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A Season of Terror and Donald Trump

The New Yorker 

In mid-September, Rafia Zakaria, a Pakistani-American lawyer and writer, flew to Denver, to attend the annual conference of the Online News Association, where she was to present a paper on hate directed at American Muslims. She carried “Black Flags,” Joby Warrick’s account of the rise of ISIS, to read on the plane. Worried that passengers might be alarmed if they saw a South Asian woman engrossed in that book, she’d wrapped it in the floral cover of “Georgia,” Dawn Tripp’s novel about Georgia O’Keeffe. Читать дальше...

5M jobs at stake with advent of driverless vehicles

Stars and Stripes 

Suddenly, the era of driverless cars seems very near indeed. Uber began testing driverless cars in Pittsburgh recently, and last week, the Obama administration endorsed the push to develop these vehicles. Adding to the momentum, Ford and BMW say they will produce autonomous cars by 2021.

The perils of Iraq after the Islamic State

Stars and Stripes 

The Islamic State fighters who occupied Sheikh Burhan Mizher al-Assi’s village in northern Iraq did not content themselves with simply blowing up his home. They also destroyed the tombstones erected above his parents’ buried remains in the local cemetery.

Slow-Cooked Chunky Chili

GantDaily.com 

Pork sausage, ground beef and plenty of beans make this chili a marvelous meal. I keep serving-size containers of it in my freezer at all times so I can quickly warm up bowls on busy days. —Margie Shaw, Greenbrier, Arkansas View the recipe at TasteofHome.com >>

Party leaders eye first debate differently

JournalStar.com 

Nebraska's political party leaders will be watching with somewhat different expectations Monday night when it's showtime on the presidential stage with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton colliding in their first debate.



Event puts spotlight on local authors

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

Women Writers Ink will host an event featuring local authors called Word & Wine, Beer & Books from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, at Lost Island Wine, 570 Theater Road, Onalaska.

Elliott Sadler wins inaugural Xfinity Chase race at Kentucky

TheRepublic.com 

SPARTA, Ky. — Elliott Sadler took the lead with four laps remaining and held off Daniel Suarez by 0.246 seconds to win the inaugural NASCAR Xfinity Series Chase race Saturday night at Kentucky Speedway. Sadler pushed his No. 1 JR Motorsports Chevy Camaro from 15th with 50 laps remaining for his third series victory this

Top Asian News 3:56 a.m. GMT

Yahoo Autos 

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The fedora, the bomber jacket and the consuming quest invite comparisons to Indiana Jones. Blaine Gibson, though, hasn't matched the film hero's triumph in finding the legendary chest containing the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. Not that he didn't try. "The Ark of the Covenant, I did not find it. However, I do believe that it's in Ethiopia somewhere," Gibson told AP recently. The amateur sleuth has had far greater success finding clues from a modern mystery... Читать дальше...

Ferguson’s 7 TDs lead Memphis to 77-3 rout of Bowling Green

TheRepublic.com 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Riley Ferguson threw six touchdown passes to six different receivers and ran for a seventh — all in the first half — tying a school record for most touchdowns responsible for and Memphis drubbed Bowling Green, 77-3 in a non-conference game Saturday night. Ferguson, who walked away from a scholarship at Tennessee





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