DOJ says government developing plan to close D.C. golf course

Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign is under fire after a New York Times report out Wednesday that it played a role in recruiting Dan J. Sullivan -- a Republican who almost has the same name as incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan -- as part of an effort to sow confusion and ultimately benefit Peltola's campaign. The New York Times report said it relied on 12 sources, text messages and documents that allegedly showed members of Peltola's campaign, lawyers for Peltola and senior aides at Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee contributed to pushing Dan J. Sullivan, a Republican on Alaska's four-way ballot, to run.

A fresh look at cell phone data and text messages led to arrest of a Florida man accused of murdering his ex-fiancée within hours of their appearance on TV’s “The People’s Court” in 2011, court documents unsealed Tuesday revealed. Dale Smith Jr., a 55-year-old Orlando resident , was taken into custody Oct. 14 and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Michelle Parker, whose body has never been found, police said. Smith was 40 and Parker 33 when she was last seen alive on Nov. 17, 2011. The two shared custody of twins at the time.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3, and early voting is underway throughout the country.

The U.S. central bank left borrowing costs unchanged this month after hiking rates in September for the first time in three years.