Terminally Ill Woman Brittany Maynard Has Ended Her Own Life  —  Brittany Maynard, who became the public face of the controversial right-to-die movement over the last few weeks, ended her own life Saturday at her home in Portland, Oregon.  She was 29.  —  “Goodbye to all my dear friends and family that I love.

AP Exclusive: Ferguson no-fly zone aimed at media  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show …

Second Campaign Staffer Accuses GOP Congressional Candidate Carl DeMaio Of Sexual Harassment  —  Justin Harper, a staffer for Carl DeMaio's congressional campaign, works the phones in DeMaio's campaign office on May 28, 2014.  Harper is on the far left.  Less than two months later, Harper says DeMaio sexually harassed him.

Pope Francis agitates conservative U.S. Catholics  —  Pope Francis tells an audience that the Big Bang does not contradict the “creative intervention of God”.  He says, “on the contrary, it requires it”.  Rough Cut (no reporter narration).  Newslook  —  A senior American cardinal …

Crist Opens Up 7 Point Lead Over Scott in Florida  —  In the race for Florida Governor, which has been neck and neck for months, a new poll by Zogby Analytics shows former Governor Charlie Crist now leading incumbent Governor Rick Scott 45% to 38%.  Libertarian Adrian Wyllie is polling an impressive 8% and 9% are undecided.

Romney predicts ‘big Republican year’  —  Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney predicted that the GOP will have a “big year” in Tuesday's midterm elections, though he stopped short of saying definitively that Republicans will take control of the Senate.

Obama Declares Stay-at-Home Moms Aren't Worth a Hill of Beans; Says It's a Choice 'We Don't Want Americans to Make'  —  Well that just takes the cake.  Sure, Obama's latest shot across the bow in his own “War on Women” is easily deflected by women like my friends and me testifying to the most precious …

Tom Harkin: Don't Be Fooled Because Joni Ernst Is “Really Attractive,” “Sounds Nice”  —  “I don't care if she's as good looking as Taylor Swift...”  —  Retiring Democratic Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin says that Iowa voters shouldn't be fooled because Joni Ernst is “really attractive” and “sounds nice.”

Kaci Hickox Vows to Stay Away From Public Places, Apologizes to Her Town  —  Kaci Hickox, the nurse who was quarantined despite testing negative for the Ebola virus after returning home from Sierra Leone, said this morning on Meet the Press that she will stay away from public places in her Maine town …

62p AN HOUR: What women sleeping 16 to a room get paid to make Ed and Harriet's £45 ‘This Is What A Feminist Looks Like’ T-shirts  — Deputy chief executive of the charity Dr Neitzert said they had originally been assured the garments would be produced ethically in the UK

Voters Favor GOP by Slim Margin for Control of Congress, WSJ/NBC News Poll Shows  —  Poll Finds 46% of Likely Voters Favor Republican Congress, 45% Democratic  —  Republicans hold a narrow edge on the question of which party likely voters want to control Congress, a new Wall Street Journal …

Fanatics sink to a new low: Shocking photograph shows ISIS supporter getting a BABY to kick the severed head of a Syrian soldier  —  A sickening photo has emerged social media showing a toddler kicking the severed head of a dead soldier in Syria.  —  The toddler's father is believed …