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Also Monday, White House spokesman Josh Earnest refused to defend or criticize FBI Director James Comey for announcing fresh scrutiny of possible Clinton emails just days before the November election.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both have proposals to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. Meanwhile, ballots in some 400 local communities feature public transit and infrastructure projects.

Barricades are up and Pakistan's capital Islamabad is in lockdown as opposition leader and former cricket star Imran Khan and the government face off again.

In NPR Ed's latest Long Listen, we explore innovative schools that tap into the power of student-directed learning.

Mitchel Craddock and his buddies found a stray and her litter at a cabin in Tennessee. Craddock's friends each adopted a puppy; his grandma adopted the mom.

Iraqi troops, with U.S. support, are on the outskirts of the Norther Iraqi city. Mosul has been under ISIS control for more than two years.

Around 4,700 transportation workers went on strike at midnight after their contract expired and negotiations failed. Affected buses, subways and trolleys usually handle more than 800,000 trips a day.

No children were on the yellow school bus at the time of the accident, police say. The school bus was traveling to pick up a student when the series of crashes occurred. The driver is among the dead.

The tradition goes back to the 19th century, when the U.S. was largely an agrarian, Christian society. People needed a day to travel by horse and buggy to vote and November was after the fall harvest.

In the last days of the presidential election, experts are questioning whether Donald Trump's public stances on defense strategy present him as a qualified commander in chief.