Danish intel agency withdraws injunction of ex-boss book
4, 2007 file photo, Jakob Scharf, head of the Danish intelligence service, addresses the media in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Correction: People-Geri Halliwell story
With helicopters overseeing the rescue operation from above, volunteer firefighters turned their military-surplus truck with 4-foot tires into the dark flood waters to cruise past a mortuary, grocery and homes in... With helicopters overseeing the rescue operation from above, volunteer firefighters turned their military-surplus truck with 4-foot tires into the dark flood waters, cruising past a mortuary, grocery and homes in part of... Students and teachers in Chicago were heading back to the classroom after the Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district averted a threatened strike with a tentative contract... Students and teachers in Chicago are heading back to the classroom Tuesday after the Chicago Teachers Union and the nation's third-largest school district averted a strike with a tentative contract agreement reached... Donald Trump's candidacy has long ... (more)
UT researchers speak at climate change panel, call out climate change deniers
State Rep. Elliott Naishtat and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse hosted a discussion on climate change at the State Capitol on Monday involving UT researchers Kerry Cook, a professor from the Jackson School of Geosciences, and Charles Jackson, a researcher with the UT Institute for Geophysics. Cook pointed out the danger climate change denial poses for the developing world and brought up the difference in damage between regions affected by Hurricane Matthew.
Emails show how private, public Clinton statements clash
WASHINGTON – Behind closed doors, Hillary Clinton adopted a rather more accommodating tone with Wall Street than she has on the campaign trail. In private paid speeches to financial firms and interest groups before she declared her candidacy, the Democratic presidential nominee comes off as a knowing insider, willing to cut backroom deals, embrace open trade and grant Wall Street a central role in crafting financial regulations, according to excerpts obtained last week through hacked campaign emails provided to WikiLeaks.
Wikileaks emails show Hillary Clinton’s staff thought Mario Rubio…
Wikileaks emails show Hillary Clinton's staff thought Mario Rubio was the new Obama - and didn't see Donald Trump as a threat at all The staff hardly took notice of Donald Trump at first - but eventually came to hope he would get the nomination, fearing Rubio would be harder to beat A new batch of Wikileaks emails highlighting Hillary Clinton's campaign were released last week and show that the first GOP candidate the Democrats saw as a threat wasn't Donald Trump but Marco Rubio. At 43, the Florida Senator was the youngest Republican in a crowded field of 17 candidates and was seen by Clinton's advisers as similar to Obama, who bested Clinton in 2008 with his calls for a move away from the old guard politicians.
Donald Trump’s vile candidacy is chemotherapy for the GOP
What did Donald Trump have left to lose Sunday night? His dignity? Please. His campaign's theme? His Cleveland convention was a mini-Nuremberg rally for Republicans whose three-word recipe for making America great again was the shriek "Lock her up!" This presaged his Banana Republican vow to imprison his opponent.
Trump attacks Clinton on deleted emails, paid speeches in Wilkes-Barre
Donald Trump pulled no punches as he criticized and insulted Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton at a campaign stop in Wilkes-Barre. Trump made two campaign stops in Pennsylvania Monday, less than 24 hours after the second presidential debate.
Website shareholders jailed on California pimping charge
California authorities say the former owners of the Village Voice in New York have been arrested days after they were charged with sex trafficking through their control of an online site that advertises escort... California authorities say the former owners of the Village Voice in New York City have been arrested days after they were charged with sex trafficking through their control of an online site that advertises escort services. A black bear attacked and injured a 53-year-old man Monday in the San Gabriel Mountains east of Los Angeles, authorities said.
Pence emerges in NC with praise, a forgivenessa for Trump
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence emerged Monday after a weekend out of the public eye reaffirming his relationship - awkward as it may seem - with Donald Trump. After canceling a weekend campaign appearance and leaving Trump alone to deal with a video of sexually predatory remarks, Pence was campaigning again - and praising Trump's Sunday debate performance.
Patrick Buchanan: Isis, not Russia, is the enemy in Syria
"The provocations by Russia need to be met with American strength. ... The United States of America should be prepared to use military force, to strike military targets of Bashar Assad regime."
Around Town: Cobb Republican women sound off on Donald Trump
The Trump campaign has seen AN EXODUS of Republicans in the wake of his taped comments about sexual assault.
Army Corps holds off on resuming Dakota Access pipeline work
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't yet authorize construction of the $3.8 billion, four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline on federal land in southern North Dakota, it said Monday, along with reiterating its... The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers won't yet authorize construction of the $3.8 billion, four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline on federal land in southern North Dakota, it said Monday, along with reiterating its earlier... California authorities say the former owners of the Village Voice in New York have been arrested days after they were charged with sex trafficking through their control of an online site that advertises escort... California authorities say the former owners of the Village Voice in New York City have been arrested days after they were charged with sex trafficking through their control of an online site that advertises escort services.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Sununu, left, and Democratic …
Democrat Colin Van Ostern is going after his Republican rival in the New Hampshire governor's race, Chris Sununu, for his support of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. Van Ostern's campaign accused Sununu of standing by Trump as other Republicans fled in the wake of the release of a 2005 video Friday capturing Trump making sexual predatory comments about women.
Trump finally enough of an electoral drag for GOP Sen. Kelly Ayotte to support his ouster
Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, which is frightening.We must make sure his hateful rhetoric does not even come close... Donald Trump has gone too far with his attacks on Gold Star parents Khizr and Ghazala Khan, whose son Army Capt. Humayun Khan... A Donald Trump White House would be a disaster, and this goes way beyond any ideological difference.
Tom Cotton, positioning for 2020, still backs Trump
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotto n informed Politico that he's staying a supporter of Donald Trump. It's naked opportunism.
Unlike first, second debate won’t set viewership record
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the second presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016.
Beware extremes: Exercise, anger may trigger heart attack
By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer If you're angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout. A large, international study ties... By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer If you're angry or upset, you might want to simmer down before heading out for an intense run or gym workout.
Speaker distances himself from Trump
Congress says he won't defend Donald Trump nor campaign with him, plunging the Republican candidate's presidential bid deeper into crisis over his sexually aggressive remarks about women. Paul Ryan, speaker of the House of Representatives, also signalled he was preparing for Democrat Hillary Clinton to win the White House in the November 8 presidential and congressional election.
Mike Pence praises Donald Trump after debate, squelches talk of quitting ticket
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump passed one of his most important tests of the second presidential debate Monday by getting full-throated support from running mate Mike Pence, who shut down talk of quitting the ticket despite his disapproval of Trump's remarks about women. "Donald Trump stepped up," Pence said on Fox News.
US stocks jump as energy companies and Apple move higher
U.S. stocks are climbing in Monday trading as energy companies rise in tandem with the price of oil. Materials companies are also moving up.