Teen Beauty Queens Say Trump Walked In On Them Changing  —  “Don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before.”  —  Four women who competed in the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant said Donald Trump walked into the dressing room while contestants — some as young as 15 — were changing.

Poll: Trump falls into tie with Clinton among Utah voters  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Donald Trump appears to have, in his earlier words, “a tremendous problem in Utah” as a new poll shows him slipping into a dead heat with Democrat Hillary Clinton since crude comments he made about women surfaced last weekend.

Despite disappointment, Thune to vote for Trump  —  South Dakota's senior U.S. senator said Tuesday that the current presidential campaign represented “a race to the bottom,” but that he would still likely cast his ballot for GOP hopeful Donald Trump.  —  In the wake of Friday's release …

Major GOP Donors Are Asking Trump for Their Money Back  —  Donald Trump's big-dollar donors asking for their money back, NBC News learns 2:52  —  Two big-money donors who have given or raised tens of thousands of dollars for Donald Trump are livid at the Republican presidential nominee …

Conway: GOP ‘dangerously close’ to becoming party of elites until Trump  —  Far from alienating many who might otherwise vote for a Republican for president, Donald Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said Wednesday morning that the Manhattan billionaire has rescued the GOP from becoming “the party of the elites.”

F.B.I. Investigating if Fatal Plane Crash in East Hartford Was Intentional  —  The F.B.I. is investigating whether the crash of a small plane in East Hartford, Conn., that killed a passenger on Tuesday was intentional, according to four federal law enforcement officials.

The Daily 202: Republican politicians fall back in line behind Trump after defecting  —  THE BIG IDEA: Now that it has become crystal clear Donald Trump will not quit—that he has “unshackled” himself and plans to “limp” across the finish line—some Republicans who called on him to drop out over the weekend are reversing themselves.

NY Trump Supporter Arrested After Threatening To Beat Black Woman  —  A Donald Trump supporter was arrested Monday night after allegedly threatening to beat a black woman outside a ShopRite in upstate New York, the Albany Times-Union reported.  —  Todd Warnken, 55, was asked to leave the store after …

'I Think He's a Very Dangerous Man for the Next Three or Four Weeks'  —  Back in early March, Politico Magazine brought together five Donald Trump biographers for a conversation over lunch at Trump Tower.  At the time, the country was just beginning to grapple with the reality …

Russia orders all officials to fly home any relatives living abroad, as tensions mount over the prospect of a global war  —  Russia is ordering all of its officials to fly home any relatives living abroad amid heightened tensions over the prospect of global war, it has been claimed.

How One 19-Year-Old Illinois Man Is Distorting National Polling Averages  —  There is a 19-year-old black man in Illinois who has no idea of the role he is playing in this election.  —  He is sure he is going to vote for Donald J. Trump.  —  And he has been held up as proof by conservatives …

Facebook Helped Drive a Voter Registration Surge, Election Officials Say  —  A 17-word Facebook reminder contributed to substantial increases in online voter registration across the country, according to top election officials.  —  At least nine secretaries of state have credited …

Support for marijuana legalization continues to rise  —  The share of Americans who favor legalizing the use of marijuana continues to increase.  Today, 57% of U.S. adults say the use of marijuana should be made legal, while 37% say it should be illegal.  A decade ago, opinion on legalizing marijuana …

Election Update: Women Are Defeating Donald Trump  —  A series of national polls released on Tuesday showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by margins ranging from 5 to 11 percentage points — except for the USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times tracking poll, which defiantly continues to show Trump up by 2 points.

Catholic group demands top Clinton aide resign over leaked emails  —  A top aide to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton  —  is under fire from Catholic groups for remarks she made in hacked emails published by WikiLeaks, with one group calling on Clinton communications director Jennifer Palmieri to resign.

NC's 2016 Voter Turnout (through 10 October)  —  This is the second in a twice-weekly series of updates detailing pre-Election Day voter turnout across North Carolina in near real time, employing State Board of Elections data.  New installments appear here on the Insight(u)s Blog on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons through Nov. 8th.

LAPD detective investigating Derrick Rose case found dead of gunshot wound in Whittier  —  An LAPD employee was fatally shot in Whittier on Tuesday.  (KTLA)  —  A Los Angeles Police Department detective who was investigating rape allegations against NBA star Derrick Rose died after being found …

History Is Full of Surprises  —  History is full of surprises.  Never have I, looking back on history, found it to go precisely as I had anticipated it would go.  Always the reality of history's progress plays tricks on us.  It now appears that the sexual revolution begun in the late 1960s is ending …