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In this 1984, file photo shows William C. "Willie" Velasquez at an unknown location. A new VOCES/PBS documentary on Velasquez dives into the life of the late Latino voting rights advocate just as the nation's largest minority group is set to be a major player in the upcoming presidential election.
Tracey Martin remembers boarding a plane in late August and receiving another round of bad news about her son, Stephen. Stephen Martin, a specialist in the Army, had an autoimmune disease that was eating away at his nerve endings, gradually eroding his ability to feel in his limbs.
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Many of us in the media have spent the last several months ritually abasing ourselves for our role in empowering Donald Trump's rise, and not without reason. As I have previously observed, there's an element of hypocrisy at work here, or maybe several different elements.
On Thursday, in a story which appeared on the front page of Friday's print edition, Jonathan Martin at the New York Times reported that Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is "effectively acknowledging how difficult they think it will be to defeat Donald J. Trump" in Ohio. But it's all good, says Martin, because the Buckeye State, which no victorious presidential candidate has lost since 1960, is now "fading in importance."
First, there was the tweet featuring his children that attempted to connect with millennials but was widely mocked . Then his son Eric Trump laughably claimed that his father appealed to millennials because he was an "entrepreneurial guy" who started with very little and became successful .
Wells Fargo may have gone out if its way to take senior citizens to the cleaners when the bank's workers fraudulently opened as many as 2 million accounts without customers' permission. That's the suspicion of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the top members of the Senate Special Committee on Aging.
Sanders to return to Iowa City Hunter 10/01/16 Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is returning to Iowa City, this time not as a candidate, but as a supporter. With polls showing Hillary Clinton having trouble gathering support among millennials, Sanders is coming to Iowa on Monday, making stops in Davenport and Des Moines as well.
Donald Trump is encouraging voters to check out a "sex tape" featuring the former beauty queen with whom he's feuding. Hillary Clinton's campaign is suggesting that a better rental is the adult film in which Trump himself appears.
If it seems as if the state always misses its tax collection estimates, that's because it's happened a lot lately. August tax collections were $10.2 million less than projected - the 10th month of the past 12 that the state missed its estimates.
Can't shake the cough! Hillary Clinton chokes up at Florida rally and pops a throat lozenge just minutes before she's helped down a set of stairs by an aide as health woes continue to plague her 'I'm not going to leave you': Hero bystander tells how the mother killed in Hoboken train crash was still alive after the accident and he fought in vain to save her as she lay bleeding under the rubble Hurricane Matthew becomes the most powerful storm to hit the Atlantic in a decade as it barrels towards Florida with winds of up to 160mph 'I wish the tabloids had informed me earlier in the week that I'm sick': Hugh Hefner speaks out after police respond to the Playboy Mansion over rumors the 90-year-old had died Air Force sergeant gets 35 years in jail for murdering his ex-wife, cutting up her body with a chainsaw and leaving her remains to disintegrate in acid 'Officer don't shoot him!' Woman ... (more)
Can't shake the cough! Hillary Clinton chokes up at Florida rally and pops a throat lozenge just minutes before she's helped down a set of stairs by an aide as health woes continue to plague her 'I'm not going to leave you': Hero bystander tells how the mother killed in Hoboken train crash was still alive after the accident and he fought in vain to save her as she lay bleeding under the rubble Hurricane Matthew becomes the most powerful storm to hit the Atlantic in a decade as it barrels towards Florida with winds of up to 160mph 'I wish the tabloids had informed me earlier in the week that I'm sick': Hugh Hefner speaks out after police respond to the Playboy Mansion over rumors the 90-year-old had died Air Force sergeant gets 35 years in jail for murdering his ex-wife, cutting up her body with a chainsaw and leaving her remains to disintegrate in acid 'Officer don't shoot him!' Woman ... (more)
A former Nottingham state representative used pot in the State House and sold it to a handful of state legislators, an investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office revealed.
A former Nottingham state representative used pot in the State House and sold it to a handful of state legislators, an investigation by the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office revealed.
Miss Universe 1996, Alicia Machado of Venezuela, is greeted by businessman Donald Trump during a staged workout at a gym in New York in a January 28, 1997 file photo. Photo: Reuters Donald Trump urged voters on Friday to check out the supposed "sex tape" of a former Miss Universe backing his rival Hillary Clinton, provoking the Democrat to label him "unhinged" in a surreal new turn to the White House race.
Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks as Democratic US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton listens during their first presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, US, September 26, 2016. Photo: REUTERS/Rick Wilking Democrat Hillary Clinton has a 5 percentage point lead over Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential race, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday, roughly the same advantage she has held all month.
Donald Trump is out with a new ad starring his daughter, Ivanka, one of the GOP nominee's most effective advocates. The ad appears aimed at women and touts Trump's recently announced proposals for childcare tax credits and paid maternity leave through unemployment insurance.
Wells Fargo's notorious pressure-cooker culture led the bank to force some hourly employees to work late without overtime pay, former workers say. The mandatory overtime took place during "call nights," where workers would call customers to sell them additional products like credit cards in an effort to meet the unrealistic sales goals.