ECM WORLD WATCH: NATIONAL AND GLOBAL NEWS

September 22, 2016 (San Diego's East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

.U.S.

General news

• NYC AND NJ bombing suspect captured in shoot-out with police (CS Monitor)
• ISIS claims responsibility for Minnesota mall stabbing (CS Monitor)
• Bayer purchases Monsanto for $128 a share (Marketplace)
• Protests erupt in Charlotte for second night after police shooting(CBS)
• Obama plans 30 percent increase in refugees. Why Dems and GOP are upset (CS Monitor)
• Why Americans' trust in the media is at an all-time low (CS  Monitor)
• FDA's sharing of grand jury information comes under criticism  (Reuters)

Presidential campaign

• Back on campaign trail, Clinton speaks on helping families (Washington Post)
• How the Trump organization’s foreign business ties could upend U.S. national security (Newsweek)
• Clinton makes unusual push: to win over disabled people and their families (Wash. Post)
• Trump calls for ‘stop and frisk’ policing to stop crime (USA Today)
• Now Play Nice, Children(NPR)
• Why the Conservative Admiration of Putin Is Dangerous (Reason)

WORLD

• Refugees lose what little they have left in Lesbos detention center blaze(PRI)
• Al Qaeda bombmaker says Saudi 'royal' helped recruit him prior to 9/11 attack (CS  Monitor)
• Persian Gulf incidents spike, sending message from Iran hardliners(CS Monitor)
• Report: Iran threatened to shoot down US spy planes over Persian Gulf (Jerusalem Post)
• Does the European Union need a common military force? (+video)(CS Monitor)
• Merkel suffers drubbing in Berlin vote due to migrant angst (Reuters)
•  Israel's Iron Dome shoots down two 'projectiles' fired from Syria: army (Reuters)
• France's 'first all-female ISIS cell' allegedly sought to strike Eiffel Tower (JPost)
• Teenager charged with planning London bombing (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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. U.S.

General news

NYC AND NJ bombing suspect captured in shoot-out with police (CS Monitor)

An Afghan immigrant wanted for questioning about bombs planted in New York City and New Jersey was captured Monday after being wounded in a shootout with police, authorities said.

ISIS claims responsibility for Minnesota mall stabbing (CS Monitor)

The news agency affiliated with ISIS issued a statement Sunday calling the attacker 'a soldier of the Islamic State.'

Bayer purchases Monsanto for $128 a share (Marketplace)

A genetically modified merger between Bayer and Monsanto, the popularity of Chase's Sapphire Reserve card, and extending the life of your frequent flyer miles and hotel points.

Protests erupt in Charlotte for second night after police shooting(CBS)

A civilian was shot Wednesday during the second night of violent protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, following the fatal police shooting of black man Keith Lamont Scott, CBS affiliate WBTV reported. 

Obama plans 30 percent increase in refugees. Why Dems and GOP are upset (CS Monitor)

The refugee plan angered some Republicans, who cite security and economic concerns. But some Democrats say the US should accommodate even more displaced people.

Why Americans' trust in the media is at an all-time low (CS  Monitor)

Only 32 percent of Americans say they have a 'great deal' or 'fair amount' of trust in the mass media, an 8 percent drop from just one year ago.

FDA's sharing of grand jury information comes under criticism  (Reuters)

An office inside the Food and Drug Administration routinely shares details internally about criminal matters pending before grand juries, a step some lawyers say may run afoul of rules meant to safeguard investigations.

Presidential campaign

Back on campaign trail, Clinton speaks on helping families (Washington Post)

Hillary Clinton returned to the campaign trail on Thursday after three days of rest recommended by her doctor, giving an address on improving the welfare of children and families that is part of an effort by the Democratic candidate to refocus the presidential race on her credentials.

How the Trump organization’s foreign business ties could upend U.S. national security (Newsweek)

If Donald Trump is elected president, will he and his family permanently sever all connections to the Trump Organization, a sprawling business empire that has spread a secretive financial web across the world? Or will Trump instead choose to be the most conflicted president in American history, one whose business interests will constantly jeopardize the security of the United States?

Clinton makes unusual push: to win over disabled people and their families (Washington Post)

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is pushing intensively to win over a group of voters who don’t typically get much attention during elections but who have become an increasingly potent political force: disabled people and their families.

Trump calls for ‘stop and frisk’ policing to stop crime (USA Today)

 “I would do stop and frisk. I think you have to. We did it in New York, it worked incredibly well…” Trump said during a pre-taped interview...Critics of the practice say it causes racial profiling and disproportionately affects minorities, as the Supreme Court ruled it did under the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk program.

Now Play Nice, Children(NPR)

Back in the days of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, there was no moderator. What if we tried that kind of thing in this year's campaign?

Why the Conservative Admiration of Putin Is Dangerous (Reason)

The love for Putin reflects a genuine shift in Republican voters.

WORLD

Refugees lose what little they have left in Lesbos detention center blaze(PRI)

Late Monday night, a detention center established by the EU to process refugees arriving to Europe erupted in fire. The Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos is one of the country’s biggest centers for refugees, and was one of the most troubled even before the flames.

Al Qaeda bombmaker says Saudi 'royal' helped recruit him prior to 9/11 attack(CS  Monitor)

Ghassan Abdallah al-Sharbi's statement adds to a list of suggestive but hardly definitive clues about possible involvement by members of the Saudi establishment in the Sept. 11 attacks, in which 17 of the 19 hijackers were Saudi.

Persian Gulf incidents spike, sending message from Iran hardliners(CS Monitor)

Threatening encounters between the US and Iran have risen recently in the Persian Gulf, with at least 32 reported so far this year, compared with 23 in all of 2015. 

Report: Iran threatened to shoot down US spy planes over Persian Gulf (Jerusalem Post)

The Iranian military reportedly warned the American planes that they posed the risk of getting shot down if they did not change course.

Does the European Union need a common military force? (+video)(CS Monitor)

In his first post-Brexit annual state of the union address, EU Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker proposed the creation of a permanent headquarters, with the eventual aim of developing a common European Union military force.

Merkel suffers drubbing in Berlin vote due to migrant angst (Reuters)

 Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives suffered their second electoral blow in two weeks on Sunday, with support for her Christian Democrats (CDU) plunging to a post-reunification low in a Berlin state vote due to unease with her migrant policy.

Israel's Iron Dome shoots down two 'projectiles' fired from Syria: army (Reuters)

 Israel's Iron Dome rocket defense system on Saturday shot down two stray "projectiles" fired during fighting in Syria's civil war, Israel's military said.

France's 'first all-female ISIS cell' allegedly sought to strike Eiffel Tower (Jerusalem Post)

The four-woman jihadi group's leading member was arrested last week in connection to an explosives-laden car found near another Paris landmark - the Notre Dame cathedral.

Teenager charged with planning London bombing (San Diego Union-Tribune)

A teenager charged with preparing acts of terrorism planned to carry out a bombing in a busy area of London, British prosecutors said Tuesday.