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A Pentagon investigation has cleared General John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. The Pentagon had been looking into whether the general's email correspondence with a Florida socialite was inappropriate and violated military rules. Allen's nomination to become the top commander of NATO is still on hold, however.

The candidates — three Democrats and one Republican — clashed over issues including the conflict between Israel and Hamas as they faced off in a 90-minute debate in Los Angeles Monday evening.

Idaho is having its worst summer for wildfire smoke in 25 years and has been America's top smoke producer since June. One megafire will likely only stop when snows arrive.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sen. Robert Menendez, top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, about the updates on Russia, North Korea and Iran that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave Wednesday.

Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy paper, Apple Daily, says it is shutting down. Its accounts have been frozen and much of its top leadership has been arrested.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the United Nations' top humanitarian official Stephen O'Brien about his recent trip to Syria. "This will be a lost generation," O'Brien says of conditions there.