Tuesday 25 October 2016

Evening Edition: Trump says Affordable Care Act is ‘blowing up,’ attacks price spikes

PowerPost: Another October surprise. Will it move voters?; North Carolina race could determine whether GOP keeps the Senate; Kellyanne Conway's and Donald Trump's relationship is becoming bizarre; How a fed-up group of 'Good Girls' beat the 'Mad Men'-era sexists; Big debate about Shakespeare finally settled by big data: Christopher Marlowe gets his due; New York Giants release Josh Brown over domestic violence issue; With the battle for Mosul underway, U.S. sets sights on ISIS capital of Raqqa; Philippine President Duterte threatens to throw out U.S. troops; Tilapia has a terrible reputation. Does it deserve it?; Clinton took more conciliatory tone with health-care industry in paid speeches; The Fix: Over three-quarters of swing-state polls since the first debate have shown Clinton with a lead; Opinion: One GOP woman wonders why the men in her party won't defend her; More than pantsuits and pearls: How designers would dress a woman in the White House; Heading a soccer ball causes instant brain changes, study finds; She told doctors she might have kidney stones. They told her she was about to give birth.; The startling rise in oral cancer in men, and what it says about our changing sexual habits;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
Trump says Affordable Care Act is 'blowing up,' attacks price spikes
Donald Trump's statement came a day after the Obama administration announced that health-plan premiums sold through HealthCare.gov will increase by an average of 25 percent. Trump vowed to replace the program "with something much less expensive."
PowerPost: Another October surprise. Will it move voters?
Koch network gambling that ACA still packs the same political punch. New numbers validate theory, but many voters also value the law.
 
North Carolina race could determine whether GOP keeps the Senate
With a four-seat margin in the Senate, Republicans cannot afford a loss in North Carolina. Polls have shown Sen. Richard M. Burr leading but struggling to break away from his Democratic challenger.
 
Kellyanne Conway's and Donald Trump's relationship is becoming bizarre
Trump and his campaign manager appear to be on separate pages.
 
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How a fed-up group of 'Good Girls' beat the 'Mad Men'-era sexists
Lynn Povich, who led a lawsuit against Newsweek in 1970 for its treatment of women, and her book are the inspiration for a fictionalized television series that debuts Friday on Amazon Prime.
 
Big debate about Shakespeare finally settled by big data: Christopher Marlowe gets his due
For centuries, scholars have debated whether Christopher Marlowe, a contemporary of Shakespeare, might have helped write the three "Henry VI" plays long credited to The Bard. Now the Oxford University Press believes it has resolved that debate.
 
New York Giants release Josh Brown over domestic violence issue
The Giants have cut ties with the kicker following the revelation of new evidence suggesting he had repeatedly abused his ex-wife.
 
With the battle for Mosul underway, U.S. sets sights on ISIS capital of Raqqa
Though the campaign for Mosul is far from over, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter suggested the battle for the militants' de facto capital in Syria could soon begin.
 
Philippine President Duterte threatens to throw out U.S. troops
The volatile president said he hated having foreign troops in his country and questioned a 2014 deal that expanded military ties between the Philippines and the United States.
 
Tilapia has a terrible reputation. Does it deserve it?
The farmed fish gets a bad rap on nutrition, sustainability and taste. But experts say if you're going to farm fish, tilapia is a great candidate.
 
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Clinton took more conciliatory tone with health-care industry in paid speeches
The speeches provide another example of an industry with much at stake during the next administration adding to the personal wealth of the woman who is now the Democratic presidential nominee.
 
The Fix: Over three-quarters of swing-state polls since the first debate have shown Clinton with a lead
Nothing has changed over the past month, which is deadly for Donald Trump.
 
Opinion: One GOP woman wonders why the men in her party won't defend her
I want to ask the men leading the GOP a question: Why didn't you defend women from this raging sexist?
 
More than pantsuits and pearls: How designers would dress a woman in the White House
Women in Washington who were seeking institutional authority and influence had to walk a fine line. And fashion has been loath to provide them with the aesthetic tools to make their endeavor any easier.
 
Heading a soccer ball causes instant brain changes, study finds
The study is the first to detect direct neurological changes by headers too minor to cause a concussion.
 
She told doctors she might have kidney stones. They told her she was about to give birth.
Shaun Jude Jaegers, 7 pounds and 19 inches, was born just a few hours after his mother found out she was pregnant.
 
The startling rise in oral cancer in men, and what it says about our changing sexual habits
In past generations, oral cancer was mostly linked to smoking and alcohol. But as smoking rates dropped, oral cancer rates have remained about the same, and researchers think HPV may be the cause.
 
 
     
 
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