A social media post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk warning employees that they could lose stock options if they unionize constitutes protected speech and does not have to be deleted, a divided federal appellate court ruled on Oct. 25. In a 9–8 ruling, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a 2021 order from the […]

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is suing to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaway to swing state voters. The suit, filed Monday in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia, accused the tech billionaire and his America PAC supporting former Prwsident Donald Trump’s candidacy of “running an illegal lottery in Philadelphia, as well as throughout Pennsylvania.” The […]

The U.S. Department of Education said on Oct. 25 that a new set of rules, if finalized, would cancel student loan debts for about 8 million borrowers facing “financially devastating hardships,” even as a court order blocks its implementation. The Education Department defines hardship as an event or situation “likely to impair the borrower’s ability to […]

Philip Zimbardo, the renowned psychologist whose controversial Stanford Prison Experiment explored how social situations influence individual behavior, has died at the age of 91. Stanford University, where Zimbardo was a professor emeritus of psychology, announced his death on Oct. 18. An obituary on his personal website stated that he died peacefully at his San Francisco […]

General Motors has committed $625 million to what is set to become the largest lithium mine in the United States, marking the automaker’s latest effort to secure a domestic supply of raw materials critical for electric vehicles (EVs). The cash-and-credit funding was announced on Oct. 16 as part of GM’s joint venture with Lithium Americas, […]

Microsoft is urging the United States and its allies to collaborate in deterring state-backed cybercriminals, warning that adversaries such as Russia, China, and Iran are increasingly relying on hackers, who face no “meaningful consequences” for their violations. Microsoft’s annual digital threats report, published on Oct. 15, looks into cybercriminal activities that occurred between July 2023 […]

Vice President Kamala Harris’s personal physician released her medical report on Saturday. Citing Harris’ latest medical exam in April this year, Dr. Joshua Simmons, wrote in his letter released Oct. 12 that the 59-year-old Democrat is overall in good health. Simmons noted in his letter, with permission from Harris, that she has seasonal allergies and […]

Sheena Wright, the second-in-command at City Hall under New York Mayor Eric Adams, has resigned, marking another high-profile departure as the embattled Adams administration faces mounting scrutiny. Wright officially left her post on Tuesday. Her resignation follows a sprawling federal investigation into Adams and some of his top cabinet members. Wright has served in the […]

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Biden administration appeal involving Texas, leaving unresolved whether physicians in states with the most restrictive abortion laws must perform the procedure in certain emergency circumstances. The justices handed down their decision on Oct. 7 without offering an explanation, leaving intact a ruling by the Fifth […]

An attendee of the Nova Music Festival, previously thought to be alive in Hamas captivity, has been confirmed dead by the Israeli military on the first anniversary of the massacre. Idan Shtivi, 28, was killed while attempting to escape from the music festival site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. On […]

Some people with Medicare will pay less out-of-pocket for prescription medications for the fourth quarter of this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said. The federal agency on Monday identified 54 drugs that had price increases faster than inflation. Under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022, coinsurance rates for these […]

Oregon has taken more than 1,200 names off its voter rolls, blaming a “data processing error” at the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) that registered noncitizens to vote. In a Sept. 23 update on its audit, the Oregon Department of Transportation and the secretary of state’s office said they have identified another 953 erroneous […]

Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell, a Democrat-turned-Republican, said he won’t support switching the state’s electoral vote process to winner-take-all, denying a critical vote needed to implement the change. “Elections should be an opportunity for all voters to be heard, no matter who they are, where they live, or what party they support,” McDonnell said on […]

The U.S. government has updated a travel advisory urging all citizens in Lebanon to depart while commercial flights are still available amid signs that tensions between Iran-backed Hezbollah and Israel could further escalate. In an update issued Saturday, the U.S. Department of State stressed that the “unpredictable nature” of ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, […]

Amazon is expecting employees to start working from the office, the same way they did before the COVID-19 pandemic popularized remote work across American corporations. In a Sept. 16 memo, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that starting in January 2025, the company will require corporate workers to be in-office five days per week unless there […]

A bomb threat issued to facilities in Springfield, Ohio, prompted the evacuation and closure of Springfield City Hall, city officials said in a Sept. 12 statement. Officials were alerted to the threat via an email message at 8:24 a.m. on Thursday, according to the statement posted on social media. The bomb threat was emailed to […]

Harvey Weinstein, who is currently awaiting a retrial on sexual crime charges, has been taken to a New York hospital for emergency cardiac treatment. The once-influential movie producer, who has been in and out of court after his rape conviction in New York was overturned in April, underwent heart surgery on Sept. 9, according to […]

Former President Donald Trump said he believes voters of Florida will approve a ballot measure that will legalize marijuana in his adopted home state. The Republican presidential nominee expressed support for Florida lawmakers banning public marijuana smoking, but said that people shouldn’t be criminalized for having “personal amounts” on them. “In Florida, like so many […]

Four towns in central Massachusetts are advising residents to stay indoors at night to avoid contracting a rare but potentially deadly mosquito-borne virus. The voluntary curfew notice was issued after the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Aug. 16 announced the first confirmed human case of Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in the state since 2020, […]

Social media giant X will end operations in Brazil, although its service will remain available to users in the country for the time being. The decision comes as the company’s latest response to actions by Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Earlier this year, Moraes ordered X to block certain accounts, as he investigates […]