A 15-year-old Walsall boy was arrested and questioned by West Midlands Police after mocking a local councillor on Facebook, in a case free speech advocates say reflects a broader pattern of UK arrests over online speech.
Wedgewood Polls has admitted that only one of the 17 surveys it published this year was real, following an earlier fabrication scandal involving Median Strategies in Wisconsin’s governor’s race.
Hillary Clinton criticized Matthew McConaughey’s video urging voters to consider independent candidates, calling it “unfortunate” just weeks before midterms she says are aimed at stopping Trump.
Kansas Senate candidate Adam Hamilton admitted during a Wednesday debate that he made a ‘mistake’ in failing to stop a church volunteer, later convicted as a sex offender, from returning to a youth retreat in 2006.
Packers running back Josh Jacobs apologized to teammates and called himself “remorseful” in his first public comments since returning from the NFL’s commissioner’s exempt list following a domestic abuse arrest.
Nets rookie Mikel Brown Jr., the No. 6 overall pick, is expected to make his NBA debut Wednesday against the Hornets after an ankle injury limited his preseason, while coach Jordi Fernández stays noncommittal on lifting his minutes restriction.
Hosts of the liberal podcast “Pod Save America” — former Obama staffers — say Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed’s combative response to a question about his family’s alleged Muslim Brotherhood ties came across as condescending, even as they defended him against what they called bigoted questioning.
The Social Security Administration says it has corrected records for nearly 15% of active Social Security numbers — about 390 million records in all — in what it calls the largest database cleanup in its 91-year history, though Democrats and a federal judge have raised concerns about parts of the process.
The Lakers open their regular season Wednesday against the Warriors after turning the ball over 30 times in a preseason meeting, with coach JJ Redick pointing to transition defense and rebounding as areas needing improvement.
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Federal prosecutors have charged five people, including four from Amarillo and Dumas, Texas, with running a gun-trafficking and drug scheme to arm the Sinaloa Cartel, with ringleader Loyd Walter Hall facing up to life in prison.
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A Suffolk County police union leader says a man he arrested later showed up at his home with a billboard truck, and he’s now pushing New York to adopt anti-doxxing and buffer-zone laws to protect officers’ families.
