Evening Edition: NSA contractor accused of stealing top-secret data

The Daily 202: How Trump lost the vice-presidential debate; Clinton, Trump have a new task in next debate: Finding empathy; Hurricane Matthew moves toward Southeast U.S., as states warn of potential for ‘massive destruction’; A rare journey from Gaza to Jerusalem stirs memories for elderly Palestinians; Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it's on the ballot this year; Record haul for super PACs reaches $1.1 billion, thanks partly to a few big donors; How the presidential race would end, if the election were held literally right this minute; Foreign election observers will monitor U.S. presidential vote; What they said, what they meant; 'She wouldn't listen’: A wrenching story of an honor killing in Pakistan; A 7-year-old told her bus driver she couldn’t wake her parents. Police found them dead at home.; The NFL is cracking down on simulated bow-and-arrow violence. It’s about time.; This school staged a ‘Color Wars’ pep rally. Then students showed up in ‘White Pride’ shirts.; 3-year-old dies after being left alone for hours in her mother's police car; How do we stop our waiter from stealing plates before we're finished with them?;   The day's most important stories   Jim Lo Scalzo / EPA NSA contractor accused of stealing top-secret data Investigators are probing whether the suspect, Harold Thomas Martin III of Glen Burnie, Md., was responsible for an apparent leak that led to a cache of powerful NSA hacking tools appearing online in August, an official said. By Matt Zapotosky and Ellen Nakashima  •  Read more » The Daily 202: How Trump lost the vice-presidential debate GOP vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence overshadowed his running mate in many ways last night, and this may cause friction with the campaign. The divergence between Donald Trump and Pence on the issues also draws fresh attention to how little juice the latter has within the race. By James Hohmann  •  Read more »   Clinton, Trump have a new task in next debate: Finding empathy As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take questions from undecided voters in a town-hall format, voters will study the candidates for their ability to relate to the concerns of individual Americans. By Karen Tumulty  •  Read more »   Hurricane Matthew moves toward Southeast U.S., as states warn of potential for ‘massive destruction’ From Florida to the Carolinas, officials urged residents to take the storm seriously, warning of the extreme danger posed by Matthew, which forecasters say could create "life-threatening" flooding along Florida's eastern coast. By Mark Berman  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   A rare journey from Gaza to Jerusalem stirs memories for elderly Palestinians Although Israel is visible from the rooftops of Gaza, the strip is surrounded by fencing and watch towers. Many of the pilgrims aboard Bus No. 2 hadn't been there in decades. This is what they saw. By William Booth and Hazam Balousha  •  Read more »   Marijuana legalization is leading in every state where it's on the ballot this year But the margins — in Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada — are so small that the races are still up for grabs. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more »   Record haul for super PACs reaches $1.1 billion, thanks partly to a few big donors Ten individuals and couples contributed almost one-fifth of the money raised through August by super PACs, which have already exceeded the $853 million they collected in the entire 2012 cycle. By Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy  •  Read more »   How the presidential race would end, if the election were held literally right this minute Now on the Web and on Twitter: Incessant updates to the electoral map. By Philip Bump  •  Read more »   Foreign election observers will monitor U.S. presidential vote The Organization of American States is sending monitors for the first time. By Carol Morello  •  Read more »   What they said, what they meant Sign up to have The Fix's Aaron Blake text you the highlights of each debate as it unfolds. Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'She wouldn't listen’: A wrenching story of an honor killing in Pakistan A man accused of killing his sister after she defied her family and married a Christian, talked with a reporter, providing a remarkable glimpse into the mind of an honor killer and those who egged him on. By Fred Barbash  •  Read more »   A 7-year-old told her bus driver she couldn’t wake her parents. Police found them dead at home. Dutifully, the girl got dressed in their apartment outside Pittsburgh on Monday and went to school, keeping her worries to herself. But on the bus ride home, police say, she told the driver about her parents. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   The NFL is cracking down on simulated bow-and-arrow violence. It’s about time. Simulated violence is wrong. No one goes to a sporting event to see violence. Kudos to the NFL for legislating it out of its game. By Dan Steinberg  •  Read more »   This school staged a ‘Color Wars’ pep rally. Then students showed up in ‘White Pride’ shirts. What began as a good-natured competition between classes at a Montana high school turned into a national discussion on racism when two students wore "Trump 2016 White Pride" shirts to the rally. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   3-year-old dies after being left alone for hours in her mother's police car Cheyenne Hyer's mother, and the colleague she was visiting, were both fired by the Long Beach, Miss., police department after the girl died, officials said. Authorities are conducting an independent investigation into the incident. By Amy B Wang  •  Read more »   How do we stop our waiter from stealing plates before we're finished with them? Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves. 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