WHAT HILLARY STAFFERS KNEW...AND WHEN THEY KNEW IT … Weiner was at home with their son Jordan, tweeting non-stop, and with little real work beyond occasional media appearances.  At one point in the summer of 2015 he took up a job with a PR firm.  It ended when some of the partners left in disgust.

WATCH LIVE: Greenville officials address church burning, vandalism  —  GREENVILLE, MS (Mississippi News Now) -  —  Tuesday night after 11 p.m. authorities responded to a call about a church burning in Greenville.  —  A local black church, Hopewell M.B. Church, was not only burned …

Trump teen rape accuser abruptly calls off news conference  —  LOS ANGELES—A woman who has filed federal lawsuits accusing Donald Trump of repeatedly raping her two decades ago, when she was 13, abruptly canceled a news conference Wednesday where she was to detail her extraordinary claims against the GOP presidential nominee.

Schumer Says He Lost Confidence in FBI's Comey Over E-Mail Probe  —  Senate Democrats' next leader once defended FBI director  —  Comey's disclosure could affect outcome of Senate elections  —  Senate Democratic leader-in-waiting Chuck Schumer said Wednesday he's lost confidence …

Obama sounds alarm about low black turnout  —  President Obama is sounding the alarm about low turnout among black voters in key battleground states, arguing it could sink Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton  —  's chances of winning the White House and put his legacy in jeopardy.

A hard peace  —  After four years of litigation funded by a billionaire with a grudge going back even further, a settlement has been reached.  The saga is over.  —  As the most unpalatable part of the deal, three true stories—about Hulk Hogan, the claim by Shiva Ayyadurai that he invented email …

Scott Michael Greene was convicted in combative 2014 encounters … Scott Michael Greene, the 46-year-old suspect in the killings of two police officers early Wednesday, apparently had previous encounters with Urbandale police officers, according to court records about a man with the same name and date of birth as the suspect.

Donald Trump Voters, Just Hear Me Out  —  This is my last column until after the election, so I'd like to address the people least likely to read it: Donald Trump voters.  Who knows?  Maybe I'll get lucky and a few of them will buy fish wrapped in this column, and they'll accidentally peruse it!

White nationalists plot Election Day show of force  —  Neo-Nazi leader Andrew Anglin plans to muster thousands of poll watchers across all 50 states.  His partners at the alt-right website “the Right Stuff” are touting plans to set up hidden cameras at polling places in Philadelphia and hand …

Justice Department official gave Clinton camp ‘heads up’ about testimony  —  A Justice Department official with close ties to Hillary Clinton Campaign Chairman John Podesta sent him a “heads up” last year to warn that lawmakers might question witnesses about the presidential candidate's private emails …

Alabama Secretary of State: Helping More People Vote Would “Cheapen the Work” of Civil Rights Heroes  —  Automatic voter registration has recently emerged a key tool in increasing the United States' anemic voter turnout.  The process is simple: Whenever an eligible citizen interacts with a government agency …

Monmouth University Polling Institute  —  Pennsylvania  —  Clinton Has Smaller Lead; McGinty Ahead in Senate Race  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Hillary Clinton maintains the lead in Pennsylvania, although by a smaller margin than one month ago.  The Monmouth University Poll finds she currently …

Video shows Trump with mob figure he denied knowing  —  A newly uncovered video appears to contradict Donald Trump's claim that he never knew a high-stakes gambler who was banned from New Jersey casinos for alleged ties to organized crime.  —  The reputed mob figure, Robert LiButti …

The New York Times Invents a Narrative on Comey  —  The reincarnation of J. Edgar Hoover?  —  We mastodons who still receive our daily dose of New York Times when the dead-tree version lands on our doorsteps with a dull thud got a special treat Tuesday, a textbook case of the way …

Republican Sen. Jeff Flake Says He Might Write In Evan McMullin  —  Having ruled out Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Republican Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake said he might vote for independent candidate Evan McMullin for president.  —  “That's a possibility,” he told ABC's Jon Karl and Rick Klein during …

New CNN / ORC polls suggest new strength for Trump, Clinton rise in Florida  —  Washington (CNN)Both the Clinton and Trump campaigns have hit the ground hard in Arizona, Florida, Nevada and Pennsylvania, and new CNN/ORC polls across the four states paint a picture of a tight race to the finish in critical battlegrounds.

Jon Stewart tears into Trump at NY event  —  It's possible Jon Stewart misses his old job — or at least the part where he got to make fun of Donald Trump  —  The former “Daily Show” host repeatedly mocked the GOP presidential nominee at a Tuesday event, specifically scoffing at his claims …