Thursday, October 17

🚨NATION

📌 Elon Musk has given $75 million, so far, to put Donald Trump back in the White House (NPR)

📌 100 year old former President Jimmy Carter votes in Georgia, fulfilling wish to live long enough to cast ballot for Kamala Harris (CBS NEWS)

📌 Nebraska Supreme Court rules convicted felons who completed their sentences can vote (NBC NEWS)

📌 Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting of ballots (REUTERS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 This is how a Russian disinformation campaign starts (NBC NEWS)

📌 China won't renounce use of force over Taiwan; Xi visits frontline island (REUTERS)

📌 Israel vows to improve Gaza conditions after US threat to withhold weapons (AXIOS)

📌 Italy bans couples from traveling abroad for surrogacy (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 FTC takes on subscription traps with 'click to cancel' rule (REUTERS)

📌 SpaceX sues California regulator, claiming its launches were blocked because of Elon Musk’s politics (GUARDIAN)

📌 New cervical cancer treatment cuts risk of death from disease, according to trial results (CNN)

📌 Amazon goes nuclear, to invest more than $500 million to develop small modular reactors (NBC NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Garth Brooks says he revealed rape accuser’s name because she refused to give him a pseudonym in lawsuit (THE WRAP)

📌 Nick Jonas runs off stage after being targeted by laser pointer during Jonas Brothers concert (VARIETY)

📌 Someone edited the ‘Wicked’ movie poster to look more like the musical’s version. Cynthia Erivo called it ‘deeply hurtful’ (CNN)

📌 Clark first rookie to make All-WNBA 1st team since 2008, joined by unanimous choices Wilson, Collier (AP)