PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON-INTERVIEW
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton is calling for a "concerted global effort" to assist the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Middle East, Africa and Asia seeking refuge in Europe. In an interview with The Associated Press, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination says that "everyone should be asked to do more" to help the migrants, many of whom are fleeing the civil war in Syria and from areas in that country and in Iraq under the control of Islamic State militants.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BUSH
LACONIA, New Hampshire — Jeb Bush wanted to run for president as a joyful front-runner, above the fray of the pack. Instead, he heads into the fall campaign as a fighter with a foil: Donald Trump. There's a new urgency in Bush's tone as a candidate. It's moved from frustration and annoyance with Trump's constant needling to a willingness to confront the brash billionaire and call him out for his antics.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BIDEN
PITTSBURGH — Hearing chants of "run Joe, run," Vice President Joe Biden marches in a parade marking the U.S. holiday of Labor Day as speculation swirls about a potential late entry into the Democratic presidential campaign.
CONGRESS-IRAN-NUCLEAR
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers returning to Washington from their summer recess are plunging immediately into bitter, partisan debate over the Iran nuclear accord.
MEXICO-MISSING STUDENTS
MEXICO CITY — Mexico's attorney general's office remains convinced that many of the 43 students who disappeared in 2014 were killed and incinerated at a garbage dump, one day after an independent experts' report said it did not happen.
OBAMA-LABOR
BOSTON — President Barack Obama denounces Republicans for a "constant attack on working Americans" and says he is using his executive power to force federal contractors to give paid sick leave to their employees. By Josh Lederman.
GUATEMALA-ELECTION
GUATEMALA CITY — A citizen revolt against Guatemala's political establishment that helped oust former President Otto Perez Molina in the midst of a corruption scandal appears to have continued at the ballot box. By Sonia Perez D.