News From Around the Web
#10 Billions of Gmail Users at Risk From Sophisticated New AI Hack — How to Stay Safe - Alyse Stanley for Tom's Guide, Craig T. Hall, and Peter in PRG on X
Hackers are now targeting Gmail account holders with a “super realistic AI scam call” that can trick even the most experienced users. Given that there are more than 2.5 billion Gmail users based on Google's figures, it's little wonder that hackers are targeting Google's message platform in increasingly sophisticated phishing attacks. Sam Mitrovic, a Microsoft solutions consultant, flagged the scam in a recent blog post detailing what happened to him. It started when he received a notification asking him to approve a Gmail account recovery attempt, a pretty common phishing technique intended to send the user to a fake login portal to quietly harvest their credentials. Mitrovic didn't fall for it and denied the request. About 40 minutes later, he received a notification that he'd missed a call claiming to be from Google Sydney...
#9 Biden-Harris Admin’s Aggressive Litigation Strategy To Enforce Agenda Likely Infringes On States’ Rights - Katelynn Richardson for The Daily Caller and Filtered News on X
The Biden-Harris administration has aggressively pursued litigation against red states as a means of advancing its agenda, which legal experts said could infringe on states’ rights. States such as Texas, which have taken steps to limit the surge of illegal migrants — reaching record levels under the Biden administration — are now facing lawsuits from the federal government. Similarly, states that passed laws contradicting the Biden administration’s positions on issues like abortion and gender have faced lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the bills...
#8 JD Vance Clashes With ABC News Host Over Migrant Gang Presence in Colorado: ‘Do You Hear Yourself?' - Hanna Panreck for Fox News, Benny Johnson on X
GOP vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance clashed with ABC News host Martha Raddatz on Sunday during an interview about the Venezuelan migrant gang members' presence in apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado. "I’m going to stop you because I know exactly what happened. I’m going to stop you. The incidents were limited to a handful of apartment complexes and the mayor said our dedicated police officers have acted on those concerns. A handful of problems," Raddatz insisted as she pressed Vance on Trump's statements during a rally in Aurora about the migrant gangs...
#7 Green Party Presidential Candidate Files Suit Over Ohio Decision Not to Count Votes for Her - Washington Examiner, WGRZ, and Christopher Webb on X
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has filed a lawsuit in federal court over the decision of Ohio election officials not to count votes for her after her running mate was named by the national party after a state administrative deadline. Cleveland.com reports that the lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. district court in Columbus by Stein, the person named as her running mate on the state ballot, and three Ohio voters. It alleges that the decision infringes on their constitutional rights to free speech, association, and equal protection and the voting rights of the Ohio-based plaintiffs...
#6 Here Are the States We Could Be Waiting on to Declare a Harris-Trump Winner - Julia Mueller and Hanna Trudo, for The Hill, and Interactive Polls on X
Get fact-based, unbiased political coverage from the NewsNation team ahead of the 2024 election. Not sure how to find NewsNation on your TV? Find your channel here. Get 24/7 news coverage with the NewsNation app. Voters are increasingly likely to have to wait past Election Day to find out who will become their next president. Among the battleground states, Georgia could be the first to be called, even as early as midnight, some experts predict. But other states such as Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are expected to have delays that push past the calendar voting date, and unpredictable factors like multiple hurricanes in the Southeast could complicate things...
#5 Desantis Admin Claims Abortion Rights Groups Committed Petition Fraud: Report - Ashleigh Fields for The Hill, and Elena on X
Florida’s Office of Election Crimes and Security (OECS) released a report Friday accusing several organizations of forging signatures in favor of a new amendment that would overturn the state’s six-week abortion ban. The state agency issued an initial 348-page report alleging individuals were paid to sign the petition. Floridians Protecting Freedom and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida, among others, co-sponsored the bill known as Amendment 4 by submitting over 900,000 signatures. The organizations said they plan to contest the state’s findings...
#4 Texas Elections Chief Tells Poll Workers To Give Ballots To People Who Show Noncitizen IDs - Brianna Lyman for The Federalist, and Zeno Calhoun on X
New guidance from Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson directs election workers to accept noncitizen driver’s licenses as voter identification, despite the fact that noncitizens are ineligible to vote in American elections. Guidance issued Tuesday by Nelson’s office and initialed by Director of Elections Christina Adkins instructs poll workers to give a regular ballot to individuals who are on the voter rolls even if they present a limited-term driver’s license or ID card as their form of identification. The Texas Department of Public Safety issues “limited-term driver’s licenses” or identification cards to individuals who are legally residing in the state but are not citizens. The license and identification card are denoted by either “Temporary Visitor” or “Limited-Term.”
#3 Arkansas Father Arrested for Allegedly Killing Daughter’s Stalker, 67, After Finding Him With the Teen - Caitlin McCormack the New York Post, Among the Wildflowers, and In2ThinAir on X
An Arkansas father was arrested for allegedly shooting and killing his underage daughter’s reported stalker, whom he found with her after she went missing Tuesday. Aaron Spencer, 36, had reported his 14-year-old daughter missing earlier the same day, and Lonoke County Sheriff’s Office deputies were dispatched to his home. But before they arrived, Spencer found his daughter in a vehicle with Michael Fosler, 67, and the confrontation turned deadly, according to the sheriff...
#2 In an Engineering Feat, Mechanical SpaceX Arms Catch Starship Rocket Booster Back at the Launch Pad - Marcia Dunn for AP, Space X, Elon Musk, and Diligent Denizen on X
SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. A jubilant Elon Musk called it “science fiction without the fiction part.” Towering almost 400 feet (121 meters), the empty Starship blasted off at sunrise from the southern tip of Texas near the Mexican border. It arced over the Gulf of Mexico like the four Starships before it that ended up being destroyed, either soon after liftoff or while ditching into the sea. The previous one in June had been the most successful until Sunday’s demo, completing its flight without exploding...#1 Man With Guns Arrested Near Trump Rally, Then Released - Peter Bowes and Harrison Jones for BBC, The Chief Nerd, Kyle Becker, J Stewart on X
A man in illegal possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested at an intersection near Donald Trump's rally in Coachella, California, on Saturday, police said. The 49-year-old suspect, Vem Miller, was driving a black SUV when he was stopped at a security checkpoint by officers, who located the two firearms and a "high-capacity magazine". Mr Miller was then taken into custody "without incident", the Riverside County Sheriff's office said. He was later released and told US media he was a Trump supporter who was not planning to harm the Republican presidential candidate. The US Secret Service said Trump “was not in any danger”, and that the incident did not impact protective operations...
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Photos — ‘This Dog’s Eyes Say It All’: 104 Pets Rescued in Hillsborough County After Hurricane Milton - Amy Furr for Breitbart, WFLA News on X and MSNBC on YouTube
People and pets in Hillsborough County, Florida, are grateful for crews who have worked hard to rescue them after Hurricane Milton hit the state’s west coast on Wednesday. Teams with the Hillsborough County Fire and Rescue shared a positive update on Friday about their efforts, saying the agency has saved over 100 pets so far, Fox 13 reported. “Check out this beautiful moment of pure gratitude and love! This dog’s eyes say it all as he looks at Cpt. Dusty Mascaro from our HCFR TSAR team after being brought to safety,” the agency said. The post featured an image of a wet black, white, and brown dog gazing at its rescuer after being carried out of floodwaters...
