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Judge John Michael Vazquez's ruling came one day after lawyers for the Democrats had argued that Republicans were coordinating with GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to intimidate voters in violation of an agreement that the RNC has been forced to follow since 1982. The RNC and New Jersey's Republican party allegedly had off-duty law enforcement officers stand at polling places in urban areas wearing "National Ballot Security Task Force" armbands. In a statement issued Saturday, Angelo Genova... Читать дальше...

The men, technicians working on a construction project at an airport, were seized Sept. 19 by armed men who blocked their vehicle in Ghat, a Sahara Desert city near the border with Algeria. President Joko Widodo canceled a visit Saturday to Australia after a huge rally in the capital by Muslim hard-liners descended into violence, killing one and injuring almost 200. French police arrested the leader of the Basque militant group ETA, Spain’s Interior Ministry said Saturday. The leader of Britain’s... Читать дальше...

[...] Democrats will face their own divisions after election day, and the battle over the party’s heart, soul and future may well play out on the floor of the Senate, under direction of a new Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer. When Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., announced his retirement, Schumer managed to leapfrog Reid’s No. 2, Dick Durbin of Illinois, and sew up the necessary support from fellow Democrats to claim the job. Tuesday’s election will determine whether Schumer leads a Democratic majority in the Senate... Читать дальше...

PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court reinstated an Arizona law that makes it a felony to collect early ballots, dealing a blow Saturday to Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts just days before the presidential election. Democratic groups had already geared up to begin helping voters deliver their ballots to the polls, and the Supreme Court decision calls into question what happens to ballots they legally collected from voters in the approximately 20 hours that the law was blocked. GOP Gov. Doug Ducey... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON — Black clergy are taking to the pulpits and the streets nationwide this weekend in hopes of energizing voters ahead of election day, seeking to make a difference in the presidential contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. In battleground states such as Florida, Ohio and North Carolina, other black clergy are extending Souls to the Polls efforts for a second weekend to get black churchgoers to cast ballots early or on election day. Souls to the Polls events are based around... Читать дальше...

In the closely contested and watched race for state Senate, San Francisco supervisors Scott Wiener — the establishment favorite endorsed by the Democratic Party — and Jane Kim — the progressive backed by Bernie Sanders —argued for their own versions of local policy. Speaking to dozens of supporters near tennis courts at Balboa Park in San Francisco’s Ingleside district, Wiener, whose paid family leave legislation Hillary Clinton lauded, sought to establish himself as the establishment presence with the clout to pass policy in Sacramento. Читать дальше...

With the opening of the state recreational Dungeness crab season on Saturday, local crabbers showed up at Pacifica Pier, among other popular spots, with their nets, snares and crab traps. The fact that the season opened on time was reason alone to celebrate, after last year’s massive algal bloom delayed the opening of the local sports fishery until February and the commercial season until March. Anyone who catches crab north of Point Reyes should remove all viscera — the internal organs, including the butter — before consuming the meat. Читать дальше...

MOSUL, Iraq — Islamic State fighters launched counterattacks Saturday against Iraqi special forces in eastern Mosul, emerging from populated areas deeper in the city to target the troops with mortars and suicide car bombs in clashes that raged late into the night. Artillery shelling thundered across the city as snipers traded fire from rooftops and civilians emerged from the front lines waving white flags. The seesawing battle highlights the challenges ahead for Iraqi forces as they press into... Читать дальше...

BALTIMORE — The driver of the school bus involved in a deadly crash last week in Baltimore was taking medication for seizures when he had an accident two years ago, his wife told investigators at the time, according to records obtained by the Associated Press. Glenn Chappell’s wife spoke with officers after her husband apparently lost consciousness, crashing into trees and shrubbery but emerging unscathed from the single-car accident in Howard County on Feb. 9, 2014. The NTSB and Baltimore police... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the final days of the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton holds advantages over Donald Trump in just enough states to win her the White House — if she can hold them on Election Day. The Associated Press this week moves New Hampshire from leaning Democratic to a toss-up, Arizona from a toss-up to leaning Republican, Virginia from strong Democratic to leaning Democratic, and Texas from leaning Republican to strong Republican. Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service says a man with a firearm walking near the White House led authorities to briefly lock down the property as a precaution. A uniformed Secret Service officer confronted the unidentified man on Saturday afternoon as he walked along Pennsylvania Avenue near Madison Place, on the eastern side of Lafayette Park.

HOUSTON (AP) — A family spokesman says a 27-year-old Houston man is one of three U.S. military members who were killed in a shooting outside a military base in southern Jordan. Dolcefino says Moriarty had served three tours of duty and was a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces.

(AP) — A federal jury has awarded $400,000 to a deaf man who was a former Oregon inmate after finding that state corrections officials violated his civil rights by failing to make proper accommodations for his disability. Jurors weren't told that VanValkenburg was serving a sentence for sodomy and sexual abuse convictions involving crimes against a 10-year-old boy in Washington County.

DENVER (AP) — Authorities are holding a man on suspicion of criminal mischief after someone threw a rock through a window at the Donald Trump campaign office in Denver, narrowly missing a 10-year-old child. About 20 volunteers at the campaign office in Denver escaped injury when the rock smashed through the window while they were making campaign calls. On-duty police responded from several blocks away and took the man into custody.

WASHINGTON (AP) — At times it has seemed as though this presidential campaign was occurring in some alternate universe. Donald Trump's tweets, speeches, interviews, debate statements, news conferences and off-the-cuff remarks — that is, pretty much every utterance made during his waking hours — have been a source of hyperbole at hyper-speed. Clinton took actual facts and went beyond them, promising more than she can deliver, cherry-picking numbers and otherwise standing for the lawyerly Washington... Читать дальше...

Heck faced former Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, who would be the first Latina U.S. senator and hoped to benefit from Latino voters' suspicion of Trump and a hefty get-out-the-vote effort by Nevada unions. Cortez Masto stopped by a Mexican grocery store late Friday where some people waited hours to cast their votes on the final day of early voting and where elections officials extended the cutoff two hours to accommodate crowds. Nevada Republicans planned a massive weekend get-out-the-vote... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Developers have sued the California Coastal Commission for more than $490 million in damages for failing to approve a project that would have turned a 401-acre stretch of oil field overlooking the Pacific Ocean into a housing and retail development. "There were an extraordinary and unprecedented amount of procedural errors, misinformation and errors in fact that did not provide the opportunity for a balanced decision," said Michael Mohler, Newport Banning Ranch senior project manager, in a prepared statement. Читать дальше...

(AP) — A Chicago-based group's settlement with public housing officials in East Chicago is giving residents at a lead-tainted housing complex in the northern Indiana city a break on rent and more time to find new housing. The compliant claimed that the East Chicago Housing Authority's relocation plan violated civil rights laws and called its resident relocation process "chaotic and troubling." Krystle Jackson, a mother of four who left the complex in mid-July because of her son's elevated blood lead levels... Читать дальше...

(AP) — Members of a Brockton family say they believe a stray bullet entered their home and grazed a 3-year-old boy's leg during a shootout in broad daylight. Relatives of the boy told The Brockton Enterprise that he was crying after the shootout and they thought he was just scared, but they noticed blood on his pants.

(AP) — A federal judge has denied a request by protesters and the NAACP to ban law enforcement from arresting people who continue to gather at the spot in a San Diego suburb where a man was fatally shot by police. Demonstrators contend law enforcement violated their civil rights by breaking up gatherings and making arrests.

(AP) — The Alabama State University Board of Trustees has voted to suspend President Gwendolyn Boyd, saying it had lost confidence in her. There had been rumors of university employees being asked to take one furlough day each month as part of the 2017 budget.

BURLINGTON, Iowa (AP) — A barred owl has been released back into the wild after a monthlong stay at the Raptor Advocacy Rehabilitation and Education Center, or RARE, in Iowa City. [...] he donned work gloves, put the owl in a box and headed to work, where he called veterinary technician and RARE field team member Michele Nigg. Raptors, water fowl and song birds the center takes in are admitted to the clinic to determine whether the injuries are life-threatening and if they will be able to be released.

Eastern Conference East Division Two points for a team winning in overtime or shootout; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns. Wednesday's results Moose Jaw 3 Brandon 2 (OT) Seattle 5 Prince Albert 2 Medicine Hat 6 Prince George 4 Friday's results Prince Albert 6 Kootenay 0 Moose Jaw 3 Edmonton 1 Kamloops 5 Medicine Hat 2 Saturday's results Seattle at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m. Medicine Hat at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m. Sunday's games Thursday's games Regina at Moose Jaw... Читать дальше...

Manfred Weber, the CSU's deputy leader, told the Passauer Neue Presse daily that his party won't join another coalition government unless there's a cap on asylum-seekers. Party leader Horst Seehofer told news channel n-tv that he expects the CSU to close ranks with Merkel's Christian Democrats ahead of next year's vote, but acknowledged that it may not be possible to agree on all points, including immigration.

Air so dirty you can taste and smell it; a gray haze that makes a gentle stroll a serious health hazard. According to one advocacy group, the smog that enveloped New Delhi was the worst in the past 17 years. The concentration of PM2.5, tiny particulate pollution that can clog lungs, averaged close to 700 micrograms per cubic meter. Over the past two years, the government has tried a host of measures to control air pollution, including stricter emission norms for cars and a tax on diesel-fueled trucks that enter the city.