Ahmad Khan Rahami, the suspect in a series of explosions in New York and New Jersey,
was charged with five counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in a shootout with police Monday morning in New Jersey. (NBC News)
Authorities said the
key to breaking the case was a fingerprint found on an unexploded bomb in New York. Meanwhile, flip phones used on devices Chelsea and Seaside, New Jersey were both bought at same store last year. (NBC News)
President Barack Obama
plans to push world leaders today to do more to meet the needs of the world's refugees, in his final address as president to the annual United Nations summit in New York. (USA Today)
Against the backdrop of the U.N. gathering, billionaire investor George Soros
is pledging to invest up to $500 million in programs and companies benefiting migrants and refugees fleeing life threatening situations. (CNBC)
Donald Trump Jr.
set off Twitter outrage, comparing Syrian refugees to poisonous Skittles candy. His tweet read: "If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful? That's our Syrian refugee problem." (CNBC)
The possibility of a Donald Trump victory over Hillary Clinton, although still small,
has risenamong U.S.-based business leaders, while expectations that Clinton will assume the presidency have fallen. (CNBC)
George H.W. Bush, who lost his presidential re-election campaign to Bill Clinton in 1992,
plans to vote for Hillary Clinton. That's according to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former Maryland lieutenant governor. (Politico)
The federal government
is issuing new self-driving vehicle guidelines. Effective immediately, the rules tell automakers, suppliers, and tech firms what's expected as they develop and deploy automated technologies. (CNBC)
In prepared testimony, Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf plans to tell the Senate Banking Committee at a hearing today he's "deeply sorry" for the unauthorized account scandal, and takes "full responsibility." (NY Times)
Samsung said its investigation into one of two reports of Galaxy Note 7 fires in China found no battery problem. The electronics giant announced a global recall of 2.5 million devices due to complaints of batteries burning up. (AP)
Wal-Mart (WMT)
has completedits $3 billion acquisition of internet retailer Jet.com. Jet's founder Marc Lore, who's joining Wal-Mart as head of U.S. e-commerce, gets a huge payday from the deal. (Reuters)
As General Motors (GM) looks to take on Tesla's (TSLA) upcoming Model 3 mass market electric car, it
set the price on the Chevrolet Bolt at $37,495, below $30,000 once a federal tax credit is applied. (USA Today)
GM and the Canadian autoworkers union announced a
tentative contract deal early this morning, averting a 3,900-worker strike that would have shut some manufacturing facilities north of the border. (Reuters)
American Airlines (AAL) employees today
start wearing a new uniform, the first in nearly three decades, representing one of the last transitions of the American-US Airways merger, which closed in late 2013. (USA Today)
