10/8/25 Daily News Brief

Here is the News Brief for October 8th, 2025:* ‘I was lucky to get out’: Everest hikers battle hypothermia as blizzard rescue continues* Florida man accused of intentionally starting fire that destroyed Pacific Palisades* What GQ Editors Are Actually Buying On Amazon Prime Day 2025* Women carry a higher genetic risk of depression, new study says* Marjorie Taylor Greene Breaks With GOP on Rising Health Costs* US has given at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since war in Gaza began, report says* Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Architects of Metal-Organic FrameworksYou Daily Moment of Zen Those are your headlines for today and last week. We will have a recap of all the news of the week on Thursday, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox!We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet?Talk to y’all on tomorrow!Get Pod Local. Where we start Locally while thinking Globally.👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously).Other GPL GoodiesEvery week, Jalon catches you up on what is going on out here, who is doing it, how does that impact your everyday life, and what everyone is saying about. We are based in Texas, so we have a lot of Texas news, but we cover the whole wide world. There is a LOT of stuff going on everyday, and no one can keep up with it all, but we attempt to….for you. (Clap for us).GPL Presents: Organizers Corner w/ Joey CadeEvery Sunday night, Joey Cade, our Resident Precinct Chair, lays out our Call To Actions for the week. Because knowing what’s going on is one thing. But doing something about it is another. Let’s do both!Every morning, Jalon D’na and Joey Cade check in and talk about something we read or saw on slack. And once a week, we let you in our conversation! Click below to sign up for that weekly newsletter!Every weekday, Jalon reads you the headlines of the day — just to keep you in the know. Think NPR at the top of each hour, with a lot of shade some jokes! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe