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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are blitzing through battleground states in a final bid to energize voters. Clinton's winding down her campaign on a positive note and urging voters to embrace a "hopeful, inclusive, bighearted America." Trump, meanwhile, is calling for supporters to "beat the corrupt system." Both candidates are visiting four states today.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has turned down a request from Ohio Democrats to issue an order aimed at preventing Donald Trump's supporters from harassing or intimidating voters on Election Day. The case is part of a flurry of courtroom efforts by the Democrats around the country to head off what they say is vigilantism by the Trump campaign and its backers. In North Carolina -- a federal judge says she sees no evidence that Republicans and Trump want supporters to intimidate minority voters on Election Day.
TALLAHASEE, Fla. (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is stressing the importance of the African-American vote as he and his wife visit historically black Florida A&M University. Biden says that if African-Americans turn out in the same numbers as they did for President Barack Obama, then Hillary Clinton will win Florida. He also told the few hundred students in the crowd that he predicts historically black colleges would be hurt under a Trump administration through cuts to Pell Grants.
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado city of Aurora will make sweeping police reforms and pay $2.6 million to relatives of an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by an officer. The settlement stems from the March 2015 death of 37-year-old Naeschylus (nuh-SHAY'-luhs) Carter Vinzant. The settlement was reached ahead of a lawsuit. A grand jury declined to indict the officer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Equal pay is good for the economy. That's the message from the head of the International Monetary Fund, who today called on governments and businesses to do more to promote the same opportunities for men and women. The fund's managing director told a Washington conference that ensuring equal pay and economic opportunities for men and women boosts growth, promotes diversity and reduces economic inequality around the world. Christine Lagarde called it "an economic no-brainer."
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