Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Tuesday's Headlines: FBI chief draws storm of protests on Clinton email probe

With election nearing, Comey advised against publicly accusing Russia of hacking ; Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster $767,000; Report: Trump used dubious tax avoidance scheme in 1990s ; The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing, and TV viewers are tuning out; Iraqi forces enter Mosul more than two years after ISIS seized city;
 
Today's Headlines
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FBI chief draws storm of protests on Clinton email probe
Outrage grew over FBI Director James B. Comey's disclosure that the bureau has resumed its investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server, with Democrats and Republicans amplifying their demands that Comey and the attorney general provide a more detailed account of the probe.
With election nearing, Comey advised against publicly accusing Russia of hacking
FBI Director James B. Comey advised against the Obama administration publicly accusing Russia of hacking political organizations on the grounds that it would make the administration appear unduly partisan too close to the Nov. 8 election, according to officials familiar with the deliberations.
 
Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster $767,000
The Republican candidate appears to have taken issue with some of the services provided by veteran GOP strategist Tony Fabrizio, who has advised candidates from 1996 GOP nominee Bob Dole to Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
 
Report: Trump used dubious tax avoidance scheme in 1990s
The Republican candidate avoided paying potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes in a way even his own lawyers considered questionable, The New York Times reported Monday.
 
The NFL is becoming more disturbing than appealing, and TV viewers are tuning out
COLUMN | Many theories are offered to explain declining ratings, but the answer might be simple: The product isn't good any more.
 
Iraqi forces enter Mosul more than two years after ISIS seized city
Two weeks after an operation to retake the city was launched, Iraqi commanders said they were fighting inside an industrial district on the outer edge of Mosul.
 
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Woman at center of South Korean presidential crisis is detained
President Park Geun-hye's friend of 40 years is accused of exerting undue influence on the president — and state affairs.
Transit strike in Philadelphia raises fears that walkout could keep voters from polls
Workers went on strike this morning, shutting down bus, trolley and subways that provide about 900,000 rides a day and causing worry that a walkout could last through Election Day.
Why Facebook users are ‘checking in’ at Standing Rock
By now, depending on your Facebook filter bubble, you've probably seen it: a Facebook friend "checking in" to Standing Rock, N.D., and then a separate post explaining the clever ploy.
No, Michelle Obama didn't throw shade at Hillary Clinton
An attack ad earns four Pinocchios for falsely claiming that Michelle Obama harshly attacked Hillary Clinton during the 2008 campaign.
President Obama tells 'spooky story' to Samantha Bee
"This is probably the most important election of our lifetimes," the president said on "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee."
CNN drops Donna Brazile over WikiLeaks revelations
The network cut ties with the DNC chair and commentator after hacked emails revealed she sent debate questions to the Clinton campaign.
This professor devotes her life to countering dangerous speech. She can't ignore Trump's.
Susan Benesch's research on speech and mass atrocities usually takes her to far-flung places such as Kenya and Burma. But in the U.S., Donald Trump has an undertone that raises the risk of violence, the American University professor said.
Opioid pills 'are like guns’: More than 13,000 children were poisoned during six-year period
Data underscore the dangers associated with the widespread availability of such prescription drugs, author of study says.
Your Uber driver is twice as likely to cancel if you’re black
A new study says customers with "black-sounding" names face longer waits and higher cancellation rates than white counterparts.
 
     
 
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