Elon Musk gave $1 million to three Pennsylvanians for signing his America PAC petition. They’d already voted

PHILADELPHIA — Three Pennsylvanians are the first recipients of Elon Musk’s daily $1 million prize to swing-state voters who signed a petition powered by his pro-Donald Trump America PAC. Each had already voted.

John Dreher, Kristine Fishell, and Shannon Tomei were randomly selected to win the Musk lottery. This financial investment is indicative of the lengths that Musk is going to in his push to help deliver Pennsylvania, and other battlegrounds, for Trump in November.

But the sweepstakes — a novel voter-mobilization effort — raises some questions, both legally and about the effectiveness of Musk’s efforts. All three lottery winners are registered Republicans and had returned their mail ballots before receiving the $1 million, according to state records. Meanwhile, some legal experts have deemed the contest “clearly illegal,” and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro suggested that authorities should investigate.

Musk announced the megabucks sweepstakes at a town hall on Saturday in Harrisburg.

—The Philadelphia Inquirer

1 arrested as UCLA police dismantle 'Gaza solidarity sukkah' and disperse student protest

LOS ANGELES — One person was arrested at UCLA on Monday night on suspicion of failing to disperse after the university's Police Department ordered around 40 protesters to leave Dickson Court North, where they had established a "Gaza solidarity Sukkah" and a handful of tents, authorities said.

Student protesters erected the sukkah Monday morning to observe the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and demand the university divest from companies that do business with Israel and call for an end to the war in Palestine. By Monday evening, students had also set up a small number of tents.

At 3:20 p.m., UCPD issued a statement saying that students were assembling in an area not designated for public expression, using unauthorized structures and amplified sound — all of which violate the protest policies enacted in September in response to the massive pro-Palestinian protests that rattled campus in April.

According to reporting from the Daily Bruin, a group of pro-Israel counterprotesters arrived in Dickson Court North around 8 p.m., and pro-Palestinian protesters began dismantling their tents around 8:20 p.m.

—Los Angeles Times

California reaches $7.5 million settlement with Walmart over hazardous and medical waste

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Walmart will pay $7.5 million in civil penalties and costs in a settlement with California prosecutors who alleged the retail corporation unlawfully disposed hazardous waste and medical waste from their facilities statewide in city landfills.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the settlement Tuesday, saying the resolution to the lawsuit will ensure Walmart’s hazardous waste is handled and disposed of as required by law.

“Walmart’s illegal disposal of hazardous and medical waste not only violated California laws, but, if left unchecked, posed a threat to human health and the environment,” Bonta said in a news release. “As a result of this investigation and lawsuit, Walmart has taken significant steps to prevent such disposals from happening in the future.”

The settlement is the result of more than 70 waste audits conducted by the district attorneys’ offices statewide and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control.

—The Sacramento Bee

FBI probes leak of secret documents on Israel attack plans

The FBI is investigating the leak of classified documents that detailed Israeli preparations to retaliate against Iran, as officials seek to clamp down on yet another embarrassing disclosure of U.S. intelligence secrets.

The bureau is probing the disclosure and “working closely with our partners in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community,” the Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Tuesday, without providing further details.

The two leaked documents emerged late last week on the Telegram messaging platform. Based on U.S. geospatial and signals intelligence, they report that Israel conducted covert drone activity and prepared munitions — including long-range air-launched ballistic missiles — ahead of planned retaliation against Iran.

The information exposed only a limited amount of information. But it was another failure for the U.S. intelligence apparatus a year and a half after a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman leaked secret maps, updates and assessments of Russia’s war in Ukraine.

—Bloomberg News