Utah mayor, deployed to Afghanistan, is killed in attack
The mayor of a Utah city was killed in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday in an apparent insider attack, the state’s lieutenant governor said.
Georgia’s Kemp probes Democrats over alleged voter systems hack
Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate in Tuesday’s hotly contested gubernatorial election, has opened a probe of the state Democratic Party over what his office alleged on Sunday was a failed attempt to hack voter registration…
Trump and Obama make dueling stops in U.S. campaigns’ closing rush
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama will make dueling appearances on Sunday, trying to whip up turnout in the last 48 hours of a campaign in which polls show dozens of U.S. congressional and gubernatorial races as too close to call.
Ethiopia’s Desisa takes NYC Marathon, Keitany is women’s winner
Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa used a powerful surge to win his first New York City Marathon in five tries and Kenya’s Mary Keitany claimed a fourth women’s crown with a dominant victory on Sunday.
Non-stop ads and robocalls: welcome to America’s costliest election
Wendy Burke has had enough. Campaign advertisements bombard her favorite TV shows. Dozens of election pamphlets fill her mailbox. Every day, she gets several political calls on her cell phone and more on her landline. Strangers knock at her door seekin…
Democrats’ road to controlling U.S. House runs through Pennsylvania
Donald Trump’s stunning 2016 White House win got a major boost from sagging Democratic enthusiasm in Pennsylvania, but now the party is poised for big wins on Tuesday in congressional races in the state that could signal which party controls the U.S. H…
Ready for a fight: Voter enthusiasm surges among U.S. Hispanics
Hispanics are more interested in voting this year than in the last U.S. congressional midterm elections in 2014 and their enthusiasm outpaces that of all U.S. adults, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll released on Sunday.
Three Girl Scouts, one adult killed in Wisconsin crash
Three girls scouts and a woman were killed in Wisconsin on Saturday when a pickup truck veered off a road and hit them while they were picking up litter, police said.
Idaho teachers suspended for border wall, Mexican Halloween costumes
Fourteen staff at an Idaho primary school who dressed up as a border wall and as Mexicans for Halloween were put on administrative leave on Saturday for the “insensitive” and “inappropriate” costumes, a school superintendent said.
Trump touts economy, Georgia sees racist calls as U.S. vote nears
President Donald Trump touted U.S. economic growth and painted a grim picture on immigration in rallies with Republican candidates before Tuesday’s elections as Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden urged voters to reject division.
