Evening Edition: 50-state poll shows why Clinton holds the advantage over Trump

4 Pinocchios for claim that Hillary Clinton was fired during the Watergate inquiry; Fox News parent company pays $20 million to settle Gretchen Carlson's sexual harassment suit; A 7th-grader's sext was meant to impress a boy. He shared it. It nearly destroyed her.; 'They call it bunny hunting': How authorities warn kids about online predators; The Philippine obscenity flap is about so much more than Duterte's dirty mouth; Bill Cosby's sex assault trial set; may include testimony from 13 women; As gun violence surges in Chicago, people look to escape fear and show that 'everything is not all bad'; The Guantanamo quagmire: Still no trial in sight for 9/11 suspects; White Catholics struggle to get on board the Trump train; Trump dismisses questions about improper gift to Florida attorney general; 'Honorary' job at for-profit college paid Bill Clinton millions; Congress returns with one goal: No government shutdown; Brock Turner is now registered as a sex offender in Ohio after spending three months in jail; ITT Technical Institutes shut down after 50 years in operation; Mom explains why she doesn't want her son to read in kindergarten;   The day's most important stories   50-state poll shows why Clinton holds the advantage over Trump With nine weeks until Election Day, Donald Trump is within striking distance in the Upper Midwest, but Hillary Clinton's strength in many battlegrounds and some traditional Republican strongholds gives her a big electoral college advantage, according to a 50-state Washington Post-SurveyMonkey poll. By Dan Balz and Scott Clement  •  Read more » 4 Pinocchios for claim that Hillary Clinton was fired during the Watergate inquiry We know that it is all but impossible to stamp out these Internet memes. But this is simply one of those lies that will not die. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   Fox News parent company pays $20 million to settle Gretchen Carlson's sexual harassment suit The settlement brings a swift and expensive end to a claim that set in motion the ouster of Roger Ailes, who co-founded the cable news network in 1996. By Paul Farhi  •  Read more »   A 7th-grader's sext was meant to impress a boy. He shared it. It nearly destroyed her. For every "sexting scandal" that is reported, an unknown multitude of parents and teens — mostly girls — are just beginning to grasp what it means to live in a world where nothing digital ever truly disappears. By Jessica Contrera  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'They call it bunny hunting': How authorities warn kids about online predators As perils like sexting, sextortion, cyberbullying, sexual predation and identity theft have grown, authorities are expanding their outreach to warn kids as early as sixth grade. By Caitlin Gibson  •  Read more »   The Philippine obscenity flap is about so much more than Duterte's dirty mouth President Rodrigo Duterte's description of President Obama as a "son of a whore" obscured the very real toll of the new war on drug dealers — and the severity of the Chinese threat. By Emily Rauhala  •  Read more »   Bill Cosby's sex assault trial set; may include testimony from 13 women Prosecutors hope to establish a pattern of past conduct in their case against the comedian, who faces felony charges for allegedly drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004. By Manuel Roig-Franzia  •  Read more »   As gun violence surges in Chicago, people look to escape fear and show that 'everything is not all bad' Residents in the violence-stricken city are trying to reclaim their streets in the face of mounting bloodshed. By Mark Berman and Mark Guarino  •  Read more »   The Guantanamo quagmire: Still no trial in sight for 9/11 suspects Ten years after the detainees were sent to Cuba, the military commissions that were intended as a swift path to justice crawl forward. By Missy Ryan  •  Read more »   White Catholics struggle to get on board the Trump train If you want to understand Donald Trump's Catholic problem, come to the pancake breakfast after Sunday Mass at St. Luke's church in Ankeny, Iowa. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump dismisses questions about improper gift to Florida attorney general Donald Trump's charity violated federal rules in 2013 with a $25,000 contribution to a group connected to Attorney General Pam Bondi, who was then considering whether to open a fraud investigation against Trump University. By Jose A. DelReal and David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more »   'Honorary' job at for-profit college paid Bill Clinton millions A close examination of the deal reveals how the former president leveraged the Clintons' connections to enhance their personal wealth — potentially providing another avenue for supporters to gain access to the family. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Read more »   Congress returns with one goal: No government shutdown After a summer break, lawmakers have four weeks to hammer out a spending deal before the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. But some are already warning the task will not be easy. By Kelsey Snell  •  Read more »   Brock Turner is now registered as a sex offender in Ohio after spending three months in jail Turner was convicted in March of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman outside a Stanford University fraternity house. He must register as a sex offender for life. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   ITT Technical Institutes shut down after 50 years in operation The for-profit school cited the government's action to curtail the company's access to millions of dollars in federal loans and grants in its decision to close all its schools. By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel  •  Read more »   Mom explains why she doesn't want her son to read in kindergarten The mother, who is a former teacher with a doctorate in educational policy, said that kindergarten used to be based on structured play but now requires young children to maintain focus in an intensive academic environment. 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