Friday, October 28, 2016

Trump supporters stand by their man in Ohio



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Trump supporters stand by their man in Ohio

The Clintons' blurred lines; North Dakota protest crackdown escalates; Vagina Dispatches explores orgasm gap; families grateful for Obamacare despite cost increases

A woman holds up a sign before Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke at a campaign event in Geneva, Ohio, on Thursday.
A woman holds up a sign before Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spoke at a campaign event in Geneva, Ohio, on Thursday. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

Edward Helmore in New York


Trump supporters: 'There'll be a revolution'

Whatever doubts gnaw at Donald Trump at dead of night, his hardcore supporters will not allow him to give up the dream of the White House. All 18 people interviewed by the Guardian at a Trump campaign rally in the battleground state of Ohio on Thursday night challenged the basic premise that he is losing. The omens, however, are not good for the Republican nominee. As Hillary Clinton dominates opinion polls, Trump has stopped formal, major donor fundraising events for the GOP. Meanwhile his running mate Mike Pence's plane skidded off the runway at LaGuardia airport in New York. No one was hurt.

'There'll be a revolution': Trump's Ohio supporters back him against the odds

Clinton and the first lady join forces

Hillary Clinton deployed the star power of Michelle Obama in North Carolina on Thursday, laying out the stakes in the presidential election and then turning the stage over to the popular first lady. In a speech that switched between soaring rhetoric and playful asides, Obama said the choice facing American voters was a moral one. Trump's vision, she said, was "of hopelessness and despair, a vision of a country that is weak and divided, a country in chaos, where other citizens are a threat". The first lady praised Clinton's vision "of a nation that is powerful and vibrant and strong, big enough to have a place for all of us".

Michelle Obama showers Clinton with praise at joint rally: 'Hillary doesn't play'

The Clintons' blurred lines

Donald Trump's campaign has seized on embarrassing revelations of blurred lines between the Clinton Foundation and the family's business interests revealed in emails dumped by Wikileaks. The new disclosures detail the extent of what was dubbed "Bill Clinton Inc" by advisers who boasted of securing more than $100m for the former president. In one email, Chelsea Clinton warned that her father would be "horrified" to hear that comparisons were being made between his activities and "Tony Blair's profit motivations".

Latest WikiLeaks dump ties Clinton Foundation to personal enrichment claims

Vagina Dispatches episode three: the orgasm gap

Women are less likely to orgasm than men – but is it really more difficult for women? There's still ambiguity about what the female orgasm even is, let alone how to have one. In episode three of Vagina Dispatches, Mona Chalabi and Mae Ryan go into the lab with a neuroscientist who measures orgasms.


North Dakota protest crackdown escalates

Law enforcement officials arrested 141 people in North Dakota after police surrounded protesters, deploying pepper spray and armored vehicles in order to clear hundreds of Native American activists and supporters from land owned by an oil pipeline company. The move signals a new phase in police efforts to thwart an ongoing demonstration by hundreds of members of more than 90 Native American tribes to prevent the construction of the controversial Dakota Access pipeline.

North Dakota pipeline protesters pushed back from site after 141 arrested

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Families weigh up effects of Obamacare premium rises

As the Obama administration confirms that premiums for some health plans under the Affordable Care Act will increase by an average of 25% next year, families like the Marshes are just grateful to have health insurance, writes Amanda Holpuch. Jerry Marsh, a health insurance navigator, said wife Kerri Marsh's current coverage would cost $18 more a month next year because of the premium increases. "We can live with that, that's a $20 bill; if people went out having beers or something, you'd spend that real quick," Marsh told the Guardian.

Yes, Obamacare will be more expensive, but for millions the rise can be mitigated

Apple's new MacBook

Apple has launched the first new version of its MacBook Pro laptop in 18 months, with a new touchscreen on the keyboard capable of inserting emoji into text. The new laptop is a key part of Apple's Mac computer line, but has stood stagnant in recent times, seeing only small specifications increases since 2012. The updates come at a time when Apple's Mac shipments have seen three straight quarters of decline.

Apple launches new MacBook Pro laptop with Touch Bar for instant emoji

Jennifer Lawrence hacker sentenced to 18 months

Ryan Collins, the hacker who stole nude photos of female celebrities in 2014, including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Avril Lavigne, has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, officials announced on Thursday. In May, Collins, a 36-year-old from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to federal hacking charges. Investigators found that Collins had gained access to at least 50 Apple iCloud accounts and 72 Gmail accounts, many of which belonged to famous women.

Hacker who stole nude photos of celebrities gets 18 months in prison

The two Toms - the last of their kind

There must be some people who are desperate to see Inferno, the third Ron Howard film to star Tom Hanks as a "symbology" professor who saves the world by misinterpreting paintings. By the same token, some people must be counting the days until they can watch Tom Cruise breaking strangers' limbs again in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back – an eyebrow-raising subtitle for any sequel. But are these airport-paperback adaptations, both released in October, really the most productive use of their stars' time, asks Nicholas Barber in his assessment of the last 80s superstars still able to open a movie on their name alone.

Cruise and Hanks: from golden boys to wasted talents

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