LONDON — A British man who used artificial intelligence to create images of child abuse was sent to prison for 18 years on Monday. The court sentenced Hugh Nelson, 27, after he pleaded guilty to a number of sexual offenses including making and distributing indecent images of children and distributing...
World Series off to Best Viewership Start Since 2017, Averaging 14.55 Million Viewers
LOS ANGELES — The World Series is averaging 14.55 million viewers through two games, the best start for the Fall Classic since 2017. Saturday's 4-2 victory by the Los Angeles Dodgers over the New York Yankees averaged 13.44 million on Fox, Fox Deportes and streaming. That is a 65% increase...
Mahomes Passes for 262 Yards and 2 TDs to Beat Raiders
LAS VEGAS — Patrick Mahomes didn't make many mistakes Sunday, but one of his few errors could've cost the Chiefs the game. He needed his defense to come to the rescue — and it did. Kansas City kept the Raiders off the scoreboard even after facing first-and-goal at the 3-yard...
Brock Purdy Helps the 49ers Bounce Back With a Victory Over the Cowboys
SANTA CLARA — One dominant quarter against Dallas proved to be enough for the San Francisco 49ers to head into their bye week on a high note. Up Next Cowboys: At Atlanta on Sunday. 49ers: At Tampa Bay on Nov. 10. 49ers' Victory Over Cowboys Brock Purdy bounced back from...
Elon Musk Worked Illegally in US, Contradicting Anti-Immigrant Stance
Elon Musk, now one of Donald Trump’s key supporters, once worked in the U.S. without legal status, according to former associates, court records, and company documents reviewed by The Washington Post. Despite the entrepreneur’s vocal stance against undocumented immigration, Musk did not have authorization to work when founding Zip2 in...
California Membership Plummets 19% in Sierra Club
The Sierra Club’s California chapter is grappling with internal divisions as members dispute the organization’s mission and future direction, the Los Angeles Times reports. Acting Director Bobbi Jo Chavarria, who took over in July, aims to bridge the growing divide between traditional conservationists and those pushing for greater focus on...
AIPAC Expands Influence in US Elections, Targets Critics of Military Aid to Israel
After decades of issues-based lobbying, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee shifted its strategy ahead of the 2022 midterms, The Intercept reported. For the first time in its 60-year history, AIPAC moved to direct political spending, using millions from loyal donors — including Republican megadonors and allies of former President...
New ‘RBG PAC’ Spending $19 Million From Secret Donors to Aid Trump on Abortion
A new Republican super PAC is invoking the name of deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an audacious attempt to defuse the volatile issue of abortion as a liability for Donald Trump. The group, which is called RBG PAC and came into existence only days ago, began to...
Trump Flirts With the Ultimate Tax Cut: No Taxes at All
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has spent much of the presidential campaign brainstorming new, and sometimes untested, ways to cut taxes. In the election’s final stretch, he raised the possibility of going even further: eliminating income taxes entirely. During a Fox News segment Monday, Trump took questions at a...
It’s Springsteen Season Again. Can Celebrities Give Harris a Meaningful Boost?
CLARKSTON, Ga. — On Thursday evening, as the sun was setting behind the pine trees at a high school football stadium in Clarkston, Georgia, Bruce Springsteen took the stage with an acoustic guitar. He played “The Promised Land,” his late-’70s song of a young working man chasing a brighter future....