The Nevada Independent reports: Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore was convicted of federal fraud charges Thursday after she used donations intended for a fallen police officer’s memorial for her personal gain, marking a downfall for the firebrand conservative who nearly became Nevada’s treasurer two years ago. A Las Vegas jury convicted Fiore, 54, of six counts of wire …

Miami’s ABC affiliate reports: A gay couple told police officers that they were expecting a new lover after connecting with a user on Grindr, a dating app mostly used by gay and bisexual men. A gunman showed up instead. Police officers responded to a report of a shooting shortly before 7:30 p.m., on Aug. 26, at the gay couple’s apartment …

The Michigan Advance reports: At approximately 10:20 a.m. outside of the line of more than 1,000 attendees for the rally at the Ryder Center for Saginaw Valley State University’s campus in University Center, a group of men who were selling Trump memorabilia got in a physical altercation where two vendors stood above one vendor punching him in the head. The …

Florida Politics reports: Barack Obama, who carried Florida in 2008 and 2012’s general elections, is endorsing Debbie Mucarsel-Powell in the latest sign that national Democrats believe Florida may be in play this election cycle. Obama offers aspirational rhetoric in his testimonial for the Ecuadorian-American candidate, telling Sunshine State voters the election is “too important to sit out,” while noting thematic …

CNN reports: US job growth accelerated much more than anticipated last month, providing further reassurance for the ongoing stability of the labor market. Employers added an estimated 254,000 jobs in September, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s a higher tally than August’s monthly total (which was upwardly revised to 159,000) and blows economists’ expectations …

PolitiFact reports: You know what they say: Beware of “breaking” news on X. It’s not always what it seems. “BREAKING: Pete Buttigieg reveals that he is HIV-positive” read an Oct. 1 X post that garnered millions of views. The self-proclaimed parody account @Breaking911OnX shared the claim. The account regularly posts unsubstantiated claims. For some, the joke is obvious, such as …

CNN reports: Tim Sheehy stumped behind closed doors earlier this week here with a crowd of supporters eager to make him the GOP’s Senate majority maker. But the 38-year-old political novice was also eager not to be seen outside those doors. Sheehy and his campaign have gone to extreme lengths to avoid press scrutiny as he seeks to ride former …

Politico reports: Kamala Harris was among Barack Obama’s earliest supporters in 2008, knocking on doors and raising money to help propel him to a two-term presidency. Now, he’s returning the favor. The former president will appear Thursday at an event in the Pittsburgh area, the start of what will be part of a swing-state “blitz” through Election Day, said a …

NBC News reports: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has surpassed Jeff Bezos as the world’s second richest person, reports CNBC. Zuckerberg’s net worth reached $206.2 billion on Thursday, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, topping the $205.1 billion net worth of the former Amazon CEO and president. The Facebook co-founder now trails Tesla chief Elon Musk by roughly $50 billion, the …

“Imagine losing your house, your transportation, basic necessities, and women looking for diapers. Most stores, by the way, in the area are wiped out. “And all you’re getting right now is a $750 check she referenced from the federal government? The government you have been sending taxes to for your entire life? “Yeah, and where they gonna buy that baby …

“Liz Cheney lost her Congressional Seat by the largest margin in the history of Congress for a sitting Representative. The people of Wyoming are really smart! “She is a low IQ War Hawk that, as a member of the J6 Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, ILLEGALLY DESTROYED & DELETED all documents, information, and evidence. “Her father, Dick, was …

Axios reports: Elon Musk plans to attend former President Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, the billionaire announced in a post on X late Thursday. Trump’s return to the scene of the first assassination attempt against his life had already raised concerns among local officials, per Axios Philadelphia’s Isaac Avilucea. Representatives for Musk and Trump did not immediately respond …

The Jerusalem Post reports: Former-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed in his book Unleashed that he discovered a bugging device, used for listening in on private conversations, in his personal bathroom at the Foreign Office after he met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017. Johnson claimed that his security team found the device after Netanyahu had used the bathroom. …

Mediaite reports: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) weighed in on the deadly hurricane which wreaked havoc in her state of Georgia and across the southern United States on Thursday, suggesting that the hurricane had been controlled. After the Hurricane Helene death toll rose to over 200, Greene wrote in a social media post, “Yes they can control the weather. It’s …

Fox News host Jesse Watters posts to X: Over 200 Americans are dead after Hurricane Helene and the thousands of victims impacted have been disgracefully left behind. The Biden administration has blocked ongoing rescue operations and North Carolina is living in the dark ages because JoeBiden and KamalaHarris hate ElonMusk, FEMA is now out of money, because Joe Biden and …

“They described it as a vast shadow effort, an organized collection of operatives that changed voting systems and laws, secured hundreds of millions of dollars in public and private funding. “They recruited, you know, armies of poll workers, got millions to vote by mail. Then they went after disinformation, they pressured social media companies, they called that election protection. “So …

Variety reports: A makeup artist sued Garth Brooks on Thursday, alleging that the country star raped her in a hotel room, and subjected to her to unwanted sexual conduct on other occasions, including sending her lewd text messages and groping her breasts. The woman, identified as Jane Roe in the lawsuit, also accused Brooks of exposing himself to her on …

CNN reports: Striking members of the International Longshoremen’s Association will be back to work at the ports on Friday, the union announced Thursday evening, as the union and the management group representing shipping lines, terminal operators and port authorities have reached a tentative deal on wages. The union agreed to extend the contract it had with the United States Maritime …

From the York Dispatch editorial board: At the risk of stating the obvious, South Western’s elected school board is making some strange decisions. For the last two years, they’ve fixated on which bathrooms LGBTQ+ kids use. After a low-turnout school board election in which several far-right members joined their ranks, they hired a Christian law firm, decided to begin banning …

The New York Times reports: Bruce Springsteen, the rock star and longtime critic of former President Donald J. Trump, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, calling Mr. Trump the “most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.” In a three-minute video published on social media, Mr. Springsteen, 75, spent much of his endorsement attacking Mr. Trump, saying that the …