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DENVER (AP) — The state of Kansas is asking a federal appeals court to keep thousands of people from voting in November if they haven't already supplied documents to prove they're U.S. citizens. Since 1993, states have been required to allow people to register to vote while renewing their driver's licenses, using minimal information. But Kansas requires citizenship paperwork, like a birth certificate or naturalization papers. The judges in Denver will hear arguments Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says that if he's elected president, "You'll be able to walk down the street without getting shot." Trump made the comment Monday as part of his recent pitch to minority voters. Trump's Democratic rival Hillary Clinton says she wants more Americans to start and expand businesses. Clinton on Tuesday will introduce a new tax cut for small businesses.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — President Barack Obama travels to southern Louisiana Tuesday to get a first-hand look at the damage caused by flooding that also killed 13 people. More than 60,000 homes are damaged and the devastation is described as the worst since Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
DIBAGA CAMP, Iraq (AP) — The Islamic State group is starting to show the strains of losing ground in Iraq. Residents who've fled areas IS still controls say militants have become even more brutal, killing deserters and relying on younger and younger recruits. In Qayara (KAH'-yah-rah), the main town in the area still in IS hands, one man who fled says beheadings and extrajudicial killings are more commonplace.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Doctors in northern India say they've surgically removed 40 knives from the stomach of a man who had swallowed them over the past two months. The 42-year-old man is recovering in a hospital in Punjab state after undergoing surgery Friday. Some of the knives were folded and some had exposed blades of up to 7 inches long. The man's doctor says he suffers from a psychiatric disorder and is now being counseled.
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