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Trump, Clinton campaigns make their final SoCal push
Trump campaigned in Phoenix on Saturday. While 53 percent of likely Trump voters said they are "very enthusiastic" about Trump, just 43 percent of Clinton voters said the same about thing her. That would give her 239 electoral votes , only 31 short of the 270 necessary to win the White House. Early voting in some USA states is going ahead full steam, for example, in Florida, where 33 percent of the registered voters - over four million - have already cast their vote.
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No. 23 Hokies visit Duke, look to keep control of division
ET at Wake Forest's Kenter Stadium. Virginia Tech is coming off a 39-36 win at Pittsburgh last week to improve to 6-2 on the season and 4-1 in the ACC. QB Daniel Jones has thrown for 1,889 yards and 11 touchdowns, but also has nine interceptions. Running back Shaun Wilson finished a 10-play, 75-yard drive with a 3-yard touchdown run with 3:55 left in the first quarter to tie the game.
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Appeals court blocks Arizona law that made collecting early ballots a felony
But Judge Sandra Ikuta, who wrote the majority opinion for the three-judge panel, said there was "no evidence that these categories of voters were more likely to be minorities than non-minorities". Thomas, in his dissent, said the practice will impact minorities more than other groups. "Our court risks present chaos and future confusion in pursuit of an outcome the Supreme Court has explicitly told us to avoid", O'Scannlain wrote.
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Omar Mateen 911 Calls From Orlando Shooting [FULL AUDIO]
Mateen , who was killed during a police shootout after his June 12 rampage, goes on: "You have to tell America to stop bombing Syria and Iraq". Although she became a person of interest following the deadly June 11 shooting, Salman maintained she had no clue of her husband's plans to spray the Orlando gay club with bullets, an action that left 49 people dead, and dozens more wounded.
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Aides for Trump ally Christie convicted over 'Bridgegate'
Both testified they trusted information provided by David Wildstein, a former Port Authority official who has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges for his role in the closures. Baroni and Bridget Kelly were found guilty of scheming to use traffic jams to punish a Democratic mayor who didn't endorse Christie in 2013. However, ABC reports it is unlikely they will get that much time with their most serious charges carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years.
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Tommy Arthur's execution delayed by two hours for US Supreme Court review
Alabama Corrections Department Bob Horton said the execution is now planned for 8 p.m. Thursday after a verbal request by the court. "We're not done yet". In that ruling the court found Florida's death sentencing law unconstitutional. Alabama argued in court filings that it was not. There have been 17 executions in the United States so far this year, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, and the country is on pace to have its fewest executions in a quarter-century.
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Judge orders canceled NC voters to be reinstated
Dr. William Barber II, president of the North Carolina Conference of the NAACP, said in a statement emailed to media outlets. The NAACP also wants North Carolina to take action to ensure these voters can cast ballots on or before the general election on November 8.
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Pelosi: FBI director likely to become a casualty of election
Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead in the U.S. presidential race has narrowed slightly since the FBI said late last week it was reviewing new emails in its investigation of the former secretary of state, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.
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Record First Day for Early Voting in Suburban Cook County
If they are registered they'll be asked to show an alternative type of identification like a current utility bill, of a bank statement. But just how each municipality decides to execute early voting is up to that particular community. But if you don't have one or either of those items, go anyway. That's fiction (as of the time this article was published). ). The Supervisor of Elections office is hoping to dispel a big myth that mail ballots do not count.
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'Chained like a dog': Missing woman found on sex offender's property
He says the woman, who worked for Kohlhepp, told deputies she had been kept in the container for two months and had been fed regularly. Relatives of Carver met with the Spartanburg County coroner on Friday after human remains were uncovered in a shallow grave on Kohlhepp's property.
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Florida Early Voting Already Tops 2012 Election
Resolve seems risky in a campaign season pelted by one scandal after the next. The Democrat's campaign once hoped to bank substantial votes from Democrats in North Carolina and Florida before Election Day. Traffic backed up on nearby roads, as people circled a lot looking for parking. For this election, the Board of Elections hit 1,700 voters by 3 p.m.
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At least 8 people injured in shooting outside nightclub
Among the wounded were the two suspects - a 21-year-old male and a 17-year-old male - who were in stable condition, police said. The department's Felony Assault Section investigators are conducting the investigation. One was in critical condition and the rest in stable condition, authorities said. Officers were in the area and heard the shots early Saturday morning in downtown Oakland, police said.
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Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump use whatever they've got in the final push
It's time for US voters to say goodbye to Hillary and Bill Clinton , Donald Trump said Saturday in his first weekly radio address for the Republican Party, stressing his bid for president is a movement and a "once-in-a-lifetime chance to take our government back" from wealthy campaign donors.
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Justice Department warns in filing about voter challenges
In a federal lawsuit filed Monday, the state NAACP alleged that thousands of names - the majority of them representing African Americans - were illegally purged from voter rolls in some North Carolina counties. "As described, the purge program at issue here rested on a mass mailing and the silence of voters largely unaware of the potential injury to their voting rights", the U.S.
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Obama slams Federal Bureau of Investigation chief James Comey for operating on 'leaks' and 'innuendo'
Both candidates are scrambling to keep up with shifting events. The Wall Street Journal reported overnight that Wall Street fell yesterday at least in part because of fears that the Republican presidential candidate might win. After several months of frenetic campaigning by the USA presidential candidates, Americans will finally go to the polls on November 8, 2016. Clinton is making a strong late push in OH, but the Buckeye State remains one of the two most likely, along with Iowa, ...
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VP candidate Kaine delivers speech in Spanish in Phoenix
Only one Democratic candidate, Bill Clinton in 1996, has won the state since 1948. "In the last debate, Trump referred to them as 'bad hombres.' ..." Outlining Clinton's economic plan, Kaine said it would generate 10.5 million new jobs in her first term, adding that economists reviewed both her plan and that of her GOP rival.
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2 police sergeants shot, wounded in gunbattle with suspect
The encounter unfolded after the gunman, Manuel Rosales, had broken into this estranged wife's home. "The city is in mourning and the family of the NYPD is in mourning, particularly the men and women of the four-three precinct", de Blasio said.
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Eagles' player Josh Huff arrested Tuesday morning
Huff was charged with criminal possession of a weapon after police found a 9mm handgun and six hollow-point bullets in his vehicle after he was pulled over for speeding. To protect myself as well. A lot of adversity and adverse situations, and I've always conquered them. Huff said the incident happened as he was heading to his South Jersey home.
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Supreme Court OKs Arizona ballot collection ban
That will be hashed out through a trial, a process that could take months or longer. "Legislatures are permitted to respond to potential deficiencies in the electoral process with foresight rather than reactivity", she wrote. "The record in this case fully documents the disparate burden that this new law imposes on minority voters", he wrote. Thomas also said that 14,000 registered voters on the 2.8 million-acre Tohono O'odham reservation have no home mail delivery.
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Court adjourns for week after jury sees video of shooting
Feiden Santana, holding the the cell phone he shot video with showing former North Charleston Police Officer Michael Slager's fatal encounter with Walter Scott, testifies in Slager's murder trial , Friday, Nov. After a tussle in which Slager stunned Scott with a Taser, the officer fired eight shots, five of which struck Scott, 50. The second prosecution witness was Tawayne Weems, an assistant principal at Stall High School in North Charleston, who was called as a corroborating witness to ...
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President Obama Rallies For Hillary Clinton In Fayetteville, Charlotte, North Carolina
While Trump has a much more uphill task than Clinton, analysts say it is still possible given Trump is performing much stronger than the last week. She planned to travel to Detroit afterward and end her day in Ohio. Those ad buys are based on the assumption that Trump doesn't need extra help to keep Arizona, Georgia, Utah, Texas or any other traditionally red state in the Republican column.
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Judge issues order to stop voter harassment by Trump backers
And in a nod to what the judge called "unique and special enthusiasm in this election", he said he'll hold a hearing Tuesday if any reports surface that day of voter harassment at the polls. A federal judge in OH issued a temporary restraining order Friday against the Donald Trump campaign, his former adviser Roger Stone and Stone's political action committee from "conspiring to intimidate, threaten, harass, or coerce voters on Election Day".
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Man arrested for aiding Oklahoma double murderer during police search
Officials said Roach provided Vance with bandages for his wounds, as well as an assault rifle and ammo for his time on the run. Vance boasted about his alleged crimes on social media, posting videos on Facebook. A manhunt, which was already underway, involved local, state and federal law enforcement agencies, who in turn set up security for people they believed Vance wanted to harm.
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Marijuana sales to quadruple after election
The poll among 1,500 registered California voters was in the last week of October and has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.3 percentage points. Californians have twice before turned down ballot measures to increase the tobacco tax, but anti-smoking groups are once again trying with prop 56. Most of these funds would be required to be spent for specific purposes such as substance use disorder education, prevention and treatment.
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The ups and downs of the end of Daylight Saving Time
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, when clocks are set back one hour. A February 19 briefing note to Minister Todd Stone on the issue of Daylight Savings (sic) Time quoted from an Insurance Corporation of B.C. He said it takes about a day for people to readjust to the time change, and could take some people up to a week. A bill to end daylight saving time in Utah has never passed out of committee or come up for a floor debate in a legislative chamber.
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In final push, Clinton, Trump target two different Americas
In spite of a close race in national polling, Trump's path to victory remains narrow. North Carolina was suddenly in the eye of the political storm, with the candidates frantically criss-crossing the southeastern state where they are locked at 46.4 percent apiece.
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S&P 500 index marks its longest losing streak in 36 years
Economists anticipate 173,000 jobs to have been added to nonfarm payrolls in October, accelerating from 156,000 in September. Dow e-minis were up 8 points, or 0.04 percent, with 38,166 contracts changing hands. ASIA'S DAY: Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 1.3 percent to 16,905.36 and South Korea's Kospi lost 0.1 percent to 1,982.02. The S&P 500 is up 41.24 points, or 2 percent.
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Here's what you need to bring with you to vote
Rozell said unlike other states, MI doesn't have early voting where the voter is actually able to cast their vote using a voting machine. "The state of Florida has a history when it comes to the Bush/Gore election, so I definitely feel more secure voting on Election Day ".
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Barack Obama Shouts At Supporters, Defends Man Backing Donald Trump
Donald Trump predicts that if Hillary Clinton wins next week's presidential election, "she's likely to be under investigation for a long time, concluding in a criminal trial". Clinton enlisted Obama's help urging those voters to the polls and lighting a fire under other Democrats, particularly young people, who share some of the wariness about Clinton.
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Tens of thousands in South Korea call for president to quit
In an extraordinary display of abject apology during a moment of supreme crisis, South Korean President Park took sole blame Friday for a "heartbreaking" scandal amid rising suspicion that she allowed a mysterious confidante to manipulate power from the shadows.
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NYPD Sergeant Wounded in Gunfire Released From Hospital
The suspect, Manuel Rosales, 35, who was armed with multiple weapons, was shot and killed. Rosales, of Brentwood, Long Island, stayed for hours before fleeing. "That doesn't sound like firecrackers", he said he thought. He had served time in state prison for possession of stolen property. He was scheduled to appear in court on Long Island on November 16 on a charge of violating a protective order.
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In final push, Clinton, Trump target different Americas
That's given Trump an enthusiasm boost in Florida and across Midwestern battlegrounds long considered reliably blue territory. With joke candidates, like Stein and Johnson, it seems some of their support went to Trump and Clinton as decision time draws nearer, though most went to Clinton.
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Obama on brouhaha over Federal Bureau of Investigation email review: 'We don't operate on innuendo'
It referred to Trump as a "philanthropist", and made no mention of documented connections between Trump Sr. and the Ku Klux Klan, or his history of racially discriminatory rental practices. That dump concerned an investigation into former President Bill Clinton's controversial pardon of Marc Rich, which many still view as highly inappropriate and proof of government corruption.
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Over 4000 attend President Obama event for Hillary Clinton at FIU
In Colorado's Senate race, Democratic candidate Michael Bennet is leading Republican candidate Darryl Glenn by eight percentage points - 48% to 40%. "It was not clear to me which Donald Trump or how many Donald Trumps would show up during the course of each debate".
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NY police officer slain in the Bronx
Mayor Bill de Blasio is on his way to the hospital. Police say Sgt. Emmanuel Kwo, left the hospital Friday night after treatment for a leg wound. The violent encounter began to unfold at 2:45 p.m., when a woman called police and said a Long Island man, Manuel Rosales, had forced his way into an apartment where his estranged wife and their 3-year-old son were staying.