daily links: october 2024

10.1.24
CBS News—Iran launches missile attack on Israel
BBC News—Jimmy Carter celebrates his 100th birthday, becoming the first former US president to hit the century mark
ABCnews.com—Atlanta Braves squeak into the playoffs by winning their final game of the regular season
CNN.com—Dockworkers on the east coast begin massive strike which could create shortages and price increases
NBC News—Pepsi buying tortilla chip maker Siete for $1.2 billion
USA Today—American Pickers star Frank Fritz dies at 60, two years after suffering a stroke


10.2.24
CBS News—Special counsel Jack Smith files revised indictment in the Trump election interference case, with new damning details about his campaign team's attempts to illegally overturn the election results
ABCnews.com—ChatGPT maker OpenAI raises $6.6 billion in latest round of funding
NBC News—Judge rules that couple who were injured in an accident while in an Uber car can't sue the company because their daughter used her mom's phone to order a pizza from Uber Eats
BBC News—Federal charges of racketeering, drug trafficking, and fraud brought against dozens of members of white supremacist street gang in California
USA Today—SNAP benefits to increase in October
CNN.com—Mark Zuckerberg now worth over $200 billion


10.3.24
ABCnews.com—Dockworkers reach tentative agreement that would end the strike
CNN.com—GOP county clerk from Colorado sentenced to 9 years in prison for attempted election fraud
NBC News—Hospitals conserve IV fluid after Helene hits critical manufacturing plant of the nation's biggest supplier
USA Today—Melania Trump supposedly defends abortion rights in her upcoming memoir, going against the platform of her husband's political party
BBC News—Popular TikTok influencer accused of second degree murder
CBS News—Woman accuses country star Garth Brooks of raping her in hotel room in 2019


10.8.24
USA Today—Bob Woodward reports that Trump has had several private phone conversations with Putin since Trump left office in 2021
CBS News—Hurricane Milton could potentially be a direct hit on the Tampa area as a Category 5 storm
NBC News—Largest water utility company in the US targeted by cyberattack
CNN.com—Walz calls for an end to the Electoral College at California fundraiser
BBC News—Afghan man accused of plotting terrorist attack in the US on election day
ABCnews.com—Mega Millions lottery will more than double the price of a ticket from $2 to $5 starting next April


10.9.24
BBC News—Biden condemns right wingers who are spreading misinformation about FEMA and their hurricane response
NBC News—Garth Brooks publicly identifies the woman who is accusing him of raping her in a hotel room in 2019
USA Today—Rat Pack-era hotel and casino the Tropicana is imploded in Las Vegas
CNN.com—Melinda Gates launches $250 million fund to support women's physical and mental health
ABCnews.com—McDonald's sues top meat packers, accusing them of illegally colluding to artificially inflate the price of beef
CBS News—Donald Trump's "God Bless the USA" bibles were produced in China


10.10.24
ABCnews.com—Millions of Floridians without power in the wake of Hurricane Milton
CNN.com—TD Bank hit with $3 billion fine for their involvement with money laundering for drug cartels
BBC News—Harris and Trump campaigns will spend a combined $200 million on advertising in Pennsylvania this election cycle
NBC News—AMD launches an AI chip to compete with market leader Nvidia
USA Today—50 pounds of explosives found at bomb lab in Philadelphia home
CBS News—Ethel Kennedy dies at 96


10.15.24
CNN.com—Georgians showing up in record numbers for early voting
CBS News—Trump cuts a rally short and then spends 45 minutes silently swaying to music. But sure, there are no issues with his mental or cognitive health.
BBC News—Google exploring the use of nuclear power to provide energy for its data centers
NBC News—Lufthansa fined $4 million for discriminating against Jewish passengers
ABCnews.com—800 veterans who were kicked out of the military due to their sexual orientations are given retroactive honorable discharges
USA Today—Raiders trade star wide receiver Davante Adams to the Jets, reuniting the pass catcher with his former Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rodgers


10.16.24
NBC News—Federal judge blocks Alabama's attempt to purge voter rolls right before right before the election
ABCnews.com—Supreme Court allows rule limiting the amount of pollution a coal-fired power plant can emit to remain in place
CBS News—The FTC's new "click to cancel" rule should make it easier for consumers to terminate subscription services
CNN.com—True Value declares bankruptcy and says it will sell all of its assets to a rival
USA Today—Aldi announces $47 Thanksgiving dinner bundle
BBC News—Man arrested after abandoning his dog as Hurricane Milton approached Florida


10.17.24
ABCnews.com—Hamas leader killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip
USA Today—Los Angeles Archdiocese of the Catholic church agrees to pay $880 million to settle decades worth of sex abuse of hundreds of children
CBS News—Damage from Helene and Milton could top $50 billion each
CNN.com—Mississippi bridge being prepared for demolition collapses, killing three workers
BBC News—Facebook fires workers for using meal credits to buy personal items
NBC News—Amazon will broadcast a live news special featuring Brian Williams on election night


10.22.24
BBC News—Striking Boeing workers to vote on whether to accept 35% pay increase and return to work
CNN.com—Georgia county plans to sue chemical plant that had a fire that impacted tens of thousands of people in the Atlanta area, with the end goal to get them to relocate
CBS News—Judge rules that Giuliani must surrender his NYC apartment, his high end watch collection, and sports memorabilia to fulfill judgment for Georgia election workers who he defamed
ABCnews.com—Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO charged with sex trafficking
NBC News—Pennsylvania governor signs bill making Diwali, an Indian festival, an official state holiday
USA Today—McDonald's Quarter Ppunders linked to E. coli outbreak that has sickened dozens and killed one


10.23.24
BBC News—Former president of Peru sentenced to 20 years in jail for corruption and money laundering
ABCnews.com—DOJ warns Elon Musk that his money giveaways to registered voters in Pennsylvania may violate election laws
NBC News—Apple previews its AI tools that will soon be available to users of its devices
CNN.com—American Airlines fined $50 million for its treatment of disabled passengers
USA Today—Iconic Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela dies at 63
CBS News—Police investigating death of Walmart worker who was trapped in a walk-in oven


10.29.24
CNN.com—Investigators believe a single person was responsible for burning two ballot boxes in Washington and Oregon that destroyed hundreds of votes in blue-leaning areas
CBS News—Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr.'s attempts to have his name removed from the ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin
BBC News—JP Morgan sues customers who took advantage of an ATM glitch that allowed them to withdraw more cash than they had in their accounts, costing the bank hundreds of thousands of dollars
USA Today—Some teams are refusing to play San Jose State's women's volleyball team because of the presence of a transgender player, even though the athlete meets the eligibility requirements for the NCAA and the school's conference
NBC News—Adding to a litany of sexual assault and trafficking charges against Sean Diddy Combs, he is now accused of drugging and raping a 10 year old boy
ABCnews.com—Actress Teri Garr dies at 79


10.30.24
ABCnews.com—The Washington Post loses 250,000 subscribers—a tenth of its readers—after refusing to endorse a presidential candidate due to owner Jeff Bezos concerns about the potential impacts on his other businesses
NBC News—Apple updates Macbooks and Mac desktops with its latest M4 chips
CBS News—Airlines must now give automatic refunds for flights with significant delays
BBC News—Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon released from jail
CNN.com—Trump loses $1.3 billion in theoretical wealth after his Truth Social stock has its worst day on Wall Street ever
USA Today—Starbucks will no longer charge extra for non-dairy milk


10.31.24
BBC News—Catastrophic floods in Spain kill more than 150
USA Today—Dodgers win World Series in 5 games over the Yankees
CNN.com—Russia fines Google for more money than currently exists on the our planet for banning disinformation streamers on YouTube
ABCnews.com—Rapper Young Thug accepts plea deal in Georgia RICO case
NBC News—British man arrested for stealing 24 tons of artisanal cheddar worth nearly $400,000
CBS News—Ford pausing production of the EV version of its F-150 pickup

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