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BAGHDAD (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter is visiting Iraq to meet with his commanders and assess the progress of the Iraqi army's operation to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group. The U.S. is helping with airstrikes and advisers on the ground. Carter is pushing for Iraq to let Turkey play a role in the battle, but Iraq's prime minister is resisting that, saying his country's forces will oust the militants.
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Residents of Sarajevo are expressing their support for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, based in part on the role her husband's administration had in ending Bosnia's devastating war during the 1990s. Several hundred people turned out today for a "Sarajevo Votes for Clinton" event organized by activists through social networks. Participants say supporting Clinton means supporting the values of a civilized society and showing resistance to hatred and segregation.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is expected to lay out his to-do list for the first 100 days of a Trump administration in a speech this morning in Pennsylvania. Aides say the speech in Gettysburg is a first glimpse at the closing argument Trump will be making in the final two weeks of the presidential race. Trump is trying to shift attention back to his priorities after weeks of campaign controversy.
NEW YORK (AP) — Hillary Clinton's campaign says four people have been examined by medical personnel after a white powdery substance arrived in an envelope at a New York campaign office — and no health issues have been reported. A campaign spokesman says federal and local officials have determined the substance wasn't hazardous. They haven't disclosed what it was.
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A member of the Swedish Academy that awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in literature to Bob Dylan says the U.S. singer-songwriter's silence since receiving the honor is "impolite and arrogant." He says Dylan's lack of reaction was predictable but disrespectful nonetheless. The academy says it has failed to reach Dylan since the award announcement Oct. 13.
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