Presidential candidates prepare for debate; James Earl Jones dies

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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are gearing up to take the stage for Tuesday night’s debate in Philadelphia, where they’ll fight to sway 2024 election voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. The event, at 9 p.m. Eastern, will offer Americans their most detailed look at a campaign that’s dramatically changed since the last debate in June. In rapid fashion, President Joe Biden bowed out of the race after his disastrous performance, Trump survived an assassination attempt and bothsides chose their running mates.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk. Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX this time around. Isaacman, along with a pair of SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbirds pilot, launched before dawn Tuesday aboard a SpaceX rocket from Florida.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tropical Storm Francine churned in the Gulf of Mexico with increasing strength and is expected to reach hurricane status before making landfall in Louisiana.

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian officials say an Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing those displaced by the war in Gaza has killed at least 19 people and wounded 60. Israel says it targeted senior Hamas militants with precise munitions.

Ryan Seacrest began hosting "Wheel of Fortune" following the retirement of Pat Sajak.

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple has charged into the artificial intelligence craze with a new iPhone lineup that marks the company’s latest attempt to latch on a technology trend and transform it into a cultural phenomenon.

In other news:

• 9/11 victims remembered ahead of Wednesday's ceremony.
• Many questions still loom over timeline of Georgia school shooting.
• Trial begins over Texas 'Trump Train' highway confrontation.
• Cool weather forecast offers hope in battling intense Southern California blaze.
• 2 charged with soliciting attacks on minorities, officials and infrastructure on Telegram.
• Judge orders change of venue in trial of man charged with killing 4 University of Idaho students.
• New Jersey Democrat George Helmy sworn in as replacement for Menendez in the Senate.
• Women settle lawsuits after Yale fertility nurse switched painkiller for saline.
• James Earl Jones, the pioneering actor of stage and screen who lent his voice to Darth Vader, Mufasa and CNN, dies at 93.
• "Shogun" wins record-breaking 14 Emmys at Creative Arts ceremony as Jamie Lee Curtis gets her first.
• Morgan Wallen leads the 2024 Country Music Association award noms, Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" snubbed.
• Jailed Harvey Weinstein taken to NYC hospital for emergency heart surgery, his representatives say.
• Aaron Rodgers returns to action but not the win column, Texas moves up in the AP college football poll, the Yankees widen their lead in the American League East, the Phillies and Dodgers are now tied for the best record in the National League and the Mets grab hold of the final NL wild card spot.
• Tyreek Hill was not "immediately cooperative" with officers during stop, police union says.
• John and Matthew Gaudreau are mourned by the hockey community, family and friends at their funeral.
• EU's top court dismisses Apple's final appeal against order to pay Ireland 13 billion in back taxes.
• Kate, princess of Wales, says she'll return to public duties.
• Over 140 Ukrainian drones target multiple Russian regions, including Moscow, authorities say.
• The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen.
• Mourners attend funeral for American activist witness says was shot dead by Israeli troops.
• The UK hospital where a nurse was convicted of murdering 7 babies faces investigation.

—The Associated Press

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Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.