The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers.
1. WHY GOP HEALTH CARE BILL IS LIKELY TO FAIL
Even Republican leaders are conceding that the latest push to repeal “Obamacare” is all but dead after Sen. Susan Collins’ decision to oppose the measure.
2. MILITARY EXPERTS DOWNPLAY PYONGYANG’S RESPONSE
They view a recent video simulating the shooting down of approaching U.S. warplanes as a tit-for-tat response by North Korea to Trump’s fiery rhetoric.
3. CHINESE SUPPLY CHAINS OF IVANKA TRUMP’S BRAND NOT CLEAR
Which companies in China manufacture and export the multimillion-dollar line of the president’s daughter and adviser is more secret than ever, an AP investigation finds.
4. PALESTINIAN KILLS 3 ISRAELIS IN SETTLEMENT NEAR JERUSALEM
The attack at the upscale community of Har Adar by a 37-year-old man hiding among day laborers is the deadliest in a two-year spate of violence.
5. IRAQI KURDISH VOTE LATEST IN SERIES OF DE FACTO BREAKS
These partitions, once rare in the region, are far more common now in the chaos that followed the 2011 Arab Spring.
6. SUPERMARKETS GRADUALLY RE-OPENING IN PUERTO RICO
But the situation is far from normal in the hurricane-ravaged U.S. territory and many customers are going home disappointed.
7. MEXICO TALLYING UP ECONOMIC LOSSES AFTER MASSIVE QUAKE
The magnitude 7.1 temblor could knock between 0.1 and 0.3 percentage points off the country’s gross domestic product in the third and fourth quarters.
8. WHO WILL FACE TOUGH QUESTIONING BEFORE CONGRESS
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton after the agency acknowledged that it also was a victim to a hack.
9. BALI VOLCANO FEARS SPARK EXODUS
Indonesia’s disaster agency says more than 75,000 people have fled Mount Agung on the tourist island because of fears of an eruption.
10. COWBOYS TAKE A KNEE BEFORE ANTHEM
Led by owner Jerry Jones, players and coaches locked arms and kneeled before the anthem, then rose together and walked back to the sideline before Jordin Sparks sang the “Star Spangled Banner.”
