Saturday's Headlines: Trump offers brief, defiant apology for lewd 2005 remarks

'Sickened' by video comments, Ryan dumps Trump from event; A caller had a lewd tape of Donald Trump. Then the race to break the story was on.; GOP Sen. Mike Lee urges Trump to quit; Hacked emails appear to include speech excerpts Clinton refused to release; Carolinas feel hurricane's force as Matthew moves north; Hundreds dead in Haiti with death toll expected to rise;   The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors   Top Stories Trump offers brief, defiant apology for lewd 2005 remarks Facing a sharp backlash from his own party, the GOP nominee said in a videotaped statement that he regretted comments from a 2005 recording in which he bragged in vulgar terms about groping women. Yet he also dismissed the controversy as a distraction and went on to attack the Clintons. By David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more » 'Sickened' by video comments, Ryan dumps Trump from event The House speaker decried Donald Trump's 2005 remarks about women and said the GOP nominee won't join him at a weekend rally. By Mike DeBonis and Abby Phillip  •  Read more »   A caller had a lewd tape of Donald Trump. Then the race to break the story was on. Read more » GOP Sen. Mike Lee urges Trump to quit Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Hacked emails appear to include speech excerpts Clinton refused to release In closed-door speeches to Wall Street banks, Clinton apparently backed "open trade and open borders" and suggested that bankers are best positioned to know how the industry should be regulated. By Rosalind S. Helderman and Tom Hamburger  •  Read more »   Carolinas feel hurricane's force as Matthew moves north Downgraded to a Category 2 storm but still packing powerful winds reaching 105 mph, Hurricane Matthew grazed the South Carolina coast and lashed areas such as Hilton Head. It could make landfall in the state this morning, the National Hurricane Center said. By Arelis R. Hernández, Renae Merle and Joel Achenbach  •  Read more »   Hundreds dead in Haiti with death toll expected to rise The United Nations said more than 350,000 of the 1.5 million people on the island need assistance to deal with destruction from the storm. By Joshua Partlow  •  Read more »   Opinions   Donald Trump’s remarkably gross comments about women By Ruth Marcus  •  Read more »   The 'guinea pig' for U.S. torture is languishing at Guantanamo By Amanda L. Jacobsen and Joseph Margulies  •  Read more »   Why Donald Trump and Billy Bush’s leaked conversation is so awful By Alexandra Petri  •  Read more »   Vladimir Putin is bringing back the 1930s By George F. Will  •  Read more »   The sexism inherent in all that interrupting By Deborah Tannen  •  Read more »   An 8-year-old girl in the District tragically disappeared. What happened to her? By Colbert I. King  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   More News   Maker of EpiPen reaches $465 million settlement over Medicaid payment Mylan said it settled with the Justice Department to "resolve questions that have been raised" about whether the Medicaid program overpaid for the lifesaving allergy injection. By Carolyn Y. Johnson  •  Read more » North Korea is 'racing towards the nuclear finish line' A test blast or missile launch could come as soon as Monday, when the ruling Workers' Party celebrates the anniversary of its establishment — an event normally marked with fanfare.  By Anna Fifield  •  Read more » Police raid an 81-year-old woman's garden for one marijuana plant A team of state police and National Guard troops sent a helicopter, several vehicles and a handful of troopers to chop down the single plant and haul it away. By Christopher Ingraham  •  Read more » How shutting down Backpage, ‘the world's top online brothel,’ could hurt sex workers Advocates say online advertising has helped prostitutes avoid the dangers of walking the streets to find clients, where they are easier targets for criminals. By Max Ehrenfreund  •  Read more » An unlikely Bush finally did some damage to Trump Jeb Bush and George W. Bush couldn't stop the rise of Donald Trump. But their cousin Billy Bush is at the center of a controversy that could dent Trump's election hopes. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » The Fix: GOP's brutal responses to Trump's 2005 comments Almost nobody is defending Trump right now. By Aaron Blake  •  Read more » Obama: 'I'm confident; I'm not overconfident,' about Clinton's presidential bid The president cast his ballot in an early-voting center in his home town. By Mike DeBonis and Juliet Eilperin  •  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 » Terrified of terror, Australia plans indefinite detention after sentences end Changes introduced into the Australian federal parliament by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's center-right government would let federal judges stop the release of prisoners who have completed terrorism-related sentences.  By A. Odysseus Patrick  •  Read more » 'I have something for you': Hunt for slave ancestor's bill of sale leads to deeper discovery PODCAST | It's one thing to have a copy of such an important family document. It's another thing to learn that the original exists. By Tauhid Chappell  •  Read more » Major ministry will fire employees who don’t believe that sex is only for married straight couples InterVarsity Christian Fellowship has 1,300 employees who run Christian groups on more than 600 college campuses, and it said it would seek "involuntary termination" of those who do not agree with its theological interpretation on sex. By Julie Zauzmer  •  Read more » Two bookworms but no romance novel When that immediate connection over "the company of a quiet soul" fizzles. By Ellen Ryan  •  Read more » No more pumpkin. We want apple pie! A look at eight incredible recipes that don't have anything to do with squash. By Kara Elder  •  Read more »         Share Today's Headlines:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. 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