Evening Edition: Trump calls claims of unwanted sexual advances ‘vicious’ and ‘absolutely false’

Surrogates seem to make things worse when they try to explain away Trump's behavior; Liberty University students protest school president's defense of Trump; Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in literature; More than half a million heart surgery patients could be at risk for deadly infection; 'Another nightmare': North Carolina flood could swallow small town; 'Quiet catastrophe': A record number of prime-age American men aren't working; 'This is intolerable . . . Stop this madness': Michelle Obama rallies women against Trump; Fact Checker: 4 Pinocchios for Trump's claim that Clinton 'lost' $6 billion at the State Department; The Fix: Trump is facing an apocalyptic election scenario, thanks to female voters; What they said, what they meant; World's longest-reigning monarch, Thailand’s king, dies at 88; No three-star restaurants in Washington's first Michelin guide. But these earned two.;   The day's most important stories   Trump calls claims of unwanted sexual advances 'vicious' and 'absolutely false' After a series of news reports in which four women accused him of groping and kissing them without consent, the Republican presidential nominee claimed he can prove the accusations are not true but did not disclose his evidence. By Jose A. DelReal and Sean Sullivan  •  Read more » Surrogates seem to make things worse when they try to explain away Trump's behavior Their defenses have angered people across the political spectrum and complicate his attempts to move past controversy. By Katie Zezima  •  Read more »   Liberty University students protest school president's defense of Trump The students wrote that president Jerry Falwell Jr.'s support for the GOP nominee had cast a stain on the school's reputation. By T. Rees Shapiro, Sarah Pulliam Bailey, Susan Svrluga and Scott Clement  •  Read more »   Bob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize in literature The Swedish academy described the musician as "having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition." He is the first American to win the prize since Toni Morrison in 1993. By Ron Charles, Geoff Edgers and Brian Murphy  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   More than half a million heart surgery patients could be at risk for deadly infection The bacterial infection, linked to tainted devices used during operations, is particularly insidious because it is difficult to detect. Patients may not develop symptoms for months after initial exposure. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more »   'Another nightmare': North Carolina flood could swallow small town Hurricane Floyd and subsequent flooding decimated the town 17 years ago. Now, flooding from Hurricane Matthew threatens it again. By Chico Harlan  •  Read more »   'Quiet catastrophe': A record number of prime-age American men aren't working The trend has been the subject of much noise and consternation lately. A recent survey, focused on male labor-force dropouts, could shed some light on the decline in employment. By Jeff Guo  •  Read more »   'This is intolerable . . . Stop this madness': Michelle Obama rallies women against Trump At a Clinton campaign stop, the first lady addressed sexual assault and harassment allegations against the GOP nominee. By Krissah Thompson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Fact Checker: 4 Pinocchios for Trump's claim that Clinton 'lost' $6 billion at the State Department The $6 billion was not lost or misplaced; it's that $6 billion in contracts had missing paperwork. The majority of those contracts stemmed from the Bush administration, before Clinton was secretary of state. By Glenn Kessler  •  Read more »   The Fix: Trump is facing an apocalyptic election scenario, thanks to female voters HIs numbers were very, very bad. They've gotten worse. By Philip Bump  •  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 »   World's longest-reigning monarch, Thailand’s king, dies at 88 Bhumibol Adulyadej, ruler for seven decades, was regarded as a near-deity in a country defined by political turbulence. By Adam Bernstein  •  Read more »   No three-star restaurants in Washington's first Michelin guide. But these earned two. The absence of a single top rating from one of the most powerful arbiters of culinary taste in the world may come as a surprise to cheerleaders for Washington's dining scene. By Maura Judkis  •  Read more »           Share Evening Edition:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Headlines. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071