• Fractious presidential debate unlikely to move needle for Trump
• Insults and interruptions mar first Trump-Biden debate
• Trump-Biden TV debate audience slumps below 2016 record, early data show
• Kentucky AG says he did not recommend charges against two Breonna Taylor officers
• Pelosi, Mnuchin meet in bid to reach U.S. COVID-19 relief deal
• In Pennsylvania coal country, miners forgive Trump for failed revival
• Louisville officer calls for peace after being shot during protests
• House panel approves FAA reform bill after Boeing 737 MAX crashes

World

• Pope denies audience with Pompeo; Vatican warns against playing politics over China
• Brazil's Bolsonaro slams Biden for 'coward threats' over Amazon
• U.S. embassy employee in Ukraine found dead by railway tracks
• Afghan peace official sees litle change in U.S. policy regardless of election result
• U.S. blacklists more Syrians in fresh push for Assad to end war
• Ontario facing 'remarkably high surge' of COVID-19 cases: modeling
• As COVID-19 resurges, Johnson pleads with UK: obey the rules
• Iraq pledges to protect diplomats after U.S. embassy shutdown threat

• Wall Street jumps on stimulus hopes, upbeat data
• U.S. private payrolls accelerate in September; many challenges loom
• FAA chief tests Boeing 737 MAX in certification step
• Global banks ramp up preparations for U.S. election night chaos, sources say
• House panel approves FAA reform bill after Boeing 737 MAX crashes
• France urges parts review after Airbus A380 engine blowout
• TikTok will be shut down if Oracle deal meeting U.S. security needs can't be closed: Mnuchin
• Nikola CEO confident of closing deal with energy partner, shares up 12%

• Country singer/songwriter Mac Davis, who wrote 'In the Ghetto,' dead at 78
• Helen Reddy, singer of feminist anthem 'I Am Woman', dies at 78
• Creator of beloved Argentina cartoon character Mafalda dies at 88
• Disney plans 'Lion King' follow-up film with 'Moonlight' director
• Universal Pictures, LeBron James' SpringHill sign first-look film deal
• David Attenborough leads call for world to invest $500 billion a year to protect nature
• 50 years on, 'Trial of Chicago 7' feels all about today
• Meghan loses bid to stop newspaper using biography in court battle

• Top seed Halep beats Begu to extend winning run to 16
• Wimbledon to take place next year even without fans: Times
• Lundqvist's New York reign over, Rangers buy out goalie's contract
• Tennessee home game versus Steelers postponed due to Titans' COVID-19 outbreak
• Serena pulls out of French Open with Achilles injury
• Report: Fourth Titans player tests positive
• French Open order of play on Thursday
• Cramping Bertens leaves court in wheelchair after beating Errani