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• Moderator Lester Holt under scrutiny during debate
• California man convicted as would-be Islamic State recruit gets 30 years
• New York launches campaign to fight Islamophobia
• Debate pitfalls and hurdles for Clinton, Trump
• Pentagon: IS could use mustard gas to defend Mosul
• US vote between 'a warmonger and a madman': director Oliver Stone
• Islamic State 'dead set' on using chemical arms: Pentagon spokesman
• Minister: Extremism 'exported' to Kosovo from other regions
• Man convicted of killing Army veteran gets life sentence
• The Latest: Kosovo blames other nations for radicalization
• Calais migrant camp demolition raises child trafficking fears, U.N. says
• Jordanians protest after writer shot dead
• Kurdish rebel attacks on soldiers in Turkey kill 10
• Fact Checker or Debate Moderator--Will Holt Set a Trap for Trump?
• France set to dismantle migrant camp in Calais, as political pressure mounts
• Frenchman rams police car in Greece after security check
• Hollande confirms Calais migrant camp shutdown, urges UK help
• Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad not to run again for president
• U.S., Russia trade blows over Syria as warplanes pound Aleppo
• Hillary's Could-Be Cabinet — According to the Insiders
• Today in History
• 10 Things to Know for Monday

Moderator Lester Holt under scrutiny during debate Posted: 26 Sep 2016 05:17 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone's aware of the stakes for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the first presidential debate, but there's a third person in the equation who faces a different pressure: Lester Holt.

California man convicted as would-be Islamic State recruit gets 30 years Posted: 26 Sep 2016 05:14 PM PDT A would-be Islamic State recruit from California was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison for his conviction on charges he sought to join the militant group in Syria and committed bank fraud to pay for a plane ticket there, federal prosecutors said. Nader Elhuzayel, 25, was found guilty in June by a U.S. District Court jury in Santa Ana, California, of conspiring and attempting to provide material support, namely himself, to a terrorist organization, and 26 counts of bank fraud.

New York launches campaign to fight Islamophobia Posted: 26 Sep 2016 04:18 PM PDT New York unveiled Monday a major public campaign to fight Islamophobia, stressing the equal rights of the city's hundreds of thousands of Muslims. "Now more than ever, it is important for every New Yorker to stand united as one city and reject hate and violence," said Mayor Bill de Blasio in a statement. The campaign begins Tuesday, just 10 days after bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami exploded a device in Chelsea, a fashionable Manhattan neighborhood, injuring 29 people.

Debate pitfalls and hurdles for Clinton, Trump Posted: 26 Sep 2016 01:04 PM PDT Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump can expect tough questions during their first presidential debate Monday night on the blunders and controversies incurred in their race for the White House. -- Trust: Many voters say they simply don't trust Clinton. -- "Deplorables": Clinton used the colorful expression during a fundraising event to describe Trump's backers.

Pentagon: IS could use mustard gas to defend Mosul Posted: 26 Sep 2016 12:47 PM PDT The Islamic State group could use mustard gas against an Iraqi offensive to retake Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, the US Defense Department said Monday. "We can fully expect that as this road towards Mosul progresses, ISIL is likely to try to use it again," Pentagon spokesman Jeff Davis told reporters, using another acronym for the IS group. Davis said that the jihadists had already used mustard gas "at least a couple dozen" times, packing a "rudimentary" form of the chemical weapon into crude, makeshift munitions.

US vote between 'a warmonger and a madman': director Oliver Stone Posted: 26 Sep 2016 12:10 PM PDT US voters are being given the unpalatable choice for president between "warmonger" Hillary Clinton and "madman" Donald Trump, anti-establishment director Oliver Stone said in an interview aired by Swiss television Monday. "We're between a rock and a hard place," Stone told public broadcaster RTS. In the interview shown just hours before the first presidential debate is televised in the United States, Stone said he believed Trump was "dangerous" and that Clinton would win.

Islamic State 'dead set' on using chemical arms: Pentagon spokesman Posted: 26 Sep 2016 11:43 AM PDT By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Islamic State militants are "dead set" on using chemical arms and are likely to try them again as Iraqi forces advance on Mosul, a Pentagon spokesman said on Monday, a week after a rocket with a possible chemical agent landed near U.S. troops. The shell initially tested positive for a mustard agent, but two subsequent tests have been inconclusive and the device is undergoing further tests, Navy Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, told reporters.

Minister: Extremism 'exported' to Kosovo from other regions Posted: 26 Sep 2016 11:32 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Kosovo's foreign minister said Monday that other nations have exported violent extremism to his country, which has seen a greater percentage of its citizens fight for the Islamic State group than any other nation in Europe.

Man convicted of killing Army veteran gets life sentence Posted: 26 Sep 2016 10:35 AM PDT BOSTON (AP) — An Army veteran who was shot and killed during a confrontation in Boston's Theater District was remembered by family members as a "loyal son, brother and friend" at the sentencing for the man convicted of the slaying.

The Latest: Kosovo blames other nations for radicalization Posted: 26 Sep 2016 10:31 AM PDT UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local):

Calais migrant camp demolition raises child trafficking fears, U.N. says Posted: 26 Sep 2016 09:27 AM PDT By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lone children living in the shanty town near Calais are likely to go missing or risk being trafficked when France dismantles the migrant camp, the United Nations said on Monday, urging authorities to speed up the reunion of children with families in Britain. The U.N. children's agency, UNICEF, said it was concerned for the safety and future of unaccompanied minors living in the so-called "jungle" camp, on the outskirts of the northern French port town. "Before the bulldozers arrive, there must be robust plans to safeguard the hundreds of unaccompanied children currently stranded in the camp," said Lily Caprani, UNICEF UK's Deputy Executive Director.

Jordanians protest after writer shot dead Posted: 26 Sep 2016 09:16 AM PDT Almost 200 protesters gathered in front of the Prime Ministry in Amman on Monday (September 26), speaking out against violence and extremism after a prominent writer was shot dead. The writer, Nahed Hatter, was killed on Sunday outside the court where he was to stand trial on charges of contempt of religion after sharing on social media a caricature seen as insulting Islam, witnesses and state media said. "Freedom of speech is absolute, as long as you have committed no crimes.

Kurdish rebel attacks on soldiers in Turkey kill 10 Posted: 26 Sep 2016 09:09 AM PDT ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Kurdish rebels staged two attacks against security forces in southeastern Turkey on Monday, killing 10 security force members and wounding eight others, the country's state-run news agency reported.

Fact Checker or Debate Moderator--Will Holt Set a Trap for Trump? Posted: 26 Sep 2016 08:55 AM PDT The focus of the news today is not what issues may loom large in tonight's presidential debate, but whether NBC anchor Lester Holt, a Republican, should act as fact-checker. The liberal media is keen for him to do so, suggesting that Donald Trump has littered the campaign trail with falsehoods and that calling him out on his lies is Holt's duty to American voters. While Trump has indeed bent the truth in any number of ways these past several months, there is a vast difference between the lies told by Hillary Clinton and those from the GOP nominee.

France set to dismantle migrant camp in Calais, as political pressure mounts Posted: 26 Sep 2016 07:02 AM PDT The plan to completely dismantle the camp comes amid demands from a wide range of French citizens, from truck drivers, farmers, dockworkers, and merchants, to right-wing opponents of Hollande, to close the camp and force Britain to play a greater role. In order to shut down the Jungle for good, France plans to relocate the up to 10,000 migrants living there around the country while it processes asylum claims for thousands of camp residents who don't want to permanently settle in France. Recommended: How much do you know about the EU?

Frenchman rams police car in Greece after security check Posted: 26 Sep 2016 07:00 AM PDT THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A 49-year-old Frenchman is to be deported from Greece after ramming a police car following a security check for suspected Islamic militants returning from Iraq and Syria.

Hollande confirms Calais migrant camp shutdown, urges UK help Posted: 26 Sep 2016 05:00 AM PDT By Elizabeth Pineau CALAIS, France (Reuters) - President Francois Hollande said on Monday that France will completely shut down "the Jungle" migrant camp in Calais by year-end and called on London to help deal with the plight of thousands of people whose dream is ultimately to get to Britain. "The situation is unacceptable and everyone here knows it," Hollande said on a visit to the northern port city where as many as 10,000 migrants from war-torn countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan live in squalor. France plans to relocate the migrants in small groups around the country but right-wing opponents of the Socialist leader are raising the heat ahead of the election in April, accusing him of mismanaging a problem that is ultimately a British one.

Iran's supreme leader tells Ahmadinejad not to run again for president Posted: 26 Sep 2016 02:46 AM PDT By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader has told former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to stand again in next year's elections, state media reported on Monday, effectively eliminating a major challenger to pragmatist incumbent Hassan Rouhani. Ahmadinejad had not announced any plans to run in the vote scheduled for May, but has made several speeches in recent months, prompting speculation of a political comeback. Commentators had suggested the firebrand populist, who frequently enraged the West with his rhetoric during his eight years in office, would have given Iran's conservatives their best chance of regaining power.

U.S., Russia trade blows over Syria as warplanes pound Aleppo Posted: 26 Sep 2016 01:49 AM PDT By Michelle Nichols and Suleiman Al-Khalidi UNITED NATIONS/AMMAN (Reuters) - The United States accused Russia of "barbarism" in Syria on Sunday as warplanes supporting Syrian government forces pounded Aleppo and Moscow said ending the civil war was almost "impossible". A diplomatic solution to the fighting looked unlikely as U.S. and Russian diplomats disagreed at a U.N. Security Council meeting called to discuss the violence, which has escalated since a ceasefire collapsed last week. Rebels, who are battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces for control of Aleppo, said any peace process would be futile unless the "scorched earth bombing" stopped immediately.

Hillary's Could-Be Cabinet — According to the Insiders Posted: 26 Sep 2016 01:00 AM PDT In this early look at a possible Clinton cabinet, women reign supreme.

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10 Things to Know for Monday Posted: 25 Sep 2016 06:50 PM PDT Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Monday: 1. NATION — AND BEYOND — TURNS ATTENTION TO FIRST OF THREE DEBATES The high-stakes contests between ...

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