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Trump to Tout Tax Plan's Growth Benefits Amid Questions of Cost

Because dynamic-scoring models anticipate that people will work, buy and invest more when their taxes are lower - generating economic growth - the models typically find that tax cuts cost less than static models predict. Trump is outlining the eco...

The Wetterling case through the years

Afterward, Jacob asked whether Heinrich was taking him home. Heinrich's pending case of 25 counts of child pornography would also drop to one count of receipt of child pornography, which carries a minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maxi...

Trump leads Clinton by small margin in Texas

Before releasing his medical records, Trump - who would be the oldest person to ever become president - sat down with television doctor Mehmet Oz to discuss the physical results and his lifestyle habits. Trump, who is 6 foot 3 and weighs 236 pounds, ...

Dallas Cowboys Lose First Game With Dak Prescott Under Center

They obviously don't want him to be less than 100 percent when he returns because that will increase the risk of reinjuring his back. The Giants had a first-and-goal from the 3 on the go-ahead drive. I decided I had to take the trip to Dallas, bein...

USC Football Player Osa Masina Charged with Rape in Utah Case

Masina is also under investigation for a separate sexual assault in California involving the same victim. Masina received an email from USC's Title IX office September 9, giving him until September 12 to vacate his campus housing, according to Skor...

More charges likely in case of abduction, bodies found

On the call, the woman can be heard speaking quietly as she says "I've been abducted". Grate then provided officials with information on the location of another person's remains at a nearby property in Richland County. Some details, including her age...

Employees Are Paying A Bigger Chunk Of Health Insurance Costs

Just over half of employees this year have a health insurance policy with a deductible of at least $1,000, according to a survey of employers from the Kaiser Family Foundation . To cover claims, insurance companies have had to raise premium rates ...

Syrian military denies using Chlorine gas in Aleppo

US Secretary of State John Kerry called on all sides to respect the deal, which was finally reached after several failed attempts over recent weeks. Western countries, Turkey and most Arab states oppose both Assad's government and Islamic State, wh...

Clinton: IS extremists hoping for Trump victory

He said that hundreds of billions of dollars can be gained in revenue by finding and stopping incorrect overpayments and recovering unpaid taxes. "He looks at a judge and doesn't see a distinguished federal judge, but the son of Mexican immigrants"...

North Korea suspected to have conducted fifth and largest nuclear test

North Korea Saturday sought to justify its weapons programme as a defence against U.S. nuclear "blackmail" as world powers debated ways to punish Pyongyang for its fifth and most powerful atomic test. Pyongyang hailed Friday's test as taking the Nort...

Georgia Bulldogs To Start Freshman QB Jacob Eason Against Nicholls State

Eason, from Lake Stevens, Washington, was regarded by some services as the nation's top high school quarterback in this year's recruiting class. Lambert, who is 11-2 as a starter at Georgia after arriving from Virginia as a graduate transfer, went 5 ...

CBS, NBC Highlight Clinton's Bashing of Trump Following Forum

In a televised forum that served as a warm-up for the first presidential debate on September 26 he cited Mr Putin's 82 per cent approval rating as proof of his strength, applauded his "great control" over his country and exuded pride at being praised...

Donald Trump Plans to Visit Cleveland Again on Thursday

States would provide up to $12,000 per student to attend a different school. Songofunmi was equally unimpressed with Trump's efforts last week in Detroit and this week in Cleveland to reach out to non-white voters. And data from states across the c...

Clinton, Despite Claiming Otherwise, Once Did Comment on a Classified Intel Briefing

This event was called the Commander-in-Chief Forum. "I don't understand the reasons for it", she said. Take the two minor-party candidates out of the equation and the race tightens considerably - a statistical tie of 46 percent for Mr.

Former ITT students say school was troubled for a long time

SU was the first to offer help, saying it will try its best to transfer scholarships and credits. The Articulation Agreement is broken down by states and cities. Army veteran David Lariviere had planned to complete his bachelor of science degree ...

Marco Rubio, Patrick Murphy wage battle of the sixes over debates

Senate in November. It will end her 24-year congressional career, as former state Sen. But Libertarian Paul Stanton, who defeated Augustus Invictus in that party's primary on Tuesday, will be one of five other candidates on the ballot in November...

Bill Clinton to campaign in Orlando Wednesday

He delivers a straight-to-camera appeal, imploring fellow Hispanics to vote for Clinton because Trump is "dangerous". Hillary Clinton is doubling down on her appeal to Latino voters. Clinton Foundation UK in London and the Clinton Foundation...

Trump says donation to AG not connected to university

And shortly before Bondi dropped the fraud case, she received a $25,000 donation from the Trump Foundation - a donation that was likely illegal since, as a non-profit, the Trump Foundation can't donate money to a political campaign. "The only one...

Kaine compares Trump's comments on Russian hacking to Watergate

Kaine ultimately changed the topic to attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for not releasing his tax returns. The FBI released notes Friday from Mrs. Clinton told the Federal Bureau of Investigation she relied on others with knowle...

Auburn drops heartbreaker to No. 2 Clemson

Coach (Kodi) Burns is the man, so it's been fun". Asked if the Tigers will play three quarterbacks after what happened on Saturday night, Malzahn said, "We may continue to do that". Of course, it was odd that Auburn even got the chance to atte...

Victim in sex assault linked to Jacob Wetterling case speaks out

Officials have confirmed the remains of Jacob Wetterling have been found, almost 27 years after his disappearance. Daniel Heinrich has been held for unrelated child pornography charges but was named a person of interest last October in regards to...

Green Party's Jill Stein To Appear On Connecticut Ballot

They maintain the law unfairly disadvantaged third parties going forward, along with other claims. I'm finding it hard to understand why any reasonable person or organization - including the organizers of the presidential debates - wouldn't want Joh...

Establishment Darling Debbie Wasserman Schultz Defeats Progressive Challenger

Wasserman Schultz is expected to easily win her race in November. Both Republican and Democratic incumbents face challenges from their respective party's insurgent wing in Tuesday primaries, as GOP Sen. "I'll concede that Debbie Wasserman Schultz...

2 killed when shuttle bus, car crash near Boston airport

A Subaru Legacy and a Hampton Inn shuttle van collided around 1:15 a.m. on Route 1A north, just past the Ted Williams Tunnel . Two passengers of the hotel shuttle bus were ejected from their vehicle and pronounced dead on scene. The Swampscott man...

FBI Warns of Possible State Election-System Hacks

Three days later, the FBI's Cyber Division released a flash alert that referenced two recent attacks on state election databases. Yahoo reported that, based on sources, IL appeared to be the state from which information on some 200,000 voters w...

4 men, teenage boy face weapons charges in highway shootout

Police arrived on the scene Monday afternoon on the northbound side of the expressway near milepost 39 to find Rosemund Octavius, 22, of Egg Harbor Township , dead of a gunshot wound he sustained while riding in the passenger seat of a Nissan Maxima...

Police Look at Bus Owners in Deadly Wreck

Jesse Wimberly of Mandeville says that the bus driver apparently was hired by the company that owned the bus. Officials with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have issued a detainer for the driver, an undocumented 37-year-old old man n...

Justice Dept. to end use of privately run prisons

The change in federal policy comes at a time when there are 12 percent fewer federal prisoners - a total of 197,000 at the end of 2015. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration announced Thursday it will phase out its use of some private pr...

Apple is sued over unresponsive iPhone 6 touchscreens

The event will take place at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at 5am NZ time. Apple has held this event in September for the past five years and has announced a new edition of the iPhone at each one. Sales of iPhones have slumped du...

Ithaca college student stabbed to death, another injured

The student died at Cayuga Medical Center. "Definitely was a shock to me and everyone, I'm sure, who has heard about it", one student said. Ithaca College has not yet released the identity of the other student pending family notification.

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson held a rally in Burlington Wednesday Evening

That's where Johnson comes in. In the Real Clear Politics polling average, Johnson, the former Governor of New Mexico, is at 8.9% of the vote in national polls , behind Clinton and Trump. The men said they are fiscally conservative but socially ...

Woman dies after falling from zip line ride at Delaware park

The as-yet-unidentified woman had been visiting the Go Ape Treetop Adventure attraction at the time. The Treetop Adventure features a two-to-three hour tour through the forest canopy with zip lines, suspended obstacles and swings between platforms,...

Brexit an anti-establishment victory, Nigel Farage tells Trump supporters

I am here to tell the Brexit story". Americans will have a chance to vote for trade, immigration and foreign policies that put our citizens first. He added: "I've been called "over the top" once or twice, but I think some of Donald Trump's comments...

Court Rejects Texas Professors' Request To Block Campus Carry

Students and faculty at the Austin campus fiercely opposed allowing license holders to carry their concealed handguns to class. On the other hand, Ann Maria Mackin, an attorney representing the school, criticized the plaintiff's arguments as being ...

20 percent of Kentucky grads hit all ACT college benchmarks

The district has evaluated how ACT scores equate to postsecondary education opportunities including scholarships, Wilson County Director of Schools Donna Wright said. The report showed a relatively wide gulf, by race, in the percentages of graduates ...

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Judge dismisses Newtown families' lawsuit against gun maker

Judge Barbara Bellis ruled that the suit against the Remington Outdoor Co., the manufacturer of the AR-15 assault rifle used in the massacre, is not permitted by federal law. "As...

Small plane crashes in Connecticut, injuring three people

Police said at a briefing shortly before 5 p.m. that access to the area of the crash would be limited for several hours as local roads will remain closed. Smoke can be seen rising ...

Police say rumors about creepy clowns are hoaxes

Someone posted a photo on Twitter of a reported sighting near the Ronald Reagan Sports Park, which is located about a mile from Rancho Vista, along with the caption "Clown spotte...

Paul Ryan won't defend Donald Trump

The speaker has been a frequent critic and has long refused to criticize anti-Trump colleagues in his caucus. "I just can't do this", Portsmouth businesswoman Renee Plummer said Mo...

LA sheriff's sergeant killed answering burglary call

This still frame from video provided by KABC-TV, shows a Los Angeles County Sheriff's patrol auto after a burglary suspect commandeered it in Lancaster, Calif., Wednesday, Oct...

Local Volunteers Head Down To Help Victims Of Hurricane Matthew

In Alaska, Red Crass staff are making sure those heading south have the appropriate training. "It depends on how bad the storm hits, and how many people go back home", said Denise ...

Throngs of Penn State students wage massive 'clown hunt' on campus

Despite several people commenting about clown sightings in Brockton on social media overnight, police said they have not received any reports of people dressed up as clowns i...

Officials search for man who shot Spotsylvania Co. K-9

The driver, 33-year-old Derek Williams, was wanted on multiple felony warrants in Fredericksburg and was also wanted in Spotsylvania, Pearce said. The Spotsylvania County Sheriff...

Paterson houses flattened by gas blast

Images from the scene show the homes completely destroyed as firefighters douse water on the rubble. When firefighters arrived at 9:05 a.m., they heard a hissing sound and proceede...

Hammond police cancel Amber Alert for missing mom, 2-month-old son

Shortly after, Walker called police to say she and the baby were safe at a residence in Calumet City, according to Hammond Police Lt. Richard Hoyda. Yolanda Walker and her 2-mont...

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'I Did the Shooting': Orlando Nightclub Massacre 911 Calls Revealed

Mateen: Call me Mujahideen, call me the Soldier of the God. A hearing on the continuing legal fight over the 911 calls will be held Friday. "You have to tell the USA government ...

Hillary Clinton Accuses Donald Trump of Giving

Hillary Clinton Accuses Donald Trump of Giving "Aid and Comfort" to ISIS

She and Trump are also to meet separately with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Throughout the speech, Clinton also told the crowd that the youngest voting demograp...

North Elementary named National Blue Ribbon School

North Elementary named National Blue Ribbon School

The others were Emma Elementary School in 2001 and Reynolds High School in 2002. Blue Ribbon Schools are considered as some of the nation's most elite educational institutions. "Wh...

Two students injured in shooting at SC elementary school, report says

Two students injured in shooting at SC elementary school, report says

The school shooting is connected to a nearby homicide , but officials have not explained exactly how they're connected. Major said the motive is unclear but terrorism has been rul...

Clinton lands support of former Republican senator John Warner

Clinton lands support of former Republican senator John Warner

Warner is set to appear Wednesday morning with Democratic vice presidential nominee and current Virginia Sen. Warner will join Kaine at a campaign stop in Alexandria to make the ...