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Powerful Blast Injures at Least 29 in Manhattan; Second Device Found — A powerful explosion caused by what the authorities believe was a homemade bomb injured at least 29 people on a crowded sidewalk in the bustling Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan on Saturday night, according to the authorities …
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Steve Visser / CNN:
New York explosion leaves dozens injured — Witness: Everything shut down, seems like chaos — (CNN)A explosion in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York on Saturday night injured at least 25 people, the fire department said. — Gas has been ruled out as the cause of the explosion, a law enforcement source said.
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New York Post:
Explosion rocks Chelsea in New York City … A dumpster blew up at 8:30 p.m. Saturday night in Chelsea, blowing out the lower windows of a 14-story residence for the blind. — At least 26 suffered minor injuries from what may have been an explosive device, police sources told The Post.
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New York Daily News:
Explosion rips through Chelsea street: ‘Everybody started running and screaming’ — An explosion ripped through a Chelsea street Saturday night — injuring at least 29 people and sending horrified witnesses scattering, Fire Department sources said. — The blast blew out the ground floor windows …
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Alyssa Zauderer / New York's PIX11:
29 injured in explosion on Chelsea street; second device safely removed: ‘This was an intentional act’ — CHELSEA, Manhattan — Twenty-nine people were injured in an “intentional” explosion in the heart of Chelsea Saturday night, jolting a bustling neighborhood teeming with restaurants …
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Elizabeth Weise / USA Today:
Explosion in New York's Chelsea neighborhood — An explosion rocked New York's Chelsea neighborhood Saturday night. — The explosion came just after 8:30 pm on 23rd Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues, assistant commissioner for communication with the New York City Police Department J. Peter Donald tweeted.
St. Cloud Times:
Police: Suspect dead after Crossroads stabbing — Several people were injured and the suspect died at Crossroads Center Saturday after a stabbing was reported about 8:15 p.m. — St. Cloud Police Sgt. Jason Burke told the Times multiple victims were taken to the hospital.
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David Chanen / Star Tribune:
Off-duty officer kills man who stabbed 8 at St. Cloud mall — The attacker referred to Allah during the attacks, the St. Cloud police chief said. — A suspect in a series of stabbing attacks at a St. Cloud shopping mall Saturday night was killed inside the mall by an off-duty officer, according to St. Cloud police.
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Associated Press:
Obama Urges African-American Voters to Protect His Legacy — President Barack Obama said Saturday night he will take it as a “personal insult” if the African-American community fails to turn out for the presidential election, encouraging black voters to support Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Trump: Robert Gates 'probably has a problem that we don't know about' — carried his attacks on former Defense Secretary Robert Gates from Twitter to a rally in Colorado Springs Saturday night, calling Gates a “nasty guy.” — “We had a clown today, an absolute clown.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump goes hard after Robert Gates, saying he likely has undisclosed ‘problem’
Trump goes hard after Robert Gates, saying he likely has undisclosed ‘problem’
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Former Secretary of Defense: Trump ‘unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief’
Former Secretary of Defense: Trump ‘unqualified and unfit to be commander-in-chief’
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VICE News:
VICE News reporter arrested outside a Donald Trump campaign event — Alex Thompson, a reporter for VICE News, was arrested by Houston Police today while inquiring about press access to an event held for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at the Omni Westside Hotel.
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
A Trump Empire Built on Inside Connections and $885 Million in Tax Breaks — In the mid-1970s, eager to make his mark in Manhattan, the 30-year-old Mr. Trump focused his attention on the failing Commodore Hotel on East 42nd Street, next to Grand Central Terminal. The owner, the bankrupt Penn Central Railroad, was keen to sell.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘bomb’ went off in New York before details of explosion confirmed — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Donald Trump said at a campaign rally here Saturday night that a “bomb went off” in New York City, as initial reports about a possible explosion in Manhattan were circulating.
The Morning Call / Associated Press:
New Morning Call/Muhlenberg College poll shows Clinton ahead in Pennsylvania … Privacy Policy — WASHINGTON — Democrat Hillary Clinton has a 9-point lead among likely Pennsylvania voters as Republican Donald Trump continues to struggle among groups key to winning the state …
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Gilad Shiloach / Vocativ:
ISIS Supporters Rush To Celebrate NYC Explosion — “We cause you pain inside your house,” one ISIS supporter bragged online — Supporters of the Islamic State rushed to celebrate Saturday night's powerful explosion in New York's Chelsea neighborhood that injured at least 29 people …
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The American Interest:
The Next Referendum on Merkel's Migrant Policies — After having taken her lumps in state elections two weeks ago, Angela Merkel will be closely watching another electoral contest this weekend that is sure to be read as a proxy referendum on her open door migrant policies.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Democrats Panic as Colorado Slips Away to Donald Trump... Democrats are beginning to panic as they watch Colorado slide away from Hillary Clinton. — Hillary was ahead by double digits in Colorado last month. — The latest polling has Trump up by four points.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Anything-Goes Campaign Sets an Alarming Political Precedent — WASHINGTON — When Donald J. Trump descended on the capital Friday, he was expected to finally concede that the racially tinged falsehood he had gleefully propagated, that President Obama was born outside of the United States, had in fact been a lie.