Teaching seventh-graders in a 'total mess' of an election season
Teachers across the country have anguished over the dark and sometimes shocking tone of the presidential campaign.
Confident Clinton expanding her campaign into 'red' states
Hillary Clinton is advancing into states the Democrats haven't won in decades, confidently expanding her offensive against Donald Trump and aiming to help her party win back control of Congress.
Debate star Ken Bone learns the hard way what it's like to be famous
The Illinois man who became an internet sensation after asking a question of the candidates while wearing a bright red sweater during Sunday's presidential debate is learning what it's like to be famous.
Experts worry about voting-related turmoil on Election Day
New ID requirements. Unfamiliar or distant polling places. Names missing from the voter rolls.
Lashing back, Donald Trump calls his accusers 'horrible, horrible liars'
Donald Trump heatedly rejected the growing list of sexual assault allegations against him as "pure fiction" as the already-nasty presidential campaign sank further into charges of attacks on women.
Michelle Obama attacks Trump over sexual assault comments
Michelle Obama said Thursday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's boast on a 2005 tape about his fame allowing him to "do anything to women" shook her to the core.
Comcast fined $2.3M to end probe into mischarging customers
Government regulators are fining Comcast $2.3 million, saying the cable giant has charged customers for stuff they never ordered, like premium channels or extra cable boxes.
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Packers-Giants game didn't drown out Clinton-Trump debate viewership
While viewership was down from the first debate, 60 million still tuned in.
Sexual assault victim critical of Clinton paid by Trump ally
A sexual-assault victim who is critical of Hillary Clinton and who appeared alongside Donald Trump before Sunday night's debate was paid $2,500 by a political action committee founded by Trump ally Roger Stone.
Trump, before debate, appears with Bill Clinton's accusers
Donald Trump, on the defensive since a video came out depicting him using vulgar language about women and seeming to condone sexual assault, held a pre-debate appearance Sunday with women who accused Bill Clinton of rape and unwanted sexual advances.
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Ohio tests whether Clinton's ground game can topple Trump's lead
Clinton stays traditional; Trump bets on enthusiasm.
Correction: Alabama Chief Justice story
In a story Sept. 30 about suspended Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, The Associated Press erroneously reported the age limit for judges could be raised if voters approve a measure on the November ballot to do so. The measure applies to other elected offices, but not judges.
Twitter, 'lies' and videotape: Trump shames beauty queen
Plunging deeper into campaign controversy, Donald Trump publicly shamed a former beauty queen on Friday for her "disgusting" sexual past and then — in one of presidential history's more bizarre moments — encouraged Americans to watch a "sex tape" he said would support his case.
Minnesota regulator: Insurance market in dire situation
Minnesota's individual health care market is in "an emergency situation," the state's top industry regulator said Friday, noting that it took the approval of massive rate increases to persuade all its remaining insurance companies not to pull out for next year.
Congress rebukes Obama, overrides veto of 9/11 legislation
In a resounding rebuke, Democrats joined with Republicans Wednesday to hand Barack Obama the first veto override of his presidency, voting overwhelmingly to allow families of Sept. 11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in U.S. courts for its alleged backing of the attackers.
FBI head: Extremism apparent influence in Minnesota attack
FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the man who stabbed and wounded 10 people in a central Minnesota mall before he was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer appears to have been inspired, at least in part, by extremist ideology.
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Ex-ally: Gov. Christie seemed happy about bridge gridlock
Gov. Chris Christie was told about the epic 2013 traffic jam at the George Washington Bridge while it was underway, seemed happy about it and joked sarcastically that there was nothing political going on, a former loyalist testified Tuesday in the scandal that helped destroy Christie's White House ambitions.
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