Paul Ryan Turns Focus From Donald Trump to House Races, Roiling GOP and other top stories.

• Paul Ryan Turns Focus From Donald Trump to House Races, Roiling GOP

  

  One of the conservatives, Representative Dana Rohrabacher of California, attacked the Republicans stepping away from Mr. Trump as “cowards,” three lawmakers said. Another, Representative Trent Franks of Arizona, said, using graphic language to describe abortion, that allowing Mrs. Clinton into the White House would end with fetuses being destroyed “limb from limb.” Trying to quiet the uproar, Mr. Ryan interjected after about 45 minutes to assure members that he was not withdrawing his endorseme..

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• Willowbrook Mall in Wayne evacuated as a precaution

  

  Willowbrook Mall in Wayne was evacuated Monday evening and an “emotional” customer taken into custody after he approached security staff saying he had found a note in the outer food courts containing a bomb threat, according to township police. Mitsu Yasukawa/Staff Photographer Wayne Police personnel are seen as they respond to a bomb threat at Willowbrook Mall in Wayne on Monday. But Police Chief James Clark said police “were never able to verify” the exi..

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• Ruth Bader Ginsburg says national anthem protests are 'really dumb'

  

  SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not a believer in protesting by sitting or kneeling during the national anthem.Speaking to Yahoo! on Monday morning, Ginsburg had some harsh words for San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and other players who have decided to kneel during the national anthem in protest of racial inequality."I think it's really dumb of them," Ginsburg said. "Would I arrest them for doing it? No. I think it's dumb and disrespectful. I ..

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• Despite Ken Thompson's Short Stint as Brooklyn Prosecutor, Agenda May Endure

  

  “It’s likely that had he been in office longer, he could have made these changes even bigger,” said John Pfaff, a professor at Fordham Law School who has studied the role of district attorneys in the criminal justice system. “He had the right attitude and right position, as the D.A. of the second- or third-largest county in America, but he didn’t have the time. In some sense, he ends up being more of a reflection of the change than a cause.” Photo An activist placed protest signs outside Mr. T..

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• Wrong-way driver kills 5 teens, steals police car, officials say

  

  Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin ordered flags lowered to half-staff through Thursday for Eli Brookens, 16, of Waterbury, Mary Harris and Cyrus Zschau, both 16, of Moretown, Lim Hale and Janie Cozzi, both 15, from Fayston. "The loss of five young Vermonters in such a senseless tragedy is heartbreaking," Shumlin said. "Vermont is a community, and today we share the sadness and loss of the families and friends of these teens." Four of the teens attended Harwood Union in Duxbury, where hundreds gathered..

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• Hurricane Matthew: Sandy lessons forgotten?

  

  Inland-flood warnings remain in effect for the eastern third of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, the result of cosmically heavy rains produced by Hurricane Matthew. But you won’t find any inland-flood advisories on the National Hurricane Center site, complains Gary Szatkowski, retired head of the National Weather Service in Mount Holly. At 5 p.m. Sunday, the hurricane center signed off on Matthew, by then a “post-tropical storm.” In a series of Tweets Szatkowski argued that the hurr..

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