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WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have roasted themselves and each other at the Al Smith Dinner in New York, a benefit held every four years for a Catholic charity. Trump joked that the one-thousand people attending were Clinton's largest crowd of the season. Clinton said she was glad to see former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, so that she could be on stage with a billionaire. At time the jokes from both candidates were more stinging than humorous. Trump was booed when he described Clinton as corrupt.
BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — U.S. officials say an American service member died Thursday from wounds sustained in a roadside bomb explosion north of Mosul, the northern Iraqi city held by the Islamic State group. The American had been operating as an explosive ordnance disposal specialist. More than 100 U.S. special operations forces are advising Iraqi units attempting to retake Mosul. Hundreds more are playing a support role away from the front lines.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Saying that too much sugar is a serious health problem, Sen. Bernie Sanders told the soft drink industry to stop using his name in ads fighting proposed soda taxes in the San Francisco Bay Area. Sanders says that campaign commercials and mailers implying that he opposes soda tax measures on the Nov. 8 ballot in San Francisco and Oakland are false.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A company that provides prescriptions for glasses and contacts using online exams has filed a lawsuit challenging a South Carolina law banning the practice. The lawsuit from Chicago-based Opternative calls the law "economic protectionism." Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed the measure but legislators overrode it. At least two other states have passed similar laws barring prescriptions based solely on a computerized eye test.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The NCAA has accused Louisville of four serious violations and criticized coach Rick Pitino for failing to monitor a former basketball staffer who hired escorts and strippers for sex parties with recruits and players. Pitino disputes the finding that he did not monitor the staffer. The inquiry began after a book by Katina Powell, who says that she was paid to perform from 2010-14.
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