wash ashore. That news will likely please beach-goers like Richard Beach, who returned to the waves in Huntington Beach on Sunday with his bodyboard – until lifeguards on jet skis chased him out. "The water's perfect," said Beach, 69. "Clear all the way to the bottom." |
The Nobel Prize in economics goes to three Americans |
| Three U.S-based economists won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics on Monday for work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments, or so-called "natural experiments," bringing the 2021 celebration of Nobel prizes to a close. David Card of the University of California at Berkeley was awarded one half of the prize, while the other half was shared by Joshua Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Guido Imbens from Stanford University. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the three have "completely reshaped empirical work in the economic sciences." The award wasn't created by the prize founder Alfred Nobel, but is considered to be part of the Nobel stable of awards. |
| On Friday, journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize for their fight for freedom of expression. |
ICYMI: Some of our top stories Sunday |
| 📺 "O.J. does leave a mark": Kim Kardashian West totally went there for her "Saturday Night Live" debut. |
| 🚔 "I'm a paraplegic": Ohio police yanked a man out of a vehicle and dragged him to a police car, despite the man repeatedly saying he has no use of his legs. |
| 🛒 Salmonella, mislabeled food, unsafe levels of lead: A number of recalls have been announced in recent days on seafood, crackers and canned beef with gravy. |
| 🧾 Target Black Friday deals just dropped: Reviewed found the best sales in tech, home and fashion. |
20,000 to run pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon |
| The first-ever fall Boston Marathon will finally hit the streets Monday following the cancellation of the 2020 race and a six-month delay in 2021. Originally scheduled for April 2020, the 125th edition of the Boston Marathon was first postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, then canceled for the year — the first time since 1897 that no version of the race has been run. The 2021 race was postponed from April for six months to give the pandemic more time to abate. About 20,000 athletes are expected to compete in the 26.2-mile race. In addition to a medal, some water and maybe a banana, volunteers will be handing out masks to the finishers as they leave the socially distanced course and disperse into the city's bustling Back Bay. |
📸 'Bond, James Bond': Which 007 movie did best at the box office? 📸 |
 | | 1. Thunderball (1965) • Domestic box office: $477.5 million • IMDb rating: 7.0 • Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 73% • Starring: Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi This top-grossing Bond film has all the elements of what makes a Bond film a Bond film -- exotic locations, thrilling action sequences (this time mostly done underwater), and a madman who wants to rule the world. SPECTRE is at the center of a plan to steal two NATO atomic bombs and hold them for ransom. Yet this time, Blofeld isn't the instigator; it's another SPECTRE member, Emilio Largo. ALSO READ: This Is Every James Bond Movie Ranked Worst To Best | | Courtesy of United Artists | |
| With Daniel Craig's transformative run as James Bond at its explosive end in "No Time to Die" (in theaters now), the franchise needs to change to ensure the dapper British superspy's future – even if some alterations might not fit everyone's wants or expectations, writes USA TODAY film critic, Brian Truitt. Warning: This article discusses the ending of "No Time to Die," so beware if you haven't seen it yet. |
| You can also check out our gallery of the highest grossing 007 films through the years. |
| The Daily Briefing is free, but several stories we link to in this edition are subscriber-only. Please support our journalism and become a USA TODAY digital subscriber today. |
| Contributing: The Associated Press |
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