A.M. Links: NATO Meets in Wales, Ebola Death Toll Mounts, U.S. Forces Head to Ukraine

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  President Barack Obama is attending a NATO summit in Wales. The topics under discussion include the rise of ISIL and Russian aggression.

• A close friend of murdered journalist Steven Sotloff has challenged ISIL leader Abu Bakr to a debate on Islam.

• According to a new report, customer information—including bank and credit card numbers—may have been stolen from all of Home Depot's 2,200 stores in the U.S.

• "Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. this week will launch a broad civil rights investigation into the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department, according to two federal law enforcement officials."

• The death toll from the current Ebola outbreak is now greater than that of all previous Ebola outbreaks combined.

• U.S. forces are preparing to conduct military exercises in Ukraine.

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