Biden admin pushes for 'pause' in Israeli military campaign in Gaza (www.nbcnews.com)
Michigan State hearing officer rules Mel Tucker sexually harassed Brenda Tracy, AP source says (apnews.com)
Robert Card: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (heavy.com)
Robert Card of Bowdoin, Maine, is the Lewiston active shooter suspect.
Clarence Thomas didn't repay $267K luxury RV loan: Senate committee (www.rawstory.com)
Clarence Thomas never repaid a millionaire friend’s $267,000 loan which the Supreme Court justice used to buy a 40-foot luxury motorcoach, Senate investigators announced Wednesday....
Almost all major advertisers have fled Elon Musk's Twitter, new data shows | Boing Boing (boingboing.net)
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Bagged, precut onions linked to salmonella outbreak that has sickened 73 people in 22 states (apnews.com)
An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to bagged, precut onions has sickened at least 73 people in 22 states, including 15 who were hospitalized, U.S. health officials said Tuesday....
Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty MPD cops for security (minnesotareformer.com)
Small business owners — particularly immigrant owned — say they've been pressured by police to hire off-duty officers to provide security.
Children in 1 million more families faced food insecurity in 2022, USDA says (www.cnn.com)
Donald Trump fined $10,000 for second gag order violation in civil fraud case (www.reuters.com)
Justice Arthur Engoron on Oct. 3 barred Trump from disparaging court staff after Trump shared on social media a photo of the judge’s top clerk posing with U.S. Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, and falsely called her Schumer’s “girlfriend.”...
Credit card users paid $130 billion in fees, interest in 2022, federal watchdog says (www.cnbc.com)
Mike Johnson elected House speaker with broad Republican support (apnews.com)
Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey (www.reuters.com)
California Gov. Newsom has surprise meeting with China’s leader Xi amid warm welcome in Beijing (apnews.com)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom had a surprise meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday after being warmly welcomed by other senior leaders in a display of friendliness that stands in sharp contrast to the dialogue between the United States and China in recent years....
California sidelines GM Cruise's driverless cars, cites safety risk (www.reuters.com)
New Jersey State Police Sued for Sharing Criminal Records Slated for Expungement (theappeal.org)
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Theft of 2 million dimes from truckload of coins from US Mint leaves four facing federal charges (apnews.com)
Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
Chicago police with extremist ties have troubling records (graphics.suntimes.com)
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Second prisoner dies during Waupun Correctional Institution lockdown in Wisconsin; restrictions linger at two additional prisons (wisconsinwatch.org)
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For second year in a row, domestic violence deaths in Colorado reach all-time high in 2022 (coloradosun.com)
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Donald Trump's allies are falling like dominoes (www.newsweek.com)
'We're wiser': US Republican women candidates steer clear of speaker fight (www.reuters.com)
Some of the holdouts say that is a deliberate choice, to avoid what has been a brutal fight that has taken a political toll on many of the group’s top leaders....
US orders immediate halt to some AI chip exports to China, says Nvidia (www.theguardian.com)
Fellow tech company Intel ‘reviewing regulations’ as timing of move brought forward...
Japan's automakers unveil EVs galore at Tokyo show to catch up with Tesla, other electric rivals (abcnews.go.com)
Toyota, Honda, Nissan and other Japanese automakers are serious about rolling out battery electric vehicles to catch up with the world’s frontrunners like Tesla and BYD...
Meet Nightshade, the new tool allowing artists to ‘poison’ AI models with corrupted training data (venturebeat.com)
Israel to refuse visas to UN officials after Guterres speech on Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)
