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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — One of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent history is headed toward Jamaica with 155 mph winds. Hurricane Matthew was even stronger than that earlier today before weakening from a Category 5 to a Category 4. It's roaring across the Caribbean Sea on a course that also puts parts of Haiti and Cuba in danger.
NEW YORK (AP) — A new poll finds major doubts about the accuracy of the November vote count among supporters of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who asserts that the general election "is going to be rigged." The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that half the people who have a favorable opinion of Trump say they have little to no confidence in the integrity of the vote count. There is no actual evidence of a widespread a problem.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Some 20,000 to as many as 50,000 Kansans are affected by a federal appeals court ruling forcing the state to recognize voters who registered at motor vehicle offices without providing proof of citizenship. The decision from the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals says there's "no constitutional doubt" that federal law prohibits Kansas from requiring citizenship documents.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore is off the bench again. The nine-member Alabama Court of the Judiciary suspended Moore for the remainder of his term for defying the U.S. Supreme Court on gay marriage, more than a decade after he was ousted for disobeying a federal order to take down a 2 ½-ton monument to the Ten Commandments. The court stopped short of outright removing Moore.
HOBOKEN, N.J. (AP) — National Transportation Safety Board investigators have held off some of their questioning of the engineer in Thursday's commuter train crash at a station just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. Other investigating agencies have asked him some questions. The train plowed into a steel-and-concrete bumper and hurtled into the waiting area of the Hoboken, New Jersey station. One person was killed and more than 100 were injured.
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