An envelope containing a white powdery substance was sent to one of White House hopeful Hillary Clinton’s campaign offices in New York, though police initially ruled out any danger. The envelope was first delivered to Clinton’s offices in Manhattan, where campaign workers then transferred it to her Brooklyn headquarters, New York Police Department Lieutenant Thomas […]
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Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump said Wednesday that the Republican presidential candidate would accept the results of the November 8 election. Trump, 70, has been warning ominously that the vote is “rigged,” particularly since his support has slid for the past 10 days after a series of charges that he sexually assaulted women. That has […]
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Democrat Hillary Clinton and rival Donald Trump wade into their last presidential debate Wednesday with the Republican candidate spiraling downward in the polls amid allegations of sexual misconduct and wild charges of a “rigged” US election. With less than three weeks to go before Americans cast ballots November 8, polls showed Clinton widening her lead […]
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Many Americans are appalled by the prospect of Donald Trump winning the US presidency. Many are just as scared over what might happen if he loses. By insisting the November 8 election is rigged, the Republican nominee has stoked fears that he’s giving his supporters free rein for some kind of morning-after backlash if he […]
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Crowds of women converged on Chicago’s Trump Tower Tuesday in the latest of a string of protests over Donald Trump’s incendiary comments on women, brandishing signs saying “Real men get consent” and “Pussy grabs back.” Protesters in Chicago and Philadelphia Tuesday, and a day earlier in New York, have been pushing back after the Republican […]
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Exposure to tiny doses of hormone-disrupting chemicals is responsible for at least $340 billion (310 billion euros) in health-related costs each year in the United States, according to a report published Tuesday. So-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are found in thousands of everyday products, ranging from plastic and metal food containers, to detergents, flame retardants, toys […]
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Melania Trump in an interview granted on Monday has justified her husband lewd comment on women, in which he bragged about groping them in a leaked tape from 2005 as “boy talk.” The wife to the Republican presidential nominee, who has kept a low profile during her husband’s presidential bid, gave her first television since the […]
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The teen daughter of former US Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay was fatally shot early Sunday, police said. Police say 15-year-old Trinity Gay, a star high school runner herself, was struck by a bullet during a shootout at about 4 a.m. in the parking lot of the Cook Out restaurant and pronounced dead at University of […]
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US officials Friday banned all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones from airplanes, saying anyone attempting to travel with the recalled handsets may face fines and have the devices confiscated. The South Korean electronics giant has recalled all Note 7 phones, including replacements, following reports of exploding batteries and fires, which have led to numerous injuries. […]
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A powerful US senator demanded Friday that President Barack Obama remove the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission for allegedly obstructing efforts to force companies to reveal political donations. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren escalated her longstanding criticism of SEC Chair Mary Jo White, sending a letter to Obama calling White the “biggest barrier” to […]
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Nearly a dozen women have accused Donald Trump of sexual assault or harassment — accusations denied by the real estate mogul who was caught in a newly-surfaced 2005 video boasting that stardom allowed him to grope women with impunity. Here are short accounts of their accusations. Jessica Leeds A former traveling businesswoman, Leeds told The […]
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Melania Trump threatened People Magazine and a former staff reporter with legal action over “false and completely fictionalized” statements in the writer’s account of Donald Trump forcing himself on her during a 2005 interview. The Republican presidential candidate’s wife denied that she encountered or conversed with writer Natasha Stoynoff in New York, tweeting a letter […]
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