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Associated Press Thursday, 1 October 2015, 08:11 Last update: about 12 years ago

CLINTON EMAILS

WASHINGTON — Russia-linked hackers tried at least five times to trick Hillary Rodham Clinton into infecting her computer systems while she was secretary of state, newly released emails show. It is unclear whether she was fooled into clicking any attachments to expose her account. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-CLINTON LATINOS

NEW YORK — Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign is planning a major push to organize Latino voters ahead of the Nevada caucuses and early primary contests in Texas, Florida and Colorado, all with an eye toward connecting with Hispanics in the 2016 election. 

PRESIDENTIAL RACE-TRUMP-SYRIA

KEENE, New Hampshire — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said that he would send back Syrian refugees taken in by the U.S. if he's elected president. 

UNITED STATES-RUSSIA

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Russian airstrikes in Syria appear to have targeted areas that do not include Islamic State fighters, a development which Secretary of State John Kerry said would cause "grave concern" for the United States. 

COLOMBIA-DRUG ADDICTION-PHOTO GALLERY

DOSQUEBRADAS, Colombia — Help programs for drug users have long gotten scant support in Colombia, a land that has spent billions fighting cartels. But a surge in drug use has the government rethinking. 

TROPICAL WEATHER

MIAMI — Hurricane Joaquin bears down on the central Bahamas, and forecasters say it is likely to grow into a major storm while following a path that would take it near the U.S. East Coast by the weekend. 

JAMAICA-BRITISH PM

KINGSTON, Jamaica — U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron rejects the Caribbean's push for slavery reparations during his first official visit to Jamaica, a once-profitable British colony that became independent just over 50 years ago. 

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