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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he can't believe allegations of sexual assault are affecting his campaign. And he is pointing to Vice President Joe Biden as he defends himself. Biden has never been accused of sexual improprieties. But he has raised eyebrows during media events for his lingering embraces of women. Trump linked today to a video montage of Biden's awkward moments. Trump has denied allegations by several women that he groped them or kissed them without their consent. That followed the release of a 1995 video in which he boasted that "you can do anything" when you're a star.
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI documents show that a senior State Department staffer sought to change the classification level of an email from Hillary Clinton's private server. The FBI today released 100 more pages from its now-closed investigation into whether Clinton mishandled sensitive government information. According to the notes, a State Department official last year contacted an FBI official, asking that the classification level on an email related to the Benghazi attacks be changed, so that it would never "be seen again." The FBI did not change the classification level, and the Associated Press reported about the email in May of last year.
MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia's military general staff says Russian and Syrian forces are preparing a "humanitarian pause" for the besieged city of Aleppo on Thursday. He's quoted by Russian news agencies as saying Russian and Syrian forces will halt their fighting during the day in order to allow civilians and rebels safe passage out of the city as well as for the evacuation of the sick and wounded.
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi Kurdish forces are said to have retaken about 80 square miles from the Islamic State group today, the first day of a massive operation to liberate the Iraqi city of Mosul. The president of Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region says today's gains were a "turning point in the war against terrorism." Villages east of Mosul were taken with the support of the U.S.-led coalition in the form of airstrikes and heavy artillery. However, some of the villages consisted of no more than a few dozen homes.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three men accused of plotting to attack Somali immigrants in western Kansas have appeared in court and been appointed lawyers. The three were ordered to remain in custody after a federal prosecutor said they pose a danger to the community. Prosecutors allege that the men are members of a small militia group calling itself "the Crusaders," whose members espouse sovereign citizen, anti-government, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant extremist beliefs.
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