New since the last brief
- Local (Volusia) · Election Trump Holds a Midterm Rally in Daytona Beach Tonight; Expect Road Closures Around the Ocean Center
Doors open at 3:30 p.m. and the president is expected to speak at 7 p.m. Republican governor nominee Byron Donalds is expected to join him, four days before the Nov. 3 election. - World Russia's Novaya Gazeta Says It Will Close Nov. 9, Blaming Pressure From Authorities
The independent newspaper says it was evicted from its Moscow office and cut off from reader donations. "We have been killed," its statement begins. - Crime Sheriff's Office: Driver Rammed a Deputy's Truck, Hit a Water Pipe and Crashed Into a Tampa Apartment Building While Fleeing
Deputies and a K9 tracked him down on foot after Thursday morning's attempted traffic stop, HCSO says. He faces five charges and is presumed innocent unless proven guilty. 
Image: NASA/Johns Hopkins APLScience & Technology NASA Will Fly the Public's Names to Saturn's Moon Titan on Its Dragonfly Rotorcraft; Sign-Ups Close Jan. 15
Names go on a microchip aboard the mission, scheduled to launch in 2028 and arrive in 2034. Everyone who signs up gets a digital boarding pass.- Entertainment · Special Report Special Report: Sir Patrick Stewart, From Mirfield to the Royal Shakespeare Company to the Starship Enterprise
Published last night after the Evening Brief: a look back at the life and career of the actor, who died Thursday.
Earlier today
- Local (Brevard) · Election Brevard Voters Decide Nov. 3 Whether to Renew the Half-Cent Lagoon Tax for 10 More Years
The Save Our Indian River Lagoon sales tax voters approved in 2016 runs out Dec. 31. The ballot question asks whether to renew it for 10 years, with the money kept in a trust fund for lagoon projects. - State · Election Nearly 3.9 Million Floridians Have Voted With Five Days Until the Nov. 3 Election
Another 376,000-plus ballots came in over a single day, the state's figures show. Early votes top 2.2 million, and about 752,000 mail ballots are still out. - Breaking · National U.S. Economy Grew at a 3.4% Rate in the Third Quarter, First Government Estimate Shows
The Bureau of Economic Analysis says growth picked up from 2.2% in the spring, driven by business investment, consumer spending and government spending. Prices measured by the PCE index rose at a 2.1% annual rate in the third quarter, down from 5.0% in the second, though September prices were up 3.6% from a year earlier. - Breaking · World ECB President Christine Lagarde Will Step Down Feb. 7, 2027
The European Central Bank says Lagarde told its Governing Council and European Council President António Costa on Thursday. The European Council will appoint her successor. - Breaking · Money DoorDash Agrees to Buy Instacart for About $17 Billion
The companies say DoorDash will pay $65 a share, mostly in cash. The deal still needs approval from Instacart shareholders and regulators and isn't expected to close until late 2027 or the first half of 2028. - Crime Ukrainian Man Gets 70 Months in Federal Prison in Ransomware Case Investigated by FBI Tampa
Artem Stryzhak pleaded guilty to two conspiracy counts. Federal prosecutors say the Hive group he worked with hit about 1,500 victims worldwide, including hospitals. - Science & Technology Spacewalkers Install the Space Station's Seventh Roll-Out Solar Array in a 7-Hour, 11-Minute Spacewalk
NASA's Anil Menon and Canada's Joshua Kutryk added the new array Thursday. One more is planned for a Nov. 5 spacewalk, which NASA says will finish the station's power upgrade. - Breaking · Entertainment Sir Patrick Stewart, Star Trek's Captain Picard and X-Men's Professor X, Has Died
His family announced on his verified X account that he died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home after "a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's Disease and Lewy Body Dementia."
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