The nephew of a prominent Democratic senator was found murdered in his small Washington state town — lying in a pool of his own blood with a bloodstained wood-splitting ax nearby. Bob Tester, 35, was found after his 8-year-old daughter called her grandmother to say her father had been killed. It is believed Tester was murdered during a targeted home invasion in his Spangle, Washington, residence. Spangle is outside Spokane. His daughter apparently interacted with her father’s killer — moments before the murder.

Court documents state: “The man told her to stay in bed because he was going to kill her dad,” NBC Montana reports. “We do not believe that this was a random act,” said a spokesman from the Spokane County Sheriff’s Department. “We do believe that the suspect knew the victim.”.(nypost.com)…[+]

Hillary Clinton held her first press conference in 278 days on Thursday, with a 16- minute Q&A in White Plains.

Clinton has taken flak for not having had a formal press meeting since Dec. 4 — while Donald Trump, who professes to hate the media, meets frequently with reporters and calls her “Hiding Hillary.” Clinton has done one-on-one interviews and has had a few informal press gatherings, but nothing like Thursday’s conference at Westchester County Airport, which was announced in advance. She fielded questions about comments she had made earlier to the effect that ISIS is praying for a Trump victory, and told reporters she stands by the claim.(nypost.com)…[+]

A man suspected of plucking a 94-year-old woman’s pension money right out of her bra has been collared, sources told The Post. The man, identified only as a 26-year-old, was arrested early Friday and held at the 25th Precinct – just three blocks from the Regines clothing store, where wheelchair-bound Maria Vasquez was mugged Wednesday.

A startling video showed the heartless crook swiping a wad of cash totaling $600 from her brassiere as she shopped for new slippers at the store on East 116th Street in East Harlem at about 12:15 p.m., cops said. Vasquez, a native of the Dominican Republic, was looking the other way at her caretaker as the thief struck, and she said she was stunned when he brazenly pawed at her chest.(Nypost.com)…[+]