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Daniel Ortega, the former Marxist revolutionary leader, took more than 70 percent of the vote. Earlier this year, the courts essentially blocked his main opponent from seeking office.

The third presidential debate was fast-moving with candidates clashing. Hillary Clinton was on the offense; Donald Trump aggressively punched back.

"I will keep you in suspense," Donald Trump said when he was asked if he would accept the results of the presidential election.

Hillary Clinton asked Donald Trump to disavow Russia. Trump responded, saying Russian President Vladimir Putin has no respect for Clinton and it wouldn't be bad if Russia and the U.S. got along.

The Republican chair of the House Oversight committee said just-released FBI files show allegations of a "quid pro quo" between the FBI and State Department. The FBI flatly denies the allegations.

After Thurgood Marshall left for the federal bench, Greenberg became the Legal Defense Fund's second director. Greenberg argued some of the biggest civil rights cases in front of the Supreme Court.

A Justice Department review of the San Francisco Police Department found that officers were more likely to use force, stop and search people of color.

An independent federal agency should not be run by a single person, the court found. It decided to remedy the situation by giving the president the authority to fire the agency head at will.

The second presidential debate was a no-holds-barred affair. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton did not shake hands at the outset — and it quickly turned nasty.

Trying to turn the tables on his opponent, Donald Trump is pointing the finger at Bill Clinton and a former nurse who says Hillary Clinton enabled his alleged sexual assault.

The last major hurricane, defined as Category 3 and stronger, to hit the mainland U.S. was Hurricane Wilma, which made landfall in Florida in 2005. Matthew could break that lucky streak.

The country writ large has seen a slowdown in executions. In Texas, a leader in executions, Fuller could become the first person put to death in more than five months.

The state says it intends to use a three-drug cocktail to execute Ronald Phillips in January. While state officials did not disclose where they acquired the drugs, they say they are FDA approved.

The court decided to review a lower court decision that found the government could not deny trademarks because of an offensive name.

In a contentious debate, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton clashed on the economy, taxes and terrorism.

José Fernández, 24, had an amazing fastball and was considered one of the best young pitchers in the league. His defining characteristic was that he played the game with extraordinary joy.

The smartest pigeon learned to recognize about 60 four-letter words. It's the first time an orthographic brain has been recorded in a nonprimate.

More than one million customers were still without power, so classes were canceled and traffic was chaotic. The power company said half of those customers should have power by the end of the day.

The utility company says the outage was caused by a fire, now extinguished, at a power plant. The company expects to restore service by Thursday morning to about 1.5 million people across the island.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, promised to give away their $45 billion fortune during their lifetime. This is one of the biggest investments so far.