Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Evening Edition: Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor to resign after conviction

Conservative wonks dismayed by Trump's lack of substance; The price of Obamacare; Aetna pulls back from Obamacare exchanges; American Simone Biles caps her Olympics by winning fourth gold; Clinton interviews by FBI have been delivered to Congress; Notorious preacher Anjem Choudary found guilty of supporting ISIS; Relations between Assad supporters grow as Russia uses Iranian air base ; After 4 days of rain and flooding, Louisiana faces staggering damage; The abortion rights movement is bolder than it's been in years. That's Cecile Richards's plan.; Father 'utterly terrified' after trooper points gun at his 7-year-old during traffic stop; Scientists find the world's most mysterious mammal; The Fix: 83 brutal seconds of Trump totally contradicting himself on foreign policy; Will Hillary Clinton stick with Merrick Garland if she wins the White House?;
 
Evening Edition
The day's most important stories
 
 
Pennsylvania's top prosecutor to resign after conviction
Kathleen Kane, who was elected attorney general in 2012, was found guilty of nine criminal charges, including two counts of perjury.
Conservative wonks dismayed by Trump's lack of substance
"God help us," George Shultz said when asked about the prospect of a Donald Trump presidency.
 
The price of Obamacare
President Obama's landmark health-care law came with a steep political cost, leaving a host of questions about his legislative legacy: Could health-care reform have been done in a different way? Could Democrats have kept control of Congress for another two years or more? Was Obamacare worth it?
 
Aetna pulls back from Obamacare exchanges
The insurer's announcement that it will sell plans in only four states in 2017 — down from 15 this year — is the latest signal by large firms that they are struggling to make money in the marketplaces.
 
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American Simone Biles caps her Olympics by winning fourth gold
Biles poured out her heart on a floor exercise that thrilled an adoring audience and earned her a fourth gold to go with the bronze she'd claimed on the balance beam the day before. With it, Biles took her place alongside only four female gymnasts to win four golds in a single Olympics. Teammate Aly Raisman captured the silver.
 
Clinton interviews by FBI have been delivered to Congress
The House Oversight Committee is currently reviewing the information contained, which was classified as "secret."
 
Notorious preacher Anjem Choudary found guilty of supporting ISIS
Britain's most infamous defender of Islamist extremism was found guilty of eliciting support for the Islamic State, marking what authorities described as a milestone in the British campaign to combat homegrown terrorism.
 
Relations between Assad supporters grow as Russia uses Iranian air base
Russian heavy bombers took off from an Iranian air base and struck rebel targets in Syria in a dramatic sign of the growing military relations between the two countries.
 
After 4 days of rain and flooding, Louisiana faces staggering damage
Nine people are dead, 10,000 are in shelters and more than 36,000 had registered for assistance after a storm that blindsided everyone with its volume and violence.
 
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The abortion rights movement is bolder than it's been in years. That's Cecile Richards's plan.
Planned Parenthood's president is bringing the once-taboo procedure into the light, encouraging women to talk openly about their abortions and giving the movement an unapologetically human face.
 
Father 'utterly terrified' after trooper points gun at his 7-year-old during traffic stop
The Arizona Department of Public Safety stood by the officer's actions and disputed some details about the driver's version of the story after he was pulled over last Thursday.
 
Scientists find the world's most mysterious mammal
It may look like an ugly squirrel, but the Zenkerella insignis is a living fossil that has evolved very little over the past 49 million years and until now has been known only by its fossils.
 
The Fix: 83 brutal seconds of Trump totally contradicting himself on foreign policy
Devastating.
 
Will Hillary Clinton stick with Merrick Garland if she wins the White House?
No one is mentioning the SCOTUS nominee on the campaign trail.
 
 
     
 
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