TERRORISM // The man who stabbed nine people at a Minnesota mall Saturday before being shot dead by an off-duty police officer was a “soldier of the Islamic state,” according to an ISIS-linked news agency. http://cvote.it/2cWz9Vk
NYC EXPLOSION // New York City police on high alert after bombing, especially with the UN General Assembly meeting this week. http://cvote.it/2cWBuQ1
2016 // Donald Trump has won over a major pro-life leader who once warned women against voting for him. Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, will head a new “pro-life coalition” the GOP nominee is forming in the remaining weeks before the election, as he promises to advance some key pro-life priorities. http://cvote.it/2cWyh2U
2016 // Donald Trump backed off birther claims: “President Barack Obama was born in the United States, period.” But Trump also blamed Clinton for starting the birther controversy when she ran against Obama in 2008 for the Democratic presidential nomination. http://cvote.it/2cWxVcJ
2016 // Hillary Clinton once had a commanding lead with Millennial voters. But they are abandoning her mostly for third-party options. Even if they don’t go directly to Trump, this shift is a major reason why the polls now are tied between the frontrunners. http://cvote.it/2cWB38D
CHARACTER // This is revealing, and pathetic. Harry Reid admitted to a reporter that he lied about Mitt Romney’s taxes. And he also said that he’s still not sorry. http://cvote.it/2cJ4eZa
CATHOLIC // Father Gabriel Amorth, the exorcist of the Diocese of Rome who drew worldwide attention, died on Friday at the age of 91. http://cvote.it/2cJ3LGr
ON THIS DAY // 1957 – Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion. http://cvote.it/2cJ2j74
SAINT // Saint Januarius – http://cvote.it/DailySaint
DAILY READINGS // Today’s readings – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
COOL // Is Robin Hood Catholic? The secret Catholic history of the Prince of Thieves. http://cvote.it/2cJ2FdP