With fewer than four months until the election, it's not just the national races that are drawing harassment, intimidation and threats, but local candidates as well. Harassment of local officials, both Democrats and Republicans, has increased by 55% over the past two years, according to a new study.
Alabama authorities said Daniel Hernandez-Lopez, 32, is behind bars after allegedly trying to strangle his wife. His stepson knocked him unconscious during the alleged incident....