Illinois governor tours flood damage...Health care repeal tops agenda for Congress...Trump shown in extremist recruitment video

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UNDATED (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is continuing his tour of flood-damaged areas in central and southern Illinois. His six stops today include Cairo (KEHR'-oh) and Olive Branch. About 20 Illinois National Guard soldiers have been activated to help with recovery efforts.

WASHINGTON (AP) — This is the year when Republicans finally put legislation on President Barack Obama's desk repealing his health care law. It's the first order of business when the House reconvenes this coming week. Obama will veto the health law repeal, which also would cut money for Planned Parenthood. But Republicans say that will highlight the clear choice voters face in the presidential election.

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hillary Clinton recently claimed that the Islamic State group was using quotes from Donald Trump to recruit followers. That prompted Trump to call Clinton a "liar." But now, a clip of Trump calling for Muslims to be banned from entering the United States has shown up in another extremist group's recruitment video. The video from al-Qaida's East African affiliate, al-Shabab, calls on American blacks and Muslims to join up, saying radical Islam is the way to fight back against racism and religious discrimination in the U.S.

PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor says investigators see no links between a man who rammed his car into four soldiers guarding a mosque in the southeastern city of Valence and "a terrorist network or terrorist act." The French citizen of Tunisian descent was stopped yesterday when a soldier shot and wounded him. France is on high alert after the coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists in Paris on Nov. 13. The motive is unclear but the prosecutor says "it seems to be the act of an individual."

ROME (AP) — An Italian health survey has confirmed higher-than-normal incidents of death and cancer among residents in and around Naples, thanks to decades of toxic waste dumping by the local Camorra mob. The report by the National Institute of Health found "critical" rates of babies in the provinces of Naples and Caserta being hospitalized in the first year of life for "excessive" instances of tumors, especially of the central nervous system.