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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's campaign is expanding into states Democrats haven't won in decades. That's a sign of confidence in her standing in the presidential race and the increased focus on winning control of the Senate. Campaign manager Robby Mook says Clinton's campaign is putting an additional $2 million in Arizona television ads, direct mail and digital spots to help Democrats up and down the ballot. First lady Michelle Obama will campaign in Phoenix on Thursday. Clinton's campaign is also putting an additional $1 million into efforts in Missouri and Indiana.
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A defendant in the George Washington Bridge lane-closing trial says Republican Gov. Chris Christie wasn't told about an alleged political revenge plot using traffic jams. Bill Baroni, a former executive with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is on the witness stand. He told jurors Christie was told about traffic jams in Fort Lee during a Sept. 11 memorial event at the World Trade Center in 2013. But he says there was no mention of political retaliation against the town's mayor. That contradicts earlier testimony by a former Port Authority official. He testified that Christie was told the Fort Lee mayor's calls weren't being returned.
DENVER (AP) — Law enforcement officials have identified a man arrested in connection with a homemade explosive that was left outside a police station in a small northern Colorado town. Two officials say 64-year-old David Ansberry was taken into custody over the weekend in Chicago. A detective found the device in a backpack Oct. 11 and brought it into the police station, believing it was lost property. It was eventually detonated in the parking lot of the town's main retail complex, which also houses the police department. Investigators say it was an active explosive that failed to detonate.
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City judge says opening statements are expected as soon as Wednesday in the retrial of a case that reshaped American parenting and the pursuit of missing children. The missing-child case of Etan Patz (AY'-tahn payts) is about to get its second turn before a jury, 37 years after the first-grader vanished. Another jury deadlocked last year. Etan disappeared while heading to his school bus stop in 1979. He was one of the first missing children ever featured on a milk carton. Pedro Hernandez worked at a corner store in the neighborhood but wasn't a suspect until police got a tip in 2012. He confessed, but his lawyers say he's mentally ill.
NEW YORK (AP) — Macy's is staying committed to Thanksgiving Day shopping, saying it'll open an hour earlier this year. The company plans to open at 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving, close at 2 a.m., and reopen at 5 a.m. Friday. The department store has been open on Thanksgiving evening since 2013, and remained open through the night. Several other stores as well as the Mall of America have decided to close for Thanksgiving. They say they wanted to give back the day to employees. Many also say it doesn't make good business sense.
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