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• WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election
• Russia vetoes U.N. demand for end to bombing of Syria's Aleppo
• Kuwait arrests suspected Islamist after truck attack on Americans
• Kuwait arrests Egyptian after failed attack on US soldiers
• Navy commissioning honors ship's Pennsylvania namesake
• Kuwait arrests Egyptian planning 'terrorist act'
• Border Patrol agent, cartel-linked brother facing drug trial
• Researchers Discover Great White Shark Nursery off Long Island
• 'Huge disaster' averted in Turkey as suspects blow themselves up
• Two militants kill themselves in standoff with Turkish police
• When would Clinton, Trump use nukes? Why voters aren't asking
• Islamist PJD party wins new mandate in Moroccan elections
• The Lawyer Finishing What Snowden Started
• US turns up heat on Russia as ties deteriorate
• Pence steps past Trump on Syria, underscoring differences
• 'Under the Shadow' Producers on How Their Farsi Horror Film Earned a Netflix Deal and an Oscar Submission

WHY IT MATTERS: Issues at stake in election Posted: 08 Oct 2016 02:54 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — A selection of issues at stake in the presidential election and their impact on Americans, in brief:

Russia vetoes U.N. demand for end to bombing of Syria's Aleppo Posted: 08 Oct 2016 02:00 PM PDT By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia vetoed a French-drafted U.N. Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have demanded an end to air strikes and military flights over Syria's city of Aleppo, while a rival Russian draft text failed to get a minimum nine votes in favor. Moscow's text was effectively the French draft with Russian amendments. It removed the demand for an end to air strikes on Aleppo and put the focus back on a failed Sept. 9 U.S./Russia ceasefire deal, which was annexed to the draft.

Kuwait arrests suspected Islamist after truck attack on Americans Posted: 08 Oct 2016 01:11 PM PDT Kuwaiti security forces have detained a suspected Islamist militant who rammed a truck believed to be carrying explosives into a car carrying five Americans, state news agency KUNA reported on Saturday. The agency quoted an interior ministry statement as saying the Americans were unhurt, but the assailant, identified as Egyptian national Ibrahim Suleiman, was injured and was taken to a hospital under security escort. "After an initial investigation of the suspect Suleiman, who was born in 1988, by specialized security apparatus, a hand-written note was found indicating that he had adopted the terrorist Daesh ideology and pledged allegiance to this organization," KUNA said, referring to Islamic State.

Kuwait arrests Egyptian after failed attack on US soldiers Posted: 08 Oct 2016 12:52 PM PDT KUWAIT CITY (AP) — An Egyptian driving a garbage truck loaded with explosives and Islamic State papers rammed into a truck carrying five U.S. soldiers in Kuwait on Saturday, injuring only himself in the attack, authorities said.

Navy commissioning honors ship's Pennsylvania namesake Posted: 08 Oct 2016 11:51 AM PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thousands gathered in the shadow of the massive USS John P. Murtha on Saturday to send the ship into active service and honor its namesake.

Kuwait arrests Egyptian planning 'terrorist act' Posted: 08 Oct 2016 10:26 AM PDT KUWAIT CITY (AP) — Officials in Kuwait say they have arrested an Egyptian who planned to carry out "a terrorist act in the country."

Border Patrol agent, cartel-linked brother facing drug trial Posted: 08 Oct 2016 09:34 AM PDT DALLAS (AP) — The discovery of a headless body floating near the Texas spring break haven of South Padre Island touched off an investigation that prosecutors say revealed a U.S. Border Patrol agent had helped a Mexican cartel to move illegal weapons and ammunition south of the border and illicit drugs to the north.

Researchers Discover Great White Shark Nursery off Long Island Posted: 08 Oct 2016 08:45 AM PDT In late August, research nonprofit OCEARCH embarked on a three-week expedition in the waters off Montauk, New York, finding and tagging nine great white shark infants just a few miles off the Long Island coast. According to their tracking data, those nine great whites have largely remained in the area, the researchers said, leading the team to declare the region a great white shark nursery—the first one discovered in the western Atlantic Ocean. "The tracking confirms they're in fact hanging around this area, feeding and growing," Robert Hueter, the OCEARCH expedition's chief scientist, told The Associated Press.

'Huge disaster' averted in Turkey as suspects blow themselves up Posted: 08 Oct 2016 07:11 AM PDT Two people suspected of planning a car bomb attack on the Turkish capital Ankara on Saturday blew themselves up after being confronted by police, averting what the justice minister called a "huge disaster". The suspects, who both died in the explosion, were believed to be preparing an attack when they set off the explosives, the official Anadolu news agency said. It is probable they would have attacked Ankara.... All signs are pointing to the PKK terrorist organisation," Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag told the CNN-Turk broadcaster.

Two militants kill themselves in standoff with Turkish police Posted: 08 Oct 2016 06:46 AM PDT By Umit Bektas ANKARA (Reuters) - Two militants believed to be preparing a car bomb attack detonated explosives and were killed near Ankara on Saturday after Turkish police told them to surrender, the provincial governor said. The blast, which he saw as linked to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) armed group, coincided with a fresh spate of violence in the mainly Kurdish southeast which killed 12 people, with police gunfire killing four of them, authorities said. "It looks like there is a high probability of a PKK link," Ankara Governor Ercan Topaca told reporters at the scene of the explosion outside the capital, describing the militants as one male and one female.

When would Clinton, Trump use nukes? Why voters aren't asking Posted: 08 Oct 2016 05:04 AM PDT Donald Trump seemed confused by the question on nuclear weapons. In the Sept. 26 presidential debate, moderator Lester Holt asked the GOP nominee whether he would consider "changing the nation's longstanding policy on first use," which leaves open whether the United States would initiate use of nukes in a conflict. Mr. Trump circled the issue with care, as if it were a hissing snake.

Islamist PJD party wins new mandate in Moroccan elections Posted: 08 Oct 2016 05:00 AM PDT RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The moderate Islamist Party of Justice and Development has won Morocco's national elections, according to official results released Saturday, despite frustration with its handling of the economy in its five years leading the government and a challenge from a party close to the royal palace.

The Lawyer Finishing What Snowden Started Posted: 08 Oct 2016 01:00 AM PDT Alex Abdo, 35, is taking on some of the hardest privacy cases for the ACLU.

US turns up heat on Russia as ties deteriorate Posted: 07 Oct 2016 11:49 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is turning up the rhetorical heat on Russia, accusing senior Russian officials of ordering the hacking of American political sites to try to interfere in the upcoming presidential election and suggesting that Russia's military is committing war crimes in Syria.

Pence steps past Trump on Syria, underscoring differences Posted: 07 Oct 2016 11:46 PM PDT ROSSFORD, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence has ventured beyond Donald Trump's ambiguous posture toward war-torn Syria.

'Under the Shadow' Producers on How Their Farsi Horror Film Earned a Netflix Deal and an Oscar Submission Posted: 06 Oct 2016 09:00 PM PDT Babak Anvari's debut feature, which is being released across the U.S. on Friday and later on Netflix, has been submitted as the U.K.'s entry in the foreign-language Oscar category.

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