GOP, Home to Trump and Tea Party, Decries Dems’ Mob Rule

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans are forecasting nightmarish Democratic “mob rule” to amp up GOP voters for next month’s critical midterm elections, flipping the script from complaints that it’s Trump and the Tea Party movement who’ve boosted rowdy and divisive tactics to dangerous levels. Less than a month from voting in…

SIU Chancellor Carlo Montemagno Dies at Age 62

CARBONDALE, IL (AP) — Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Chancellor Carlo Montemagno died Thursday at age 62, the university’s interim president announced. The school didn’t reveal the cause of death. In June, Montemagno revealed in his blog that he was suffering from cancer and was treating it “aggressively.” “This was unexpected. Even though he carried a diagnosis…

Facebook Says it Purged More Than 800 Spam Accounts, Pages

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it has purged more than 800 U.S. pages and accounts for spamming users with garbage links and clickbait. Facebook accuses their backers of “coordinated inauthentic behavior” for setting up networks of pages and accounts designed to mislead users about who they are and what they’re doing. The social network says these…