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WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton will have some presidential support as she heads to tonight's presidential debate against Donald Trump at Hofstra University -- in Hempstead, New York. She's being joined on by her husband, former President Bill Clinton. But an aide isn't saying if he'll be present at the debate. Donald Trump's campaign has walked back Trump's suggestion that he might invite Gennifer Flowers, a woman who had an affair with Bill Clinton.
CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) — With Secretary of State John Kerry and other diplomats watching, Colombia's government and the leader of country's largest rebel movement have signed a historic peace accord in Cartagena (kahr-tah-HAY'-nah). The 297-page document signals the formal end of a half-century of combat between the government and the rebel group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia. The struggle caused more than 220,000 deaths and made 8 million homeless.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is now representing a man accused of setting off bombs in New York and New Jersey and injuring more than 30 people. Judges in both states had denied attempts by public defenders to represent Ahmed Khan Rahami. Rahami has been hospitalized since he was apprehended following a shootout with police in Linden last week.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A racially mixed crowd of several hundred people is attending a rally at a historically black church in Charlotte, North Carolina to voice their opinions about the handling of the fatal police shooting of a black man. Demonstrators chanted "no justice, no peace" tonight as they entered Little Rock AME Zion Church and sang a civil rights anthem as the gathering began. Dozens of clergy from several faiths are participating.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Justice Department says it's awarding more than $20 million for law enforcement agencies around the country to establish or enhance their use of body cameras. The grants are being awarded to 106 law enforcement agencies. The announcement follows demonstrations nationwide about fatal shootings of black men by police.
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