Here's a roundup of news trending across the nation and world today.
What to know now:
1. Grabbing a musket: A former member of the House of Representatives says he wasn't calling for violence when he tweeted that he would be "grabbing a musket" if Hillary Clinton wins the presidential election on Nov. 8. Joe Walsh, a former congressman from Illinois, said he wasn't suggesting violence with the tweet, but civil disobedience. "I'm not talking about inciting violence. I'm saying, 'If Trump loses, man, game on, grab your musket. We're going to protest. We're going to boycott. We're going to picket. We're going to march on Washington. We're going to stop paying taxes. We're going to practice civil disobedience.' Whatever it takes," Walsh explained.
2. ISP rules: The Federal Communications Commission is expected to vote Thursday on how Internet service providers can use customer data. Service providers would be required to get customers' permission to use certain types of data such as health or financial information or information on a person's web browsing history.
3. National Guard bonuses: The Pentagon has suspended efforts to force members of the California National Guard to pay back enlistment bonuses they received to serve in Iraq and Afghanistan. The service members could still be asked to repay some or all of the bonuses – some totaled more than $25,000. The Department of Defense said a portion of the bonuses were awarded improperly to people not eligible for them.
4. Best PTO companies: How is your company when it comes to paid time off? Glassdoor has released its list of the 25 highest rated companies for vacation and paid time off. The ranking, based on employee reviews, puts Amgen at the top of the list. Amgen is a biotechnology company. The company offers three weeks of paid vacation plus two additional weeks around the Fourth of July and Christmas.
5. Afghan girl: Sharbat Gula, whose photo came to represent the plight of Afghan refugees after it was published on the front of National Geographic magazine, has been arrested in Peshawar, Pakistan. Gula has been charged with possession of a forged national identification card, according to authorities. Gula's image, taken when she was 12, came to represent Afghan refugees fleeing from a war-torn country. Gula, her siblings and her grandmother fled Afghanistan after her parents were killed in the fighting there in the early 1980s. Her photo, and particularly her piercing green eyes, caught the attention of the world.
And one more
Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps and Nicole Johnson are married, and they have been for a while, according to reports. The couple married in June in Paradise Valley, Ariz., according to a marriage license filed there, but kept their nuptials a secret. The couple had a child in May. Johnson and their son, Boomer, were seen supporting Phelps at the Rio Summer Olympics in August.
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