Friday 21 September 2018

Democrats' enthusiasm to blunt Trump soars for congressional election: Reuters/Ipsos poll

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Democrats' enthusiasm to blunt Trump soars for congressional election: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Carol Donovan became convinced 2018 could be a good year for Democrats in Dallas County, Texas, when so many enthusiasts jammed into the party's annual fish fry fundraiser last October that they ran out of catfish.

Three infants, two adults stabbed at New York City daycare: police

A female worker at a New York City daycare center stabbed three infants and two adults early on Friday, injuring one child seriously, then cut her own wrists, police said.

A year after deadly Maria, U.S. housing funds on way to Puerto Rico

A year after Hurricane Maria ripped through Puerto Rico with 150 mile-per-hour (241 kph) winds, government officials on Thursday announced that about $1.5 billion in federal funds aimed primarily at rebuilding housing will start flowing to the island.

Flooding on the horizon for South Carolina, a week after Florence

Residents in Georgetown County, South Carolina, where five rivers flow into the ocean, will prepare on Friday for a deluge of water in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, which has killed more than 40 people.

At Las Vegas rally, Trump backs Kavanaugh, treads carefully around accusations

U.S. President Donald Trump gave a full-throated endorsement to his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday and tip-toed carefully around the sexual assault accusations that are facing him.

Five shot, including a girl, 8, in Syracuse, New York: police

Five people were shot, including an eight-year-old girl, in Syracuse, New York on Thursday, the city's police chief said.

Rap mogul Marion 'Suge' Knight pleads to manslaughter days before murder trial

Rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded no contest in a Los Angeles court on Thursday to a charge of manslaughter for a 2015 hit-and-run killing, accepting a 28-year prison sentence under a deal with prosecutors days before his murder trial was to begin.

Accuser of Trump's court nominee sets conditions for testifying

A lawyer for the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's U.S. Supreme Court nominee, of sexual assault told a Senate panel on Thursday she would not testify on Monday as Republicans want but would be willing to appear sometime next week if certain terms were met.

Judge bars parade of Cosby accusers at sentencing hearing

A Pennsylvania judge on Thursday denied a request by prosecutors to allow additional women who have accused comedian Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct to tell their stories at his sentencing hearing on a sexual assault conviction.

Maryland woman kills three people and herself in warehouse gun rampage

A woman armed with a handgun opened fire on Thursday on co-workers at a Maryland distribution center for the Rite Aid drugstore chain, killing three people and wounding three others before taking her own life, the Harford County sheriff said.

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