What Trump can say and can't say under a gag order in his federal 2020 election interference case

The gag order in Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case in Washington bars him and anyone else involved in the case from making public statements targeting prosecutors, court staff or “any reasonably foreseeable witness.”
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-gag-order-what-to-know-8b045bab3bd8ecebef2c9cf74a11c357?source=Snapzu

Ice hockey player Johnson dies after neck cut

Nottingham Panthers' Adam Johnson dies after suffering a cut to his neck from a skate in a Challenge Cup match against the Sheffield Steelers.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/ice-hockey/67253892?source=Snapzu

As the Hamas-Israel war rages, Islamophobia and antisemitism are rising in Australia

As fighting continues between Israel and Hamas, some Australians are increasingly afraid to venture outside in clothing that readily identifies them as either Muslim or Jewish.
Read more: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/as-the-hamas-israel-war-rages-islamophobia-and-antisemitism-are-rising-in-australia/385jt872y?source=Snapzu

Ukraine war: Russia executing own retreating soldiers, US says

The White House says heavy losses and poor morale are leading to mutinies in some units.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67234144?source=Snapzu

Jonathan Majors' trial for assault and harassment charges rescheduled again

Jonathan Majors was arrested after an alleged domestic dispute in March. The Creed III actor pleaded not guilty to four counts. His trial has been rescheduled.
Read more: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1191589920/jonathan-majors-trial-assault-harassment-new-york?source=Snapzu

South Korea intercepts boat carrying North Korean defectors

Rare defection by sea comes after nine North Koreans crossed the maritime border in May.
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/24/south-korea-detains-vessel-carrying-four-suspected-north-korean-defectors?source=Snapzu

Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese

Vatican did not say why Grzegorz Kaszak was resigning, but priest from his diocese faced criminal investigation
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/24/pope-accepts-resignation-polish-bishop-grzegorz-kaszak-gay-orgy-scandal-diocese?source=Snapzu

Debt Activists Bought $10M in Student Debt for $125,000 — and Canceled It All

The move wipes out balances of nearly 3,000 accounts from Morehouse College, a historically Black college in Atlanta.
Read more: https://truthout.org/articles/debt-activists-bought-10m-in-student-debt-for-125000-and-canceled-it-all/?source=Snapzu

Oscar-nominated composer Danny Elfman accused of sexual assault by second woman

Spokesman for musician says allegations are ‘baseless and absurd’ and Elfman will ‘vigorously defend these claims in court’
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/20/oscar-nominated-composer-danny-elfman-accused-of-sexual-assault-by-second-woman?source=Snapzu

Unpacking Google’s new “dangerous” Web-Environment-Integrity specification

Why Vivaldi browser thinks Google’s new proposal, the Web-Environment-Integrity spec, is a major threat to the open web and should be pushed back.
Read more: https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/?source=Snapzu

Gaganyaan: India launches test flight ahead of sending man into space

The launch was the first in a series of tests ahead of Gaganyaan, India's first manned space mission.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-67166633?source=Snapzu

Lawsuit over death of autistic man in a Pittsburgh jail alleges negligence, systemic discrimination

Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a treatable and preventable infection from a foot wound.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/jail-death-autism-lawsuit-pittsburgh-8fdab8752defd3defda5d8c841dab27e?source=Snapzu

Florida has become a zoo. A literal zoo.

These monkeys, reptiles, and birds don’t belong in Florida. Should we kick them out?
Read more: https://www.vox.com/science/23818926/florida-invasive-species-iguanas-tegus-monkeys?source=Snapzu

IRS plans rollout of free e-file tax return system with invitations to limited taxpayers

The agency, which is working on implementing state filing into its pilot, estimates that hundreds of thousands of taxpayers will participate in the limited rollout of the program for the 2024 filing season.
Read more: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/irs-plans-rollout-of-free-e-file-tax-return-system-with-invitations-to-limited-taxpayers?source=Snapzu

Britney Spears Says Justin Timberlake Got Her Pregnant, Had Abortion, Memoir Claims

Britney Spears has what insiders have described as a "bombshell" in her upcoming memoir, and multiple sources tell TMZ ... that bombshell is that Justin Timberlake got her pregnant and after some heart-wrenching discussions they agreed she would get an abortion.
Read more: https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/17/britney-spears-justin-timberlake-pregnant-abortion-memoir-book/?source=Snapzu

Runestone Revelation Hints The Most Famous Viking Was a Woman

Harald Bluetooth is the most famous of Viking leaders, celebrated for unifying the people of Denmark during his reign from 958 to around 985 CE.
Read more: https://www.sciencealert.com/runestone-revelation-hints-the-most-famous-viking-was-a-woman?source=Snapzu

How red-state politics are shaving years off American lives

Along Lake Erie, three states show how Republican lawmakers’ decisions over decades on cigarettes and seat belts are shortening life spans.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/interactive/2023/republican-politics-south-midwest-life-expectancy/?source=Snapzu

Josh Duggar to stay in prison until 2032 after appeal rejected

Josh Duggar will remain behind bars until 2032 after the appeal of his child pornography case was denied, according to reports.
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/josh-duggar-stay-prison-until-155310088.html?source=Snapzu

Republican Chaos Has Conservative Media Fuming. It’s Their Fault It Happened.

Talk radio and Fox News hosts created the political incentives that fueled Kevin McCarthy’s ouster and today’s speakership drama.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/10/12/matt-gaetz-conservative-media-00121095?source=Snapzu

The EU is probing X's response to Israel-Hamas misinformation

Two days after EU Commissioner Thierry Breton sent an "urgent" letter to Elon Musk over X's handling of misinformation, the governing body has opened a probe into the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/the-eu-is-probing-xs-response-to-israel-hamas-misinformation-204101029.html?source=Snapzu

Sam Bankman-Fried thought there was a 5% chance he would be president, Caroline Ellison testified in his trial

Sam Bankman-Fried told Caroline Ellison that he could one day be the US president, she testified on Tuesday.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/sam-bankman-fried-wanted-president-caroline-ellison-testimony-2023-10?source=Snapzu

German police swoop on far-right Reichsbürger group

Police in Germany have carried out nationwide raids on homes of members of the right-wing extremist Reichsbürger movement.
Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/german-police-swoop-on-far-right-reichsb%C3%BCrger-group/a-67050428?source=Snapzu

Minnesota inmates find creative outlet, therapeutic benefit in writing programs

The nonprofit FreeWriters offers writing workshops in jails, encouraging expression and reflection as a means of addressing mental health struggles.
Read more: https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-inmates-find-creative-outlet-therapeutic-benefit-in-writing-programs/600310551/?source=Snapzu

New study will examine irritable bowel syndrome as long COVID symptom

Researchers will use a $3.2 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases to study gastrointestinal symptoms as a condition of long COVID.
Read more: https://healthsciences.arizona.edu/newsroom/news-releases/0923/new-study-will-examine-irritable-bowel-syndrome-long-covid-symptom?source=Snapzu

Terence Davies, filmmaker of the lyrical 'Distant Voices, Still Lives,' dies at the age of 77

British filmmaker Terence Davies has died at the age of 77. He was best known for a pair of powerful, lyrical movies inspired by his childhood in postwar Liverpool — “Distant Voices, Still Lives” and “The Long Day Closes.”
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/uk-filmmaker-terence-davies-dies-d1c6cf1d5ac495ec7af2015b08b6e043?source=Snapzu

Wulf and Eadwacer: why I think I've solved the mystery of this Old English poem

Here, possibly four centuries before women are given a significant voice in heroic poetry in Germany and Scandinavia, a queen speaks out in an English version of a Gothic story.
Read more: https://theconversation.com/wulf-and-eadwacer-why-i-think-ive-solved-the-mystery-of-this-old-english-poem-199928?source=Snapzu

For years, Japan tried to keep their existence a secret. But the Ainu people refuse to disappear

Japan's Ainu people have their own history, languages and culture. But, as the victims of colonialism, assimilation and discrimination, much of that identity has been lost. This is the story of their fight to be recognised.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/japans-indigenous-ainu-people-fight-for-recognition/102903914?source=Snapzu

US shoots down armed Turkish drone after it came too close to US troops in Syria

The U.S. has shot down an armed Turkish drone that had come in too close to U.S. troops on the ground in northeastern Syria, in what was a rare use of force by one NATO member against another.
Read more: https://apnews.com/article/syria-turkey-shot-down-06b5b407e91ffb3d41096bbfe5f1ef75?source=Snapzu

28 years ago, a book club began reading one novel. It’s finally reached the end

Filmmaker Gerry Fialka has convened a book group to read James Joyce’s ‘Finnegans Wake,’ a book famously tough to grasp. 
Read more: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/10/02/28-years-ago-a-book-club-began-reading-one-novel-its-finally-reached-the-end/?source=Snapzu

Five former Ubisoft execs arrested following sexual harassment investigation

French police have arrested five former Ubisoft executives after an investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the company. Among those taken into custody was former Chief Creative Officer Serge Hascoët.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/five-former-ubisoft-execs-arrested-following-sexual-harassment-investigation-135636454.html?source=Snapzu

FBI warns phantom hacker scams are emptying financial accounts — how to stay safe

Over $500 million stolen from victims so far
Read more: https://www.tomsguide.com/news/fbi-issues-warning-over-phantom-hacker-scams-dont-fall-for-this?source=Snapzu

Biden presses Republicans after spending bill drops Ukraine aid

Biden chided Republicans for political brinkmanship after Congress passed a bill that extended government funding for more than a month and avoided a shutdown, but did not include aid for Kyiv.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-suggests-democrats-have-new-deal-with-republicans-ukraine-aid-2023-10-01/?source=Snapzu

Tech workers are paying up to $700 a month for tiny bed 'pods' in San Francisco

The California bed pods stacked two-high, run on monthly contracts and don't require a security deposit, are popular with young tech workers.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/tech-workers-paying-700-month-tiny-bed-pods-san-francisco-2023-10?source=Snapzu

Elon Fires Half Of ExTwitter’s Election Integrity Team, Because A Manager Liked A Tweet Calling Him A Fucking Dipshit

Aaron Rodericks, co-lead of the department, was targeted in a right-wing harassment campaign after trying to hire new employees to combat political misinformation
Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/twitter-elon-musk-fires-safety-team-2024-elections-1234832199/?source=Snapzu