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PAHRUMP, Nevada (AP) — Donald Trump still hasn't backed down from his claim that he saw "thousands" of American Muslims in New Jersey on TV, celebrating the 9/11 attacks. But one of his Republican rivals -- who early today supported Trump's claim -- has had second thoughts. A spokesman for Ben Carson says Carson doesn't believe Muslim Americans were celebrating as the World Trade Center came down. He says Carson was instead recalling video of celebrations in the Middle East.
PARIS (AP) — France is stepping up its airstrikes on Islamic State positions in Iraq. French defense officials say they've launched their first strikes from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on Islamic State targets in the Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Mosul. France has already carried out strikes against targets in Syria.
TORONTO (AP) — Canada's new Liberal government will announce details tomorrow on how it intends to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. The country's new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, hasn't backed down from a pledge to bring 25,000 Syrian refugees to Canada by Dec. 31 despite pushback by some following the deadly attacks in Paris. The announcement is sure to raise alarm in the U.S., where many Republican governors have said they don't want any Syrian refugees.
CHICAGO (AP) — Where's the nation's worst traffic bottleneck? It's in Chicago, on a stretch of the Kennedy Expressway. That's according to a study by an advocacy group, the American Highway Users Alliance. It found that the top 30 of those jam-up spots each cause at least one million hours of delay per year. The one near Chicago's Loop business district is estimated to have cost motorists 16.9 million hours last year, and about 6.3 million gallons in wasted fuel.
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Lawyers for Ahmed Mohamed say he should be paid $15 million by the city of Irving, Texas, and the local school district because he was arrested and suspended after bringing a homemade clock with him to school. One educator thought it could be a bomb. Ahmed was never charged. His family accepted an offer from a foundation to pay for his education in the Persian Gulf country of Qatar (GUH'-tur), and they've moved there. Officials in Irving aren't yet commenting on the demand.
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