Monday, October 31, 2016

No, the presidential election can't be hacked and other top stories.

  • No, the presidential election can't be hacked

    The public is understandably concerned about the integrity of next month's election.But election officials and cyber experts say it's virtually impossible for Moscow or some other outside group to influence the election outcome.Hackers could create mischief -- some say "chaos" -- but the election system is resilient enough to withstand shocks. The key concern, experts feel, is public perception: Sowing distrust is easily achieved even without successful hacks. Here are five things you should kno..
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  • Study Urges Tougher Oversight for Police Use of Facial Recognition

    Study Urges Tougher Oversight for Police Use of Facial Recognition
    Photo The report found that 16 states allow law enforcement officials to compare the faces of suspects to photos on driver’s licenses and other IDs without a warrant. Credit Caspar Benson/Getty Images A new report by a think tank at Georgetown University calls for greater oversight in the use of emerging facial recognition software that makes the images of more than 117 million Americans — a disproportionate number of them black — searchable by law enforcement agencies...
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  • How Donald Trump Hacked the Politics of Foreign Policy

    How Donald Trump Hacked the Politics of Foreign Policy
    Mr. Trump has exploited this dynamic, offering ideas that experts consider unworkable, but that tap into some voters’ desire for a strong-handed leader. Foreign policy, some research suggests, provided an ideal medium for this message. Typically, candidates cannot reach the national stage without first proving their fitness to certain institutions that care deeply about foreign policy: the news media that vets them, the parties that provide them with crucial support, the policy makers they will..
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  • NYC Police Probe Why Stun Gun Wasn't Used in Fatal Shooting

    NYC Police Probe Why Stun Gun Wasn't Used in Fatal Shooting
    A New York police officer shot and killed an emotionally disturbed, 66-year-old woman wielding scissors and a baseball bat, and investigators want to know why he didn't use his stun gun instead. Police say the sergeant had persuaded the woman to drop the scissors Tuesday night, but then fired after she swung the bat in a Bronx apartment. Assistant Chief Larry Nikunen (nih-KOO'-nihn) says the sergeant had a Taser. He says the reason it was not deployed will be part of the investigation. Bro..
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  • Trump, Clinton gear up for final showdown

    Trump, Clinton gear up for final showdown
    They are poised for another clash in the third presidential debate, which will be their final chance to change the trajectory of the election as millions of viewers tune in for the last big televised spectacular of a rancorous campaign.Trump is under intense pressure to use the debate, just 20 days before Election Day, as a springboard for a comeback after a slide in the polls that started after Clinton's victory in the first debate and leaves him a heavy underdog.Clinton will seek to consolidat..
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  • Yes, an after-school Satan Club could be coming to your kid's grade school

    Yes, an after-school Satan Club could be coming to your kid's grade school
    Lilith Starr, a devil’s advocate in every sense, is in a rush to get her After School Satan Club started.As founder of the Satanic Temple of Seattle, she’s under pressure from national satanic headquarters — located in the Colonial witch trials city of Salem, Mass. — to launch a counter-strike strike against grade school Christianity by opening an after-school Satan Club. “I think many people have the misunderstanding that we are some kind of tongue-in-cheek troll group,” said Starr, 44, a Har..
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  • Jailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one's fault?

    Jailed 96 days on bogus charge: It is no one's fault?
    By JEFF AMY, Associated PressACKERMAN, Miss. — Pulled over for traffic violations, Jessica Jauch was held for 96 days in a Mississippi jail without seeing a judge, getting a lawyer or having a chance to make bail. She was charged with a felony based on a secretly recorded video that prosecutors finally acknowledged showed her committing no crime. Only when she finally got a hearing and a lawyer, who persuaded prosecutors to watch the video, did the case fall apart. Then, the 34-year-old ..
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  • 'Stop. Prevent Your Death!' said sign at Fla. underwater cave. These experienced divers ignored it.

    'Stop. Prevent Your Death!' said sign at Fla. underwater cave. These experienced divers ignored it.
    Sign in Eagle's Nest Sink, a popular and extremely deadly cave diving location pic.twitter.com/brHrrqpzFj — GarbageDay (@Day4Garbage) June 12, 2016 The sign at the mouth is black and white, its macabre message clear. “STOP. PREVENT YOUR DEATH!” it warns. “THERE’S NOTHING IN THIS CAVE WORTH DYING FOR!” Beside these words looms an image of the grim reaper. The sign guards one of Florida’s most treacherous underwater caves, Eagle’s Nest Sinkhole. It’s near a spot famous for its “mermaid” shows:..
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