A.M. Links: Clinton and Trump Prepare for First Presidential Debate, Violent Protests in Charlotte, MacArthur 'Genius Grants' Announced

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  Todd Kranin

  How Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are preparing for Monday's presidential debate.

• One person was shot last night during protests in Charlotte, North Carolina. The protests were sparked by the fatal police shooting on Tuesday of Keith Lamont Scott. Gov. Paty McCrory has declared a state of emergency.
• Joseph Percoco and Todd R. Howe, close former aids to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will face federal corruption charges.
• The 2016 MacArthur Foundation "genius grants" have been awarded.
• "The U.S. is investigating an Islamic State militant group (ISIS) rocket fired at American troops near a military base in northern Iraq that may have carried a chemical agent."
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