Memory’s frailty may be playing role in Kavanaugh matter

Experts say that because of how memory works, it's possible that both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford - the woman who says a drunken Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her at a party when they were teenagers in the early 1980s - believe what they say. "Confidence is not a good guide to whether or not someone is telling the truth," said Nora Newcombe, a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.

High School Switches To ‘Africentric Math’ To Attract Black Students [VIDEO]

A Canadian high school switched to "Africentric Math" to attract black students to go into Science, Technology, Engineering and Math fields, according to Canadian Broadcasting's Wednesday report. Nova Scotia's Auburn Drive High School math teachers are skipping their previous eurocentric approach to teaching mathematics so black students will gain more interest in the subject, the CBC reported .

Bill Cosby is hitting the town; legal experts see a strategy Source: AP

Bill Cosby is suddenly out and about in his hometown of Philadelphia in what legal experts say appears to be an effort by the comedian to rebuild his good-guy image ahead of his retrial on sexual assault charges in the spring. In the past two weeks, the 80-year-old Cosby emerged from a long period of near-seclusion to have dinner with friends at a restaurant and gave his first comedy performance in more than two years.

Police: Student confessed to killing Texas Tech campus cop

A Texas Tech University police officer has been shot and killed at the campus police headquarters, prompting a lockdown of the campus on Monday, ... . Emergency personnel stage at an intersection across from Talkington Hall on the Texas Tech University campus in Lubbock, Texas, Monday, Oct. 9, 2017.

DACA decision leaves immigrants, activists wondering what’s next?

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Puerto Ricans flocking to mainland could sway swing states

Residents of Puerto Rico can't vote in presidential elections. But with the island's economy in shambles, many are fleeing to the U.S. mainland, potentially shifting demographic norms in some of the most closely contested states.

Business Owner, Veteran, Student Speak on Clinton, Trump

Dave McDowell holds up an anti-Hillary Clinton sign during her visit to the K'NEX factory in Hatfield Township. NBC10's Vince Lattanzio and David Chang are following the Clinton-Kaine campaign as they embark on their bus tour through Pennsylvania and Ohio over the weekend.

Immigration advocates take protest to street and voting booth

As soon as pro-immigration demonstrators were cleared from the Broad Street ramp of the Vine Street Expressway Tuesday morning - including four hauled off in handcuffs - other advocates assembled five blocks away at City Hall to get out the vote against presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump. "From his promise to create a deportation force, to calling immigrants rapists and killers, Trump has shown he stands squarely against us," said Lizet Ocampo, Latino vote director of the People for the American Way, a national progressive advocacy group that headlined the City Hall speak-out.