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BICSKE, Hungary (AP) — Austria and Germany to the rescue. Austria's chancellor announced early Saturday that his country and Germany would allow people streaming from Hungary to enter the two countries. Hundreds denied access to trains had started walking toward the border. Many had already endured arduous trips from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan to avoid deadly conflicts.
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — Gay couples have received marriage licenses today in Kentucky's Rowan County. Meanwhile, the clerk who had refused to issue those licenses remains in jail. Outside the courthouse, supporters of the same-sex couples cheered, while a street preacher rained down words of condemnation. The licenses were issued only after five of Kim Davis' deputy clerks agreed to hand them out.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) — Fire investigators in Pullman, Washington, now believe that a fire which heavily damaged a Planned Parenthood clinic was arson. The pre-dawn blaze follows a recent wave of protests at Planned Parenthood clinics across the country. On Aug. 22, some 500 protesters gathered outside the Pullman clinic, waving signs and calling for Congress to defund the organization.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton says her use of a private email system at the State Department wasn't the "best choice." And she acknowledges in an interview that she didn't "stop and think" about her email setup when she became President Barack Obama's secretary of state in 2009. She told NBC News that there were "so many problems around the world" that she didn't think about what kind of email system there would be. She says it doesn't raise questions about her judgment.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A white Texas police officer fired after he fatally shot a black college football player had applied twice to the Arlington Police Department before being hired on his third try. That's according to personnel records released by the department today. Brad Miller was accepted as a 48-year-old recruit. Police say he shot Christian Taylor as he was advancing on him. An autopsy shows Taylor likely used a synthetic psychedelic drug and marijuana prior to the encounter.
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