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Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump drastically diminished in a new ABC News/Washington Post national poll released Saturday. Clinton is now ahead of Trump by just 2 points among likely voters, 47 percent to 45 percent, and within the poll's margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. In an average of polls taken over four days released last weekend, Clinton led by 12 points, 50 percent to 38 percent. Notably, the new poll was taken before FBI Director James Comey announced Friday... Читать дальше...

A Donald Trump supporter in Iowa was arrested Thursday over charges she voted twice in the presidential election. Terri Lynn Rote, a 55-year-old from Des Moines, Iowa, reportedly cast one early voting ballot at the Polk County Election Office and a second at a county satellite voting location in Des Moines. Rote said her decision to vote in Des Moines was a "spur-of-the-moment thing." "I don't know what came over me," she said, per The Washington Post.

FBI Director James Comey diverged from Justice Department protocol when he decided to send a letter to Congress announcing the bureau had found emails "pertinent" to its previous investigation of Hillary Clinton's private email server and that it would be reviewing the messages. The New Yorker reported early Saturday that Attorney General Loretta Lynch had advised Comey to maintain the department's "longstanding practice of not commenting on ongoing investigations, and not taking any action that could influence the outcome of an election... Читать дальше...

"Are you looking for a world of pain?" Try munching on a Carolina Reaper Madness Chip ($5), the spiciest tortilla chip ever made, says Eustacia Huen at Forbes. Seasoned with Carolina Reaper peppers, which are at least 100 times hotter than jalapeños, each chip is packaged separately and sold by Paqui, a gourmet chip maker, in a coffinlike box that bears ample warning of the torture that awaits. If you're crazy enough to try it, "make sure you have your antidotes ready." Its creators wore gas masks while handling the peppers. Читать дальше...

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The FBI on Friday announced that it will conduct further investigation into Hillary Clinton's private email server. FBI Director James Comey wrote in a letter to Congress that "the FBI has learned of the existence of emails that appear to be pertinent to the investigation," and said the FBI would be taking "appropriate investigative steps" to review the new emails. The emails in question were not sent by Clinton herself, nor were they withheld by her team during the FBI's initial investigation. Читать дальше...

A farmer harvests rice in Lalitpur, Nepal. | (REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar)

Donald Trump on Friday night tore into Hillary Clinton for trying to "politicize" the FBI's newly reopened investigation into her use of a private email server. During a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Trump hit Clinton for "attacking and falsely accusing the FBI of only sending the letter to Republicans," referring to Clinton's claim she only found out about the investigation when "this letter sent out to Republican members of the House was released." The letter was also sent out to Democrats, informing... Читать дальше...

The Chicago Cubs didn't emerge victorious in the first World Series Game held at Chicago's Wrigley Field in 71 years. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Cubs 1-0 in Game 3 of the World Series on Friday night. The Indians now lead the series 2-1.

Your smartphone screen could soon be part of your car's windshield, said Signe Brewster at TechnologyReview​.com. Navdy is a futuristic, heads-up display that allows drivers to get directions and notifications without taking their eyes off the road. The device, which connects to your smartphone, is affixed just above the steering wheel and projects a transparent display onto the windshield.

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Cyberattackers are waging war on banks, utilities, and companies — and might try to disrupt the U.S. election. Here's everything you need to know:

On Friday night, Hillary Clinton read a brief statement and took some questions from the press following a day in which her campaign was roiled by a letter FBI Director James Comey sent sent to Congress informing committee chairmen that the bureau was looking into newly discovered "emails that appear to be pertinent" to the Clinton email investigation, "in connection with an unrelated case" — reportedly the FBI investigation of Anthony Weiner's alleged sexting with an underage girl. Clinton said... Читать дальше...

This week's question: Bob Dylan has so far refused to acknowledge winning the Nobel Prize in literature, leading one member of the Swedish Academy to blast the singer-songwriter as "impolite and arrogant." If Dylan were to write a song about his apparent indifference to awards and prizes, what title should he give the track?

The beating heart of this election turned tachycardic today, simply because a federal law enforcement official fulfilled a basic obligation of his office.