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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials in the Afghan capital say militants killed at least one person and wounded another 18 in an attack today on the American University of Afghanistan. They say security forces are still combing the campus in search of attackers. An official with the Ministry of Public Health says a guard employed by the university was killed and that the wounded included a foreign teacher.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has identified the soldier who was killed in Afghanistan yesterday. The head of U.S. Central Command says he was Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Thompson of Irvine, California. Thompson was killed by an improvised explosive device in the southern province of Helmand.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders says he'll campaign actively this fall to send Hillary Clinton to the White House. And he says he'll urge the supporters of his former presidential campaign to help Democrats take back a majority in the Senate. Sanders says he's leaning toward seeking re-election as an independent senator from Vermont in 2018. He turns 75 on Sept. 8. Sanders calls Donald Trump the worst presidential nominee he has seen in his lifetime.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Rifle Association is making plans to help Donald Trump. The NRA's political victory fund has reserved about $2.7 million in TV commercials from the week of Sept. 5 through the week of Oct. 18, according to a company that tracks political ads. The NRA has been one of Trump's key allies on television, airing commercials well before Trump's own campaign began doing so. It's warning that Hillary Clinton would clamp down on gun rights if elected president.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The elevator at the Washington Monument needs a major renovation that will likely require the monument to be closed for up to nine months. That's according to Eleanor Holmes Norton, the District of Columbia's delegate to Congress. She met today with park service officials. The elevator has broken down frequently over the past two years, and the National Park Service has said the problems may trace back to an earthquake that damaged the monument five years ago.
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