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Trump, allies seek to sow mistrust about election security ahead of midterms

ANA CEBALLOS, JUSTINE MCDANIEL, ANDREA CASTILLO

Trump delivered a prime-time address on Thursday night about vulnerabilities in the election system, claims that largely were not backed up by the evidence he provided.

Senator says key piece of college sports legislation 'probably' has 60 votes to clear upper chamber

A lawmaker sponsoring a key piece of federal college sports legislation says he believes the bill likely has the support it needs to make it through the upper chamber

Man Sought in Minnesota Fraud Case Returned From Somalia

ERNESTO LONDOÑO AND MATTHEW MPOKE BIGG

Abdikerm Eidleh, whom the authorities sought for nearly four years, faces charges in the state’s sprawling social services fraud case, which has drawn the Trump administration’s attention.

Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short.

DAVID E. SANGER AND DUSTIN VOLZ

In the end, the documentary evidence that President Trump claimed would prove his case appeared bound to disappoint those who expected bombshell revelations.

Paul Pelosi charged with misdemeanor hit-and-run over collision with parked car

Paul Pelosi has been charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run after a collision earlier this month in California

License revoked for boarding school where Paris Hilton says she was abused as teen

Utah has revoked another license for the boarding school where Paris Hilton said she was abused as a teenager

US cancels automatic protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction

AIPAC Closes Donor Portal to Democrats Who Voted to End Aid to Israel

ANNIE KARNI

The pro-Israel lobbying group appeared to be punishing Democrats it had previously endorsed for re-election after they voted in favor of an amendment that would have cut off U.S. aid to Israel.

Mourning One Tragedy at Sea, a Family Is Devastated by Another

SOUMYA KARLAMANGLA, MADALEINE RUBIN AND HEATHER KNIGHT

The Boisas went out on the San Francisco Bay to spread the ashes of one of their own. Then a wave toppled their boat.

South Carolina Man Who Fired Rifle to Scare a Black Neighbor Gets 9 Years

MARK WALKER

The man, Jonathan Andrew Felkel, fired a rifle and shouted a racial slur at the victim, whom he targeted because of his race, law enforcement officials said.

Paul Pelosi Charged With Hit-and-Run in Napa Valley Crash

LIVIA ALBECK-RIPKA

Mr. Pelosi, the 86-year-old husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, crashed into a parked Tesla near his home among the vineyards this month.

U.S. Forest Service Employees Are Freed After 15-Hour Hostage Ordeal

ISHANI DESAI

The authorities said a man and his son held two employees at gunpoint in a trailer at Shasta-Trinity National Forest in Northern California.

Rhode Island Man Who Fled 2005 Rape Trial Is Arrested in New York

JOHN S.W. MACDONALD

Ronald L. Fischer vanished just before he was convicted. After more than 20 years on the run, he was arrested on a sailboat in the East River, the authorities said.

How Trump Is Using Federal Agencies to Target Elections

NICHOLAS CORASANITI, LAURA BULT, NOUR IDRISS, JUNE KIM AND STEPHANIE SWART

Nick Corasaniti, a Politics reporter, explains how the Trump administration is deploying federal agencies to investigate and reshape electoral processes under state jurisdiction.

Tennessee woman arrested after allegedly trying to drown one of her children in backyard pool

Mikaylee Rae Beirne of Johnson City faces aggravated child abuse charges after witnesses say she forced a child underwater in a backyard pool.