Divisive campaign roils Facebook Posted at

And some, such as Adolfo Olivas of Hamilton, Ohio, have decided to just shut down their accounts, as the divisive presidential campaign causes a deluge of news feeds amid photos of smiling kids' first day of school and what's on the grill for dinner. The last straw for the former Republican mayor came after GOP nominee Donald Trump's criticism of fellow Gold Star parents, the Muslim parents of Iraq war casualty Humayun Khan.

In Florida, ita s Trumpa s big rallies vs. Clintona s massive organizing

How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are approaching the job of winning America's biggest battleground state is a study in contrasts. "We're running a unique campaign in the sense that we can draw 15,000 people together at a time," said Karen Giorno, Florida-based senior adviser on the Trump campaign.

Rubio defends opposition to gay marriage but urges a lovea for LGBT community

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stressed his opposition to same-sex marriage while also calling on fellow Christians to "love" and understand LGBT people in a speech before a gathering of conservative pastors in Orlando on Friday. The two-day event, titled "Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project" and sponsored by the Florida Renewal Project, was described as "an anti-LGBT rally" by Florida Democrats who criticized Rubio for speaking there two months after the Pulse shootings at a gay nightclub.

The Latest: Bill Clinton: Private email server ‘a mistake’

Bill Clinton says it was a mistake for Hillary Clinton to maintain a personal email server even though her predecessors and her successor at the State Department did it. But he said she should have known that there would be a different set of rules applied to her if she ran for the presidency.

Trump brushes off a sarcasma as Clinton releases tax returns

Republican Donald Trump tried to brush off the latest furor to envelop his struggling White House campaign on Friday, saying he was just being sarcastic when he called President Barack Obama and Democratic rival Hillary Clinton the founders of Islamic State. Trump used the unfounded description on Wednesday night and all day on Thursday during campaign appearances in Florida.

University of Brescia and Mount Sinai Expand Cooperation with First Internationalization Summit

Faculty from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai joined colleagues from around the world at the University of Brescia in Italy for a recent conference on the internationalization of education and research. The 2016 Brescia Internationalization Summit, held on July 13, 2016, included a roundtable discussion where participants explored the university's role in creating a new generation of globally minded professionals for the advancement of science.

Manchestera s Crystal Lake reopens for public swimming

The federal government's refusal Thursday to allow marijuana for medical treatment caused both sides of the New Hampshire debate over pot use to dig in and prepare for continued warfare at the State... An antique store is already moving into a former nail salon on Broadway near Manning Street, and a home improvement store could also possibly be ... (more)

Legislative leaders lose in effort to intervene on educational funding law

The federal government's refusal Thursday to allow marijuana for medical treatment caused both sides of the New Hampshire debate over pot use to dig in and prepare for continued warfare at the State... An antique store is already moving into a former nail salon on Broadway near Manning Street, and a home improvement store could also possibly be ... (more)

US president will be ‘part Trump, part Clinton’ in Homeland season 6

Homeland's sixth season is premiering later than usual, but showrunner Alex Gansa has a very good reason: the upcoming run is focussed around a US general election. The series takes place between Election Day and the presidential inauguration, and will air just after America has voted in its real-life president in November.

Donald Trump’s Inflammatory Brand Of “Sarcasm” Is Gaslighting America

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump now says his remarks that President Obama is the "founder of ISIS" were "sarcasm," just one day after repeatedly reaffirming the statement as "no mistake," and after conservative media figures defended his charge as "100 percent accurate." NY Times : "Donald Trump Calls Obama 'Founder of ISIS' and Says It Honors Him."

Haredi paper scorned for modest picture of Hillary Clinton

A haredi Orthodox newspaper that bans photographs of women on its pages earned praise and scorn for publishing a photograph of Hillary Clinton - or at least her arm. Yated Ne'eman, a newspaper based in Monsey, New York, that serves the area's large fervently Orthodox community, published a picture of the Democratic presidential nominee taken at a Florida campaign rally.