We recommend Hillary Clinton for U.S. president  —  There is only one serious candidate on the presidential ballot in November.  We recommend Hillary Clinton.  —  We don't come to this decision easily.  This newspaper has not recommended a Democrat for the nation's highest office since …

Pence breaks with Trump, says Obama born in Hawaii  —  SAN DIEGO — Mike Pence on Wednesday declined to say whether Donald Trump should apologize for suggesting Barack Obama was born outside the U.S., but he did say Trump's stance wouldn't hurt him with minority voters.

After Once Calling For “Arrest” Of Julian Assange, Now That He's Attacking Clinton, Hannity Hopes For His Release  —  Fox host Sean Hannity interviewed founder and editor-in-chief of Wikileaks Julian Assange to attack Hillary Clinton despite Hannity's previous attacks on Assange …

In Laos, Obama Repeatedly Calls Americans ‘Lazy’  —  During a townhall meeting in Laos, President Barack Obama called Americans “lazy” multiple times.  —  For one, Obama said Americans' reluctance to embrace his favored environmental policies is a sign of laziness.

Whoops: Independent candidate appears to have accidentally picked a running mate  —  Evan McMullin is running as an independent conservative alternative to Donald Trump.  Who McMullin is running with, however, is a bit of a mystery.  —  In all nine states where he has officially qualified …

Trump, committees raise $90M in August, well short of Clinton's total  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump and his joint committees raised $90 million in August, a substantial haul for a candidate late to fundraising but one that still significantly trails Hillary Clinton's enormous summer totals.

Giuliani: Black parents should ‘teach children to be respectful of the police’  —  In order to solve the issue of racial bias in policing, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday, the United States needs to “look differently at race if we're going to change it.”

Five or Six Things I Didn't Know About Brad Pitt, by Marlon James  —  The worst kind, too.  The kind who lets a plant starve to death.  The evidence, at two opposing corners of his office in Beverly Hills; skeletal remnants that long gave up hope of ever being watered.  He's been away for 10 months, he says.

Charges to be filed against presidential candidate  —  Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, center, meets with Dakota Access Pipeline protesters on Tuesday in Morton County.  —  Buy Now  —  Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier speaks at a press conference Tuesday afternoon …

First on CNN: FBI director defends Clinton email probe, document releases  —  Washington (CNN)FBI Director James Comey is defending the bureau's Friday afternoon release of documents from the Hillary Clinton email investigation, saying “we don't play games” and that the documents were put out when ready.

Bakery refuses to write ‘Trump 2016’ on cake  —  A Facebook post shared by a Bossier Parish teen is getting a lot of attention.  —  It reads, “Just left Albertsons.  The woman behind the cake counter just refused to make me a birthday cake because I wanted Trump 2016 on it.  Did that really just happen.”

The Shaming of the Never Trumpers  —  RUSH: He's using the name of a famous Roman, Publius Decius Mus, seeking to be anonymous here.  This piece is a shaming of the conservative intellectuals that comprise the Never Trump movement.  It is shot between the eyes of conservative intellectuals who say that Trump is beneath them.

Presidential Race Up for Grabs in Florida  —  PPP's newest Florida poll finds a very tight race for President in the state.  In the full field Donald Trump gets 44% to 43% for Hillary Clinton, with Gary Johnson at 5%, and Jill Stein and Evan McMullin each at 1%.

New trove of Clinton Benghazi emails proves thin  —  A set of about 30 Benghazi-related messages found by the FBI during their investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email system turns out to contain little fodder for critics or supporters of the Democratic presidential nominee.

Trump's Alias “John Baron” Threatened An Author Writing A Book On Him In The 1980s  —  One of the stranger stories about Donald Trump to emerge this election cycle is that, on occasions in the past, he posed as his own publicist using the alias “John Baron” when speaking with the press.

Ammon Bundy's lawyer argues for his client's right to wear cowboy boots at trial  —  “We would prefer our clients not look like disheveled slackers in front of the jury.”  -Attorney J. Morgan Philpot  —  Before prospective jurors file into Courtroom 9A in the federal courthouse …

Ferguson activist Darren Seals dies at 29  —  Darren Seals wearing his signature “Straight Outta Ferguson” t-shirt as he posed with fellow activists Rev. Osagyefo Sekou, Bree Newsome and Dr. Cornel West during the “Ferguson is Everywhere” hip-hop concert on August 9, 2015.

Yoga teacher, 34, who ‘flashed boys and performed sex act on 15-year-old at bar mitzvah’ claims in court she was ‘drugged and raped by teens’  — Lindsey Ann Radomski, 34, of Scottsdale, Arizona faces 18 charges including with sexual indecency with a child

House Armed Services chairman: 'I've got concerns' about Trump  —  Hours before Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were set to take the stage of the Commander in Chief Forum to answer questions about their national security bona fides, the Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee showed …

600 District 186 children sent home for not getting required physicals, shots  —  Springfield School Board member Mike Zimmers had harsh words for the parents of the 600 children who were sent home Tuesday for not having their required physicals and immunizations.

America's uninsured rate just dropped to a new low  —  Fewer Americans are uninsured than ever before, new federal data shows.  —  Quarterly numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) show that the uninsured rate fell to 8.6 percent during the first three months of 2016.

Feds Accuse Texas of Misleading On Relaxed Voter ID Requirements … The federal government is accusing Texas of circulating “inaccurate or misleading information” to poll workers and would-be voters about relaxed identification requirements for the November elections.

Mexican finance minister steps down after helping arrange Trump visit … MEXICO CITY — President Enrique Peña Nieto on Wednesday replaced his finance minister, widely seen as the architect of Donald Trump's trip to Mexico, after the U.S. candidate's visit caused a firestorm of protest here.

Commander-In-Chief Forum  —  Who is better qualified to serve as America's next Commander in Chief?  —  NBC News and the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America present a historic event Wednesday: The Commander-in-Chief Forum live from New York City.  —  Democratic presidential nominee …

The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale  —  How ayahuasca, an ancient Amazonian hallucinogenic brew, became the latest trend in Brooklyn and Silicon Valley.  —  The day after Apollo 14 landed on the moon, Dennis and Terence McKenna began a trek through the Amazon with four friends who considered themselves …