The Flyover’s 1st Anniversary, UFC Fighter Saves Parents, and a Teen Racer for NASCAR

xactly one year ago, the very first edition of The Flyover took flight. It landed in exactly 47 inboxes, and nearly all of them belonged to our friends and family. ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ [The Flyover]( [Calendar] FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 2023, the very first edition of The Flyover landed in forty-seven inboxes. We made it to the one-year mark! The Editor can remember writing that first edition at the kitchen counter, wondering how far this little newsletter could go. Well, it went a long way in just one year, and we owe it all to you. We'll say more about this in a special message below, but we're truly thankful for your support. Thanks for making our first year great! If you haven't subscribed yet, you can do that here [with one click](. If you have any reflections on The Flyover's first year, hit reply and let us know. We want year two to be even better. [Take Off] Polls: Democrats Losing Black, Latino Support New research shows that Democrats' longtime advantage with Black, Latino, and Asian-American voters has shrunk to its lowest point in more than 60 years. [Here’s a look at the data trends.]( According to several polls, including Gallup and New York Times/Siena College, Black and Hispanic men may vote Republican in numbers not seen since President Dwight Eisenhower was elected in the 1950s. A Gallup survey last month showed that the Democratic Party’s wide lead over the GOP in Black Americans’ party preferences has shrunk by nearly 20 points over the past three years, with a similar decline among Hispanics. [Here's the survey results.]( Analysts attribute the decline partly to a generational change, with younger voters of color being both more conservative and less tied to the Civil Rights-era preferences of their parents and grandparents. [Article Icon 1] Starship Megarocket Hits Orbital Milestone SpaceX’s Starship megarocket, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built, [reached orbital speed](for the first time in its third test flight, hitting new milestones in development. With hundreds watching, the rocket lifted off at 9:25 a.m. and quickly surpassed its previous distance mark. [You can see the launch here at the 40-second mark](. The rocket is critical to NASA’s plans to return astronauts to the moon later this decade. The rocket and its boosters broke up before splashing down in the Indian Ocean, but the test was considered a success. The two previous launches both exploded before completing their mission objectives. [Article Icon 1] UFC Legend Saves Parents From Fire Ultimate Fighting [legend Mark Coleman]( was hospitalized Tuesday after repeatedly entering a burning house to save his parents and their dog. The Ohio home shared by Coleman, 59, and his parents caught fire early Tuesday morning. Coleman awoke and got his parents out of the house, but the Rottweiler, Hammer, didn’t survive. [The house burned down](. Coleman suffered injuries related to smoke inhalation and was transported by helicopter to a Toledo hospital. He was intubated, but by Thursday, he could breathe on his own. In a video released Thursday, Coleman said he was grateful his parents were still alive and called himself, “[the happiest man in the world](.” --------------------------------------------------------------- We're happy to report that The Flyover keeps growing, now surpassing 620,000 readers thanks to our advertisers and readers like you. 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The break is meant to give the former president’s lawyers time to study 100,000 pages of evidence. ([More]() ➤ Rep. Lauren Boebert says she won’t run for retiring Rep. Ken Buck’s Colorado district seat in the June 25 special election to replace him. Boebert is running for his seat in the regular GOP primary. ([More]() ➤ Midjourney, a popular artificial intelligence image generator, has begun blocking users from creating fake images of President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The company said it was a temporary measure through the election. ([More]() ➤ Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to reduce the U.S. workweek to four days without loss of pay. The “Thirty-Two-Hour Work Week Act” would lower the threshold for overtime pay to 32 hours, and it would require time-and-a-half pay for days longer than eight hours. ([More]() Dear Flyover Reader, We made it! Exactly one year ago, the very first edition of The Flyover took flight. It landed in exactly 47 inboxes, and nearly all of them belonged to our friends and family. This morning, we sent The Flyover to 622,745 readers! Here’s what we've learned: First: We have the best readers in America. You’ve told your friends about us, shared your feedback, voted in our polls, answered our trivia questions, clicked on our stories and advertisers, and encouraged us along the way. Explosive growth like this doesn’t just happen – you made it happen, and we’re so thankful for your readership and support, truly. Second: This is a lot of fun. I love coming to work and building something that people really want. We get to write about the entire news spectrum—deadly serious incidents, buried treasure, pictures of the galaxy, business, sports, and everything in between. I also hope that our joy and sincerity come through in our product: we’re not just doing this to earn a living—we really like it. We have enormous respect for our readers, and I hope that’s obvious when our edition lands in your inbox every morning. Third: Building an email newsletter isn’t easy. In the early days of The Flyover, yours truly would often fall asleep on the couch while writing, then wake up in a panic at 5 AM, crank out the rest of the edition, and hit send. It’s also difficult to get everything right. You surely notice when we make a mistake – and you let us know. Thank you! We are humble in our mistakes and work hard to get better every day. We’ve been blown away at your support, and The Flyover can’t possibly exist without it. We have big goals for the rest of 2024, and today I’m asking you to consider helping us make them happen. Will you help us hire more staff, create more state-specific editions, expand to seven days a week (Sunday edition!), and make The Flyover the best we possibly can by making a one-time, special anniversary donation today? To be clear: The Flyover will always be FREE. But your small (or large) donation - to help us celebrate our ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY - would go a long way towards keeping us in the air and flying to new destinations! I’d be personally grateful if you’d consider a donation. [Give $15]( [Give $50]( [Give $150]( [Give $500]( Whether or not you can contribute, we appreciate you! Flyover readers are the best, and we can’t wait to give you another year’s worth of unbiased, straightforward news. Thank you! Cole, CEO [Sports] ➤ More than a dozen college athletes sued the NCAA on Thursday for violating their Title IX rights by allowing transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, born a biological male, to compete in the national women’s swimming championship in 2022. ([More]() ➤ JR Motorsports signed 17-year-old Connor Zilisch, the 2024 “Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona” winner, to a four-race NASCAR Xfinity Series contract. His first race will be in September at Watkins Glen after he turns 18, a NASCAR requirement. ([More]() ➤ A shipment of hockey superstar Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads was stolen, causing the Pittsburgh Penguins to suspend Thursday’s giveaway until the bobbleheads are located or new ones are produced. ([More]() ➤ A record 67,664 students have applied to the University of Colorado for the fall 2024 semester, likely because of what some are calling the “Prime Effect”—the presence of football coach Deion Sanders. ([More]() [Finance] [Trend Line]Market Report 03/14/2024 ▼ NASDAQ Natl. Assoc. of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations 16,082.64 -0.59% ▼ SPX S&P 500 5,154.05 -0.22% ▼ DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average 38,906.71 -0.35% ▼ BTC Bitcoin $70,957.59 -2.94% ▲ DKS Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. $216.81 +15.4% ➤ Big Stock Move: Dick’s Sporting Goods stock rose 15% Thursday on better-than-expected quarterly results and an announcement that it was raising dividends by 10%. ([More]() ➤ February’s wholesale prices rose 0.6%, much higher than predicted. The producer price index hike indicates an unexpected rise in the cost of raw, intermediate, and finished goods. ([More]() ➤ Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Wednesday he plans to build an investor group to purchase TikTok should new legislation force the sale of the social media platform. ([More)]( ➤ Shares of Under Armour dropped 10% Thursday after it was announced that founder Kevin Plank would return and assume CEO responsibilities. ([More]() Flying together with our sponsor ➤ Balance Transfer cards can help you pay off high-interest debt faster. The [FinanceBuzz]( editors reviewed dozens of cards with 0% intro APR offers for balance transfers and found the perfect cards. Take a look at this article to find out how you can pay no interest on balance transfers until nearly 2026 with this top credit card. [Learn more!]( Flying together with our sponsor Over one hundred million emails! 121,587,238, to be exact. That's how many editions we've sent since The Flyover's inaugural edition exactly one year ago today, and we plan on hitting ONE BILLION very soon. Would you help us continue to deliver our first-class publication - non-biased news with no political agenda - directly to you every morning? Sending one email is free, but sending one hundred million is very much not. I'd be honored if you would consider a one-time, special anniversary gift today: [Give $15]( [Give $50]( [Give $150]( [Give $500]( Your support keeps The Flyover airborne - and it will always be FREE. Thanks for sticking with us! Cole, CEO [Science & Technology] ➤ A Montana rancher who genetically engineered “giant sheep hybrids” to be hunted on private preserves in Texas pleaded guilty to felony wildlife and trafficking charges. ([See Photo]() ➤ Astronomers used a “wide-field Dark Energy Camera” to capture images of the glowing remnants and shockwave of a massive star that exploded 11,000 years ago. ([See Video]() ➤ Swiss researchers have created a dog-inspired quadruped robot called ANYmal that can run, jump, scale walls, and negotiate obstacles. ([See Video]() Flying together with our sponsor ➤ The Atom is the smallest hearing aid of its kind. They disappear into the ear canal like magic, so no one will know you’re wearing them. In fact, thanks to the new Comfort+ design, they’re so comfortable that you yourself will forget that you are wearing them. ([See It Here]() [The Rotator] [Feel Good Friday] ➤ A 100-year-old Air Force veteran will be honored in June by the French as part of the 80th celebration of D-Day. It’s also the day he plans to marry his 96-year-old fiance in a town near where U.S. troops landed. ([See Photo]() ➤ Bert Janssen, 57, set a Guinness world record for being the longest-surviving heart transplant patient. Janssen was given six months to live at age 17 when he received the transplant. Today, he’s married with two sons. ([See Video]() ➤ Kevin Briggs, a former California highway patrol officer, has saved the lives of over 200 people who were planning to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge. His method: Start a conversation. ([See Photos]() [Et Cetera] ➤ Legislation before the U.K.’s Parliament to ban foreign ownership of British newspapers will likely block a foreign investment group, led by former CNN boss Jeff Zucker, from purchasing the “Daily Telegraph.” ([More]() ➤ An Illinois mother used her children’s birthday numbers for a lottery ticket and won a $1.4 million jackpot. ([More]() ➤ Staff at a Virginia wildlife center are wearing red fox masks to prevent "human imprinting" while nursing an orphaned kit. Once healthy, the kit will be transferred to a new facility with other kits. ([See Video]() Editor's note: This is creepy. Don't watch it if you want to avoid nightmares about a human wearing a giant fox mask. Maybe it's just me? Nah. 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