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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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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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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

Former abductee Elizabeth Smart had something to say about Donald Trump’s “locker room talk”

Former abductee and activist Elizabeth Smart openly slammed Donald Trump’s lewd comments about women in a new interview with The Salt Lake Tribune. “It’s terrifying. I don’t really see the world getting any better,” Smart said. Smart, 28, was abducted in 2002 at the age of 14 from her home in Salt Lake City by

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Exhibit opens on Newark’s philanthropist, Louis Bamberger

Department store magnate aided Jewish and general communities Linda Forgosh, director of the Jewish Historical Society of NJ, holds her book, Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist. Photo by Robert Wiener A cardboard replica of Louis Bamberger and the landmark clock outside his department store is the logo for “Meet Me Under Bamberger’s Clock.”

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Jewish History, USA

15-year-old daughter of Olympic runner Tyson Gay dies in shooting

The 15-year-old daughter of Olympian Tyson Gay died early Sunday at University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital after a shooting at Cook Out restaurant in Lexington, Ky., according to the Fayette County coroner. Trinity Gay was shot in the neck about 4 a.m., police said. Trinity died at 4:41 a.m., according to the coroner. She was

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Sports & Competitions, USA