Cryptocurrency, Investing, Money, Economy, Business, and Debt:
AI can compose good music, but humanity still holds the creative baton
North Carolina’s Coming Run on Electric Cars
More than 1 million Americans are still without electricity. EV owners are using their cars to keep the lights on.
Coronavirus News, Analysis, and Opinion:
Trump secretly sent covid tests to Putin during 2020 shortage, new book says
Florida Man:
DeSantis Threatens to Prosecute Airing of Pro-Choice Ads
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration is threatening TV stations that air ads in support of an abortion rights ballot initiative with criminal penalties, including jail time.
DeSantis and his allies are already spending large sums of taxpayer dollars to fight Amendment 4, which would enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution if voted into law in November. His ‘election police’ have interrogated and intimidated residents who signed petitions to put it on the ballot. His administration created a publicly funded, state-run website condemning the amendment, and has run ads promoting the current law, which bans abortions after six weeks.
Now, however, DeSantis is escalating the battle: On Oct. 3, his Department of Health sent a letter to at least one local NBC affiliate suggesting that prosecutors could bring criminal charges against the TV station for airing ads that encourage residents to vote for the amendment.
Politics:
Ukraine strikes oil depot in occupied Crimea
Democrats Dominate Political Ad Spending — Except on Twitter
Democrats are massively outspending Republicans on internet campaign ads but one social network is a notable exception: X, owned by Elon Musk, who has increasingly used the platform to elevate his chosen candidate, former president Donald Trump.
Accounts backing Republican candidates spent three times as much on political ads on X than those backing Democrats from March 6 to Oct. 1 — $3 million to $1 million.
The biggest political ad buyer on X is the official account for Trump, who has formed a close political alliance with Musk in recent months and was joined by the entrepreneur on stage at a rally Saturday. Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign has not bought a single ad on the platform.
Supreme Court Lets Texas Bar Emergency Abortions
The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a decision barring emergency abortions that violate the law in Texas, which has one of the country’s strictest abortion bans.
How 60 Minutes found out Donald Trump would not participate in an election special
Hurricane Loan Program Low on Funds
Only $1.6 billion remains in a federal program to help small businesses impacted by hurricanes and natural disasters — enough funding for only a few more weeks without emergency intervention by Congress.
The Small Business Administration has received at least 3,000 applications every day since Hurricane Helene struck the Southeast.
FBI probe of Kavanaugh constrained by Trump White House
Michigan GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers' neighborhoods have everything but Mr. Rogers
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers has used two different addresses since moving back from Florida, raising questions about where he really lives — and if he's broken the law.
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Physics Nobel awarded to neural network pioneers who laid foundations for AI
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