PRESIDENTIAL RACE-DEMOCRATS
WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton's polished performance in the first Democratic debate serves more than anything as a warning to the chaotic Republican field about her likely strength in a general election.
PRESIDENTIAL RACE-BIDEN
WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden's potential path to the White House grows murkier as Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton emerges strengthened from the party's first debate of the 2016 race, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders solidified himself as her chief rival.
LETTER FROM HAVANA
HAVANA — The foreigners visiting Havana used to be Canadians and Europeans on cheap beach package tours and left-leaning Americans on dutiful rounds of organic farms and neighborhood health clinics. Ten months after the U.S. and Cuba declared detente, the city is filled with celebrities coming to party and hedge-fund managers sizing up chances to make millions in one of the last bastions of communism.
TERRORISM SUPPORT
RALEIGH, North Carolina — A North Carolina man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria should be forcibly injected with anti-psychotic medication to see if that will make him competent to face trial, a federal judge rules.
ASTRONOMY PROFESSOR-SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A prominent astronomer is resigning from the University of California, Berkeley, after an investigation found he sexually harassed female students, according to a senior administration official.
UNITED NATIONS-SECURITY COUNCIL-ELECTIONS
UNITED NATIONS — Diplomats expect no surprises elections for new members of the Security Council but there will almost certainly be some fireworks when Ukraine joins the U.N.'s most powerful body, where arch opponent Russia has a permanent seat.
PERU-MILITARY-DRUGS
MAZAMARI, Peru — Peru announces an investigation into allegations of military corruption in the world's No. 1 cocaine-producing valley after The Associated Press reports the armed forces turned a blind eye to the ferrying of cocaine abroad by small planes.