Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner sued Elon Musk and his America PAC Monday over $1 million giveaways to registered voters in battleground states who sign a petition. The lawsuit alleges the cash prize constitutes an “illegal lottery.” The suit marks the first legal challenge to Musk’s sweepstakes, and comes after a Department of Justice warning that it may violate federal election law. However, in the new suit, the DA alleges that because the sweepstakes function as “a lottery,” and...

A large number of men believe it's harder for them to work compared to 20 years ago, a new Pew Research study found, and experts told Newsweek why that may be. Roughly 39 percent of men said they are doing worse when it comes to finding a well-paying job now versus two decades ago, compared to just 21 percent of women. Men also had their qualms about how the male gender was doing at getting leadership positions at work or even obtaining a higher education. Around 28 percent of men...

Over 24 hours after comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's vulgar comments have sparked outrage from Democrats and Republicans alike, Trump's running mate JD Vance said he hadn't seen the joke and downplayed the comments — some of which were vulgar and included calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage.” Vance told reporters at at his rally today in Wausau, Wisconsin, “maybe it’s a stupid racist joke” and “maybe it’s not” and would not comment on specifics until he had seen it. But in any case...

Broadway is taking it to the house again. Confounding gloomy portrayals of a pandemic-crippled theater industry, all but one of 41 Broadway venues will be open for performances in November — the first month so many have been active since 2018, according to the Broadway League, the industry’s trade organization. And the only dark stage next month won’t be dark for long — the Nederlander on West 41st Street will host “Wicked” star Idina Menzel’s triumphant return to Broadway in “Redwood” in...

MSNBC is facing heavy backlash after it aired clips from a pro-Nazi rally in 1939 while covering former President Donald Trump’s rally in New York City’s Madison Square Garden on Sunday. “They’re going to get someone killed,” one social media user said of the network. An MSNBC anchor suggested Trump is a “fascist” on Sunday evening, calling the 45th president’s Madison Square Garden rally “particularly chilling,” before noting that a pro-Nazi took place in the arena almost 100 years ago. “In...

The Portland, Oregon Police Bureau released two photos of an at-large suspect's car after ballot boxes for this year's election were set aflame Monday in Oregon and Washington State. A ballot box in southeast Portland and at least one ballot box in the nearby Vancouver, Washington area were set on fire, according to police. The incidents come amid heightened safety and security concerns as the Nov. 5 election nears. Election officials said the Vancouver fire resulted in hundreds of burned...

On Monday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk and his PAC in order to prevent them from disbursing $1 million daily to a registered voter in a swing state who signs their petition. The petition simply asks people to sign if they desire secure borders, safe cities, free speech, sensible spending, self-protection, and a fair justice system in the U.S. Additionally, the First and Second Amendments, which address American constitutional rights...

In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year’s Gallup poll, we have managed to fall below Congress. Our profession is now the least trusted of all. Something we are doing is clearly not working. Let me give an analogy. Voting machines must meet two requirements. They must count the vote accurately, and people must believe they count the vote accurately...

Israel's parliament has voted to pass legislation banning the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (Unrwa) from operating within Israel and Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, within three months. Contact between Unrwa employees and Israeli officials will also be banned, severely limiting the agency's ability to operate in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Co-operation with the Israeli military - which controls all crossings into Gaza - is essential for Unrwa to transfer aid into the war-...

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