Thursday, September 15, 2016

Thursday's Headlines: Despite gestures, Trump still not very transparent about health, taxes, wife’s immigration

Clinton releases doctor's letter describing 'mild' pneumonia; Russia implicated in hack of Colin Powell emails bashing candidates; African American Museum tells powerful stories — but not as powerfully as it could; Almost all men with early prostate cancer survive 10 years, regardless of treatment;
 
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Despite gestures, Trump still not very transparent about health, taxes, wife's immigration
Donald Trump remains the least transparent major presidential nominee in modern history. At the same time, Trump and his aides are criticizing rival Hillary Clinton as secretive and demanding more information from her about her emails and health.
Clinton releases doctor's letter describing 'mild' pneumonia
The Democratic nominee wants to quell concerns about her health after she stumbled out of a memorial service and stayed off the campaign trail for days. 
 
Russia implicated in hack of Colin Powell emails bashing candidates
In what seems to be a Russian push to embarrass the U.S. body politic, a website posted emails from the retired statesman that call Donald Trump a "disgrace" and Hillary Clinton "greedy."
 
African American Museum tells powerful stories — but not as powerfully as it could
Thirteen years after it was authorized, and more than a century after the idea was first broached, the Smithsonian is opening a museum unlike any of its others. But visitors must learn how to use it.
 
Almost all men with early prostate cancer survive 10 years, regardless of treatment
Monitoring prostate cancer offers the same survival chance over a decade as surgery or radiation, but treatment reduces the risk of the cancer spreading, according to two studies published Wednesday.
 
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Putin goes full Orwell
 
Even Trump's charity is a scam
 
Obama asks the right question on Trump: 'Huh?'
 
Harry Reid's bountiful bile
 
Obama criticizes past presidents' foreign policies. But how different is his?
 
Memo to Congress: Bickering won't cure Zika
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House impeachment vote on IRS’s Koskinen averted by a last-minute deal
Internal Revenue Service Commissioner John Koskinen is now expected to appear next week before the House Judiciary Committee, which is examining impeachment articles related to the destruction of emails subpoenaed by Congress.
Trump bought a 6-foot-tall portrait of himself with charity money. We may have found it.
The whereabouts of the portrait have been a mystery since The Post reported the purchase over the weekend.
Clinton’s claim that it’s legal for workers to be retaliated against for talking about their pay
The Democratic nominee highlights the gaps in the law about pay transparency, but stretches the facts out of context.
Obama to designate the first-ever marine monument off the East Coast
The move goes beyond recent the expansion of a massive protected area in Hawaii, by protecting an area in America's traditional fishing grounds. Experts say an increase in protection is necessary, but some local fishermen are angry.
Assassin: We killed for Duterte and fed body to crocodile
A man testified that he spent years working as part of the so-called "Davao Death Squad," a group of killers associated with Rodrigo Duterte's time as a mayor. A spokesman for the Philippine president denied the claims.
In a hungry Venezuela, buying too much food can get you arrested
The enforcement campaign appears to be sweeping up a significant number of ordinary shoppers -- many of them poor -- and comes after deadly food riots exploded in several Venezuelan cities this year.
She started the night drinking at home — and ended it in a restraint chair being pepper-sprayed
Amber Swink has accused authorities in Ohio of cruel and unusual punishment.
How tens of thousands of patients who weren't actually dying wound up in hospice care
Hospice is intended for the terminally ill. But hospice companies earn more by recruiting patients who aren't actually dying.
What the ‘sixth extinction’ will look like in the oceans: The largest species die off first
New research on threatened ocean species finds a strong pattern behind the decreasing numbers and only one possible cause: humans.
 
     
 
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