At a town hall hosted at a high school outside Philadelphia, Musk referred to the false conspiracy theory that Dominion Voting Systems was part of a plot to rig U.S. elections in recent years. There’s always this question of, say, the Dominion voting machines. Fact: Hand counts and audits of such paper ballots have repeatedly proven that Dominion machines produce accurate results. Studies and investigations have found that there’s no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the U.S. When voter fraud has occurred, prosecutors have successfully brought cases against perpetrators including in a highly publicized fraud scheme in North Carolina.


Persons: Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s, Musk, , Anna Moneymaker, Trump, ” Musk, Democratic megadonor George Soros, Kamala Harris, Emma Barnett, Ben Goggin, Kat Tenbarge Organizations: , Systems, Dominion, Brennan Center for Justice, Fox News, SpaceX, Tesla, Ridley High School, Philadelphia Fox, Trump, Trump America PAC, FBI, Democratic megadonor Locations: FOLSOM, Pa, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Maricopa County, Arizona, Philadelphia County, Folsom, Butler , Pennsylvania, U.S, North Carolina, Mexico, “ Pennsylvania, America, New York City

Michelle Lujan Grisham said she will not renew a public health order that temporarily banned carrying firearms in public parks and playgrounds in Albuquerque, the state's largest city. Lujan Grisham said in a news release Wednesday that more than 1,700 firearms were collected in gun buybacks over the past year because of the order. So there’s no way we could enforce that order.”Lujan Grisham issued the temporary order, originally a 30-day ban, in September 2023 after an 11-year-old boy was shot and killed in an Albuquerque park. In addition to restricting firearms in public parks and playgrounds in Bernalillo County, it strengthened oversight of firearm sales and implemented wastewater testing for fentanyl in public schools. State Attorney General Raúl Torrez, a Democrat, wrote in a letter last year that he opposed Lujan Grisham’s decision.


Persons: Michelle Lujan Grisham, Lujan Grisham, Greg Baca, ” Baca, , Dudley Brown, Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen, Allen, ” Lujan Grisham, Raúl Torrez, Lujan Grisham’s, Organizations: New, New Mexico Gov, Democratic, Republican, National Association for Gun Rights, Bernalillo County Sheriff, Democrat, State Locations: New Mexico, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, , Bernalillo County

The mother of 3-year-old Wisconsin boy Elijah Vue and her partner were charged Thursday with counts of child neglect and child abuse that resulted in the boy’s death, the Manitowoc County prosecutor said. “Elijah was a young boy whose life was tragically cut short,” Manitowoc County District Attorney Jacalyn LaBre said at a news conference. Two Rivers Police DepartmentThe boy’s mother, Katrina Baur, is charged with chronic neglect of a child where the consequence is death; child neglect; and obstructing an officer, LaBre said. Baur and Vang had previously been charged with child neglect, but the new charges allege the boy’s death. Baur and Vang have pleaded not guilty in the earlier child abuse case.


Persons: Elijah Vue, Elijah’s, “ Elijah, Jacalyn LaBre, Elijah Vue ., Katrina Baur, LaBre, Jesse Vang, Baur, Vang, Elijah Organizations: Rivers Police, NBC Locations: Wisconsin, Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, Vang, Milwaukee, Lake Michigan

Three London stocks are on the march and are expected to rise by more than 50% over the next 12 months. TM17-GB 1Y line More recently, RBC said the company reported "a good set of results" in September. The company reported £80.6 million in total sales, missing revenue expectations of £81.5 million marginally. Wheeler also noted that the stock had "significant upside potential" after the company reported its first-half results on July 26. RBC analyst Charles Weston said the stock remains "materially undervalued" after the company reported its first half-year financial results.


Persons: Debbie Bestwick's, Steve Bell's, Frank Sagnier's, Ross Broadfoot, Broadfoot, Team17, RBC's Alexander Wheeler, Wheeler, Charles Weston, OXB Organizations: CNBC Pro, RBC Capital Markets, RBC, Drax, Oxford Biomedica, Oxford, University of Oxford Locations: London, England, Team17

US Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devlin BishopJohnson's tenure with the A-10 dates back to her early days in the Air Force. She graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2014 and, in December 2016, joined the 355th Training Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona as an A-10 student pilot. She piloted the A-10 in South Korea and Afghanistan before returning to Davis-Monthan as an A-10 instructor pilot and flight commander in August 2021. In March 2023, Johnson was certified as the new commander of the A-10 demo team, becoming the first female pilot to assume the role. Nonetheless, Johnson said once you're in the cockpit of the aircraft, "the airplane doesn't know the difference whether I'm a male or female."


Persons: Johnson, Devlin Bishop Johnson's, It's, That's Organizations: Laughlin, US Air Force, Air Force, Air Force Academy, 355th Training Squadron, Davis, Monthan Air Force Base, Monthan Locations: Arizona, South Korea, Afghanistan

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 16: Traders and others work on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor in New York City. This report is from today's CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. That's higher than both the 0.1% gain in August and the 0.3% Dow Jones forecast, according to the advance report. Meanwhile, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's reported its third-quarter net revenue jumped 36% year on year, and revised its fourth-quarter revenue upward.


Persons: it's, Dow, Christine Lagarde's, Dow Jones Organizations: NEW, Traders, New York Stock Exchange, CNBC, European Central Bank, Dow Jones, Nasdaq, Dow, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, U.S . Federal Reserve Locations: New York City, U.S

Major tech companies are investing in nuclear power to support AI data centers. Nuclear energy provides clean, constant power for data centers. AdvertisementTech companies are turning to nuclear power to advance their AI ambitions. Aside from generating enormous amounts of power, nuclear power is also an attractive choice for companies hoping to meet global net zero goals. AdvertisementHere's a closer look at how tech companies are investing in nuclear energy.


Persons: , Kathryn Huff Organizations: Service, Tech, Google, Companies, University of Illinois, Department of Energy Locations: University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign

The skyline of the central business district in Beijing on August 13, 2019. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)Asia-Pacific markets opened mixed Friday, as investors awaited key economic data from China and assessed Japan's inflation numbers. China's third-quarter GDP is expected to come in at 4.5%, as estimated by economists in a Reuters poll, compared with 4.7% growth in the prior quarter. China is set to release its house prices index for September at 9:30 a.m. local time. Japan's headline inflation for September came in at 2.5%, while core CPI — which excludes fresh food prices — rose 2.4% year on year compared with Reuters estimates of 2.3%.


Persons: WANG Zhao Locations: Beijing, AFP, Asia, Pacific, China