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By Tim Reid, Reuters Donald Trump will go up against Kamala Harris in the fight for the White House on 5 November. Photo: BILL PUGLIANO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Thousands of observers may be deployed in Wisconsin on 5 November July action by pro-Trump activists was 'dry run' - officials Democrats also set to mobilise volunteers on election day Battleground state Wisconsin beefs up security at poll sites The moment election workers in the Milwaukee area started counting mail-in votes, activists backing Donald Trump's claim that his 2020 defeat was fraudulent began challenging every ballot. The observers raised a litany of complaints as poll staff read the absentee names and addresses aloud, as required in the state of Wisconsin, according to local elect...

By Jack Queen, Reuters A judge's decision leaves Elon Musk free to continue the giveaway because the matter likely won't be resolved until after the election next week. Photo: ANGELA WEISS / AFP A Pennsylvania state judge said he would not immediately move forward with a lawsuit that seeks to stop Elon Musk's US$1 million voter giveaway ahead of the 5 November US presidential election. At a hearing in Pennsylvania, Judge Angelo Foglietta said he would place the lawsuit on hold while a federal court considers whether to take up the case. Musk's bid to move the case frees him to continue the giveaway, because the matter likely won't be resolved until after Tuesday's election. The billionaire entrepreneur, who is spending heavily to back Republican Donald Trump, had been ordered to atte...

By Nick Valencia and Jason Morris, CNN Young Thug appears at a hearing on December 22, 2022, in Atlanta. Photo: Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP/File via CNN Newsource Young Thug was sentenced to time served as part of a sweeping case that originally included dozens of defendants. The rapper, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, will be released from custody and have to serve 15 years on probation as part of the non-negotiated plea agreement. In 2022, Williams was charged alongside more than two dozen others under Georgia's sprawling Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act - known as RICO. Prosecutors accused the rapper of leading a criminal street gang that committed murder and a slew of violent crimes in Atlanta dating back a decade. Williams has denied that...

By Raul Cortes, Reuters Mexican authorities are warning people not to wear masks or costumes to avoid being mistaken for a cartel member. Photo: RNZ / Jeremy Rees In the Mexican state of Sinaloa, authorities have ordered residents not to don masks or costumes for Halloween to avoid being confused with criminals amid a worsening cycle of cartel violence. Home to the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, the northwestern state has been wracked by deadly infighting between factions of the group following the arrest of one of its leaders, drug trafficker Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, in the United States in late July. The intra-cartel warfare has left hundreds of people dead or missing since September, and the federal government has deployed hundreds of soldiers to the region. "Do not wear a costume or a...