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  • SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk awarded Kristine Fishell with a $1 million check on Oct. 20. The legality of these cash prizes has been called into question.
    Philadelphia DA sues Elon Musk over $1 million giveaway to registered voters
    The suit alleges that Musk and his super PAC are luring voters to give up identifying information in pursuit of a cash prize. DA Larry Krasner called the scheme “indisputably an unlawful lottery.”
  • Owner Jeff Bezos blocked The Washington Post from endorsing a presidential candidate less than two weeks before Election Day. The editorial board had drafted an endorsement for Kamala Harris.
    Over 200,000 subscribers flee 'Washington Post' after Bezos blocks Harris endorsement
    Over 200,000 people canceled their subscriptions in the first few days following news that The Washington Post would not endorse any presidential candidate.
  • Eliza Griswold writes for The New Yorker and teaches at Princeton University. Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction.
    How culture wars divided one small progressive church in Philadelphia
    Journalist Eliza Griswold says complaints about homophobia, white privilege and diversity are splintering progressive organizations — including one particular church. Her book is Circle of Hope.
  • Scripps Research Front Row Lecture
    How do you feel? Molecules that sense touch and other pressures - Front Row lecture with Ardem Patapoutian, PhDDescription: The inner workings of the brain have eluded neuroscientists for ages—including how we perceive sensations such as touch, pain, sound and even blood flow. In this free in-person Front Row lecture, Scripps Research professor and Nobel laureate Ardem Patapoutian will discuss the molecular sensors that enable the mind to interpret different physical and chemical stimuli. These discoveries—which Patapoutian was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for—are helping answer long-standing questions in neuroscience, such as how cells communicate with each other, how we sense our body in time and space, how these sensors impact different diseases and more.ABOUT SCRIPPS RESEARCHScripps Research is an independent, nonprofit biomedical institute based in La Jolla, California, and ranked one of the most influential in the world for its impact on innovation. The Front Row lecture series, now in its seventh season, offers an exclusive glimpse into groundbreaking scientific discoveries in action. In 2024 we celebrate a century of turning vision into pioneering impact. Reserve your seat today and learn how our scientists remain at the forefront of advancing the future of science and medicine. We hope you’ll join us—in the front row—for the next century of Science Changing Life.Visit: Scripps Research Front Row LectureScripps Research on Instagram and Facebook
  • Star Theatre Coast Kids Presents, Disney's, 'Freaky Friday'
    The new musical, "Freaky Friday," based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films (and developed by Disney Theatrical Productions expressly for licensing to theatres), features a book by Bridget Carpenter - the co-executive producer and writer on the beloved TV hits, "Friday Night Lights" and "Parenthood" - and music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey - the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If/Then. When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a heartfelt, comedic, and unexpectedly emotional update on an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect. Rated: PGFriday September 13, 7:30 p.m.Saturday September 14, 2 p.m.Saturday September 14, 7:30 p.m.Sunday September 15, 2 p.m.Friday September 20, 7:30 p.m.Saturday September 21, 2 p.m.Saturday September 21, 7:30 p.m.Sunday September 22, 2 p.m.SPECIAL SEATING: If front-row seating is required for someone with special needs please contact the office (760.721.9983) and they will be happy to provide assistance over the phone.Visit: https://www.startheatreco.com/freaky-friday-ticketsThe Star Theater on Instagram and Facebook
  • The Home Equity Leveraged Program Workshop
    The Home Equity Leveraged Program is an estate planning arrangement that is a contractual agreement between you and Grossmont Hospital Foundation. You retain the use of your home for the rest of your life and the Foundation promises to pay an annuity to you for life. A raffle prize will be given at the conclusion.Visit: https://www.sharp.com/health-classes/the-home-equity-leveraged-program-workshop-2813Sharp HealthCare on Instagram and Facebook
  • Braddock, Pa., on Oct. 16, 2024.
    Pennsylvania voters are complicated. We drove around the state talking to them
    Two Morning Edition teams drove hundreds of miles around the state to gauge how residents in this critical swing state feel about VP Harris and former President Donald Trump. Here’s what they told us.
  • The Washington Post Building in Washington, D.C., on June 5.
    'Washington Post' columnists push back against non-endorsement decision
    In a joint column, 17 Post columnists called the paper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate a "terrible mistake."
  • Josh Abate and Micah Coomer inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
    The Jan. 6 riot included Marines. The military is wrestling with the consequences
    A Marine and his buddies joined the mob that entered the Capitol on Jan. 6. They were not the only Marines there. NPR asked the Corps' top officer a question: Do the Marines have an extremism problem?
  • Washington Post publisher Will Lewis is to explain why the paper did not endorse a presidential candidate for the first time in 36 years.
    'Washington Post' won't endorse in White House race for first time since 1980s
    The Washington Post declined to make an endorsement in this year's presidential race. Its editorial board has written that GOP nominee Donald Trump is unfit for office.
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