International

Donald Trump could have election ‘stolen’ from him, four in 10 voters say: poll

Forty-one percent of voters say Donald Trump could have the election “stolen” from him through widespread voter fraud, as Mr. Trump re-ups his fears of a “rigged” general election contest. That’s according to a Politico/Morning Consult poll released Monday that found 73 percent of Republicans think the election could be taken away, compared to 17 […]

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USA

Tyra Damm: Talking to our children about sexual assault as campaign takes us down strange path

I wish we lived in a world in which we didn’t have to read about or hear about or worry about the really tough stuff — like cancer, violent crime, drug and alcohol addiction, acts of hate, lying and cheating, sexual assault. Yet we do. We live in a beautiful, broken world. We are lovely,

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Clinton to Goldman Sachs: Nation needs election based on policy

WASHINGTON, October 17, 2016 – The 2016 Presidential campaign has been intensely personal, with relatively little attention focused on the policy differences between the candidates. Yet in 2013, Hillary Clinton told Goldman Sachs she hoped this campaign would be about the issues, not about personalities. Clinton’s remarks appear in transcripts of hacked emails from Clinton

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USA

Column: Megyn Kelly’s debate question foreshadowed the story of 2016 race

Attention, Hollywood: I have the perfect opening scene for the made-for-TV movie version on the 2016 presidential race. Even though the moment occurred 14 months ago, I didn’t know how prophetic it was until the hot-mic videotape of Donald Trump telling “Access Hollywood” host Billy Bush how he sexually assaults women surfaced. All the seeds

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Iraq launches Mosul offensive against Islamic State group

Iraqi government forces launched a US-backed offensive on Monday to drive the Islamic State (IS) group from the northern city of Mosul, a high-stakes battle to retake the militants’ last major stronghold in the country. Two years after the jihadists seized the city of 1.5 million people and declared a caliphate from there encompassing tracts

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Middle East