Montana elects House candidate who assaulted reporter, new fire chief faces challenges, and morning headlines

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Brian Schaeffer, Spokane's new fire chief, faces some significant challenges.

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Assault on the free press
Important notice to Montana politicians: You can body-slam a reporter the day before the election, and you'll still be elected. (New York Times)

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The New York Times goes through a frame-by frame analysis to prove that the Turkish president's bodyguards attacked and beat protesters last week in Washington, D.C.