Thursday, October 27, 2016

Washington Post-ABC News poll: Clinton holds four-point lead in aftermath of Trump tape and other top stories.

  • Washington Post-ABC News poll: Clinton holds four-point lead in aftermath of Trump tape

    Washington Post-ABC News poll: Clinton holds four-point lead in aftermath of Trump tape
    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Bangor, Maine Oct. 15, 2016. (Evan Vucci/AP) Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at a rally in Miami October 11, 2016. (Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post) With three weeks until Election Day, Hillary Clinton holds a four-point lead over Donald Trump in the race for the White House, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, with the Republican nominee hobbled by persistent per..
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  • Law enforcement seek to reassure immigrants of their safety

    Law enforcement seek to reassure immigrants of their safety
    GARDEN CITY, Kan. –  Law enforcement sought Saturday to reassure immigrants in a diverse western Kansas community of their safety after three men were accused of plotting to target Somali immigrants there. A complaint unsealed Friday charged Curtis Wayne Allen, 49; Patrick Eugene Stein, 47; and Gavin Wayne Wright, 49, with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction in Garden City. The men are members of a small militia group that calls itself "the Crusaders," and whose members espouse sove..
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  • Crews Try to Keep Massive Northern Nevada Wildfire at Bay

    Crews Try to Keep Massive Northern Nevada Wildfire at Bay
    Firefighters in Nevada were hoping to stop a wind-driven wildfire, which has already destroyed 22 homes north of Carson City, from jumping any major roads. The blaze between Reno and Carson City was only 5 percent contained Saturday, fire officials said. The fire, which grew overnight to more than 5 square miles, was threatening 500 structures and had destroyed 17 outbuildings. Residents east of Washoe Lake have been allowed to return home. Other neighborhoods have been permitted but told ..
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  • The Massachusetts CREDO Study of Charter Schools Methodology is Critically Flawed

    The Massachusetts CREDO Study of Charter Schools Methodology is Critically Flawed
    In Massachusetts there is a rigorous debate about charter schools and their impact on education. Proponents of charter schools cite a 2013 report by CREDO as evidence that charter schools in Massachusetts are effective. I have reviewed the 2013 CREDO report and I find that the methodology used is insufficient to draw conclusions about charter schools in Massachusetts. If we don't use reliable methods, then we can't rely on the results of the study. Let me explain my several concerns. Problem..
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  • Advocates hope new Brooklyn DA exonerates the innocent

    Advocates hope new Brooklyn DA exonerates the innocent
    Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, the first African-American to hold the office, created a conviction review unit after just four months on the job. (Byron Smith/for New York Daily News). BY Christina Carrega-woodby. NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Sunday ...
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  • High winds, rain lash Pacific Northwest a second day

    High winds, rain lash Pacific Northwest a second day
    The fierce storm spawned by Typhoon Songda put 13,700 customers in the dark in the Portland area, Portland General Electric reported at 11 p.m. (2 a.m. ET).Throughout the night, utilities worked to restore power to residents in Oregon and Washington. Around 11 p.m., Puget Sound Energy said nearly 15,000 customers were without power. Seattle City & Light tweeted that it had fully restored power after about 3,000 customers who lost power due to a fallen tree in southeast Seattle.The National Weath..
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  • New Trump accuser: GOP nominee grabbed, kissed me

    New Trump accuser: GOP nominee grabbed, kissed me
    Cathy Heller joins a rapidly growing list of women who are accusing the GOP nominee of sexual assault in the week since a 2005 tape surfaced in which Trump bragged about being able to grope women and get away with it.Heller, now 63, said she met Trump at Mar-a-Lago nearly 20 years ago while she and her family were having brunch, she told The Guardian newspaper.Heller said she had been introduced to the GOP nominee by her mother-in-law. She told the paper the real estate magnate "took my hand, an..
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  • Truck plunges off San Diego bridge into crowd below; 4 dead

    Truck plunges off San Diego bridge into crowd below; 4 dead
    AP 3:04 a.m. EDT October 16, 2016Police stand near the pickup truck that landed at Chicano Park after it flew off a ramp to the San Diego Coronado Bridge in San Diego on Oct. 15, 2016.(Photo: Hayne Palmour IV/The San Diego Union-Tribune via AP)SAN DIEGO (AP) รข€” A member of the U.S. Navy was arrested after the pickup truck he was driving plunged off a San Diego bridge, killing four people and injuring nine at a festival below, authorities said.Authorities identified the driver as Ri..
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