Sunday, 4 September 2016

Sunday's Headlines: Election forecasters look for ways to make sense of a chaotic political year

Trump's message at black Detroit church met with politeness, skepticism; Pence says he will release his tax returns 'in the next week'; Near Kenya's capital, escaped lions from wildlife refuge unnerve humans; Mother Teresa officially declared a Catholic saint;
 
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Election forecasters look for ways to make sense of a chaotic political year
Although most prediction models indicate that Hillary Clinton will win, two foresee a Trump White House. The modelers stand by their projections, though with varying degrees of confidence because Donald Trump is a wild-card candidate. 
Trump's message at black Detroit church met with politeness, skepticism
The event — at which the GOP nominee swayed to gospel music, accepted a Jewish prayer shawl and told congregants that he was there to listen to their concerns — provided a jarring contrast to a hard-edged candidacy that has included racially tinged appeals resonating primarily with white Republicans.
 
Pence says he will release his tax returns 'in the next week'
But the GOP vice-presidential nominee was vague when asked when the returns of Donald Trump's would be made public.
 
Near Kenya's capital, escaped lions from wildlife refuge unnerve humans
The collision between people and wild animals is nothing new in much of Africa, but Nairobi represents the extreme difficulty of trying to preserve wildlife while an urban population booms.
 
Mother Teresa officially declared a Catholic saint
Applause erupted in St. Peter's Square even before Pope Francis finished pronouncing the rite of canonization, honoring the tiny nun who cared for the destitute and holding her up as a model for a Catholic Church that goes to the peripheries to find poor, wounded souls.
 
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