Mayor accused of racist post about Obamas allowed to resign and other top stories.

• Mayor accused of racist post about Obamas allowed to resign

  

  USA Today Network Teresa Boeckel, York (Pa.) Daily Record 7:29 a.m. EDT October 18, 2016 Councilman Shawn Mauck spoke about what to expect at tonight's meeting. Teresa Boeckel, York Daily RecordAttendees react to a speaker during a West York Borough Council meeting two weeks ago. The council was addressing West York Borough Mayor Charles Wasko's inflammatory Facebook posts.(Photo: Paul Chaplin, For the York Daily Record)YORK, Pa. — West York Council unanimously accepted embat..

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• Why Trump's talk of a rigged vote is so dangerous

  

  The Republican presidential nominee's claim that the election is being rigged against him represents the most outlandish moment yet in a campaign devoted to dismantling political norms.Trump might not be the first candidate to feel nefarious forces are moving to keep him from the White House -- presidential elections have occasionally been disputed after votes are counted and have often been marred by accusations of dark instruments of fraud, such as the dead casting votes.But Trump's claim thre..

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• Illegal Immigration Is Changing. Border Security Is Still Catching Up

  

  llegal immigration into the United States isn't what it used to be. The prevailing assumption that Mexican migrants, mostly men, are streaming into the United States illegally in search of jobs is long outdated, the Obama administration said this week. Instead, it's overwhelmingly families from Central America who are being intercepted together at the border. And this distinction between the shifting demographics at the border isn't just semantics. It's not so much an illegal immigration p..

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• Former general pleads guilty in false leak probe

  

  A former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has pleaded guilty to making false statements during an investigation into a leak of classified information about a covert cyberattack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Retired Marine Gen. James Cartwright entered the plea at a hearing Monday before U.S. District Judge Richard Leon. When Leon asked if Cartwright understood the charge, he said, "I do, sir." The offense carries a maximum of five years in prison, but Cartwright's attorney told the ju..

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• Chief: California officers spared when gunman's weapon jams

  

  VALLEJO, Calif. –  A man wearing body armor pointed an assault rifle at two police officers in a California Starbucks, only to have the weapon malfunction before he fled and was shot by the officers nearby, police said. Vallejo Police Chief Andrew Bidou called it an "attempted assassination" of the two officers, who were on break when the confrontation occurred. The officers were caught off-guard and "were ambushed by somebody who has superior firepower," the chief said Monday. It marked the la..

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• Police: Armed man fatally shot by Benton Harbor officer

  

  Police: Armed man fatally shot by Benton Harbor officer 24 Hour News 8 web staff Published: October 18, 2016, 5:41 am Updated: October 18, 2016, 8:14 am Michigan State Police on scene of an officer-involved shooting on Pavone Street in Benton Harbor. (Oct. 18, 2016) BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (WOOD) — Authorities say a man was shot and killed by an officer after he opened fire on police in Benton Harbor Tuesday morning. A release from the Benton Harbor Department of Public ..

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