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Doctors Without Borders staff are seen after an explosion near their hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015.(Photo: MFP photo via AP)
Doctors Without Borders wants more than an apology
“When the United States makes a mistake, we own up to it, we apologize where appropriate, and we are honest about what transpired.” —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>White House spokesman Josh Earnest, Oct. 7, 2015. What happened:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>On Saturday, a U.S. air attack hit a hospital — one run by<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Doctors Without Borders —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Kunduz, Afghanistan. At least 22 people died. Aid groups are outraged, and the United States' already-complicated efforts in Afghanistan are now more complicated. President Obama called Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday to apologize. (He stopped just short of an apology Tuesday.) He also apologized to Afghanistan's president. The U.S., NATO and the Afghan government are investigating. Doctors Without Borders wants an independent investigation to see whether the Geneva Conventions were violated and has condemned the airstrike as a possible "war crime" – a charge some are calling “delusional.”
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White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Wednesday that President Obama called the president of Doctors Without Borders, as well as the Afghan president to express his condolences for the accidental bombing of a hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. AP
And if that weren't awful enough, Russia is acting up<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— big time
Another hot spot for Washington on Wednesday.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Russian warships launched missiles<span style="color: Red;">*</span>into Syria from the Caspian Sea, destroying 11 targets more than 900 miles away and marking<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a major escalation of Russia's involvement in the deeply troubled region. Even worse. The strikes come as Russian-backed Syrian troops launched a ground offensive to crush rebel forces fighting the regime of embattled President Bashar Assad. Why does the U.S. care? Assad<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has presided over indiscriminate bombings of civilians during a four-year civil war, massive urban destruction and the flight of millions of Syrians to neighboring countries. (You might have heard about<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that refugee crisis.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>The U.S. wants Assad ousted,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but he's got friends —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>namely Russia. Russia claims it's fighting Islamic extremists in Syria, but the U.S. counters<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that Russia's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>airstrikes aren't<span style="color: Red;">*</span>targeting the Islamic State but rather moderate rebels who oppose Assad.
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President Obama has said that Russian air strikes in Syria won't draw the U.S. into a "proxy war," but Russia's involvement still poses major implications for the U.S. military. VPC
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Flooding forces Gamecocks to face No. 5-ranked Tigers on their turf
South Carolina's devastating floods around Columbia have forced the University of South Carolina to move Saturday's home football game<span style="color: Red;">*</span>into enemy territory: Baton Rouge, home of rival<span style="color: Red;">*</span>LSU.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Kickoff time and other ticket information will be announced later. Meanwhile, an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>additional 1,000 Columbia-area homeowners were urged to evacuate because of worries that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a dam could break. The good news. Authorities determined that efforts to reinforce Beaver Dam —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>yes, that's its real name — were working.
Army National Guard Spl. John Stephens, left, gives J.E. Briggs, right, bottled water in Columbia, S.C. Water distribution remained a key problem across much of the state. In Columbia, as many as 40,000 homes lacked drinking water, and the rest of the city's 375,000 customers were told to boil water before using it for drinking or cooking. <span style="color: Red;">*</span> Chuck Burton, AP
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The truth about daily fantasy sports: They're in trouble
Americans love sports. Americans love betting on sports. Enter online sites DraftKings and its rival, FanDuel, the biggest players in daily fantasy sports. You can win money on the sites —<span style="color: Red;">*</span>big money! — but they aren't regulated like online gambling, because fantasy sports are<span style="color: Red;">*</span>excluded from online gambling laws and from regulation in general. <span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Fantasy sports were small potatoes back in 2006, when Congress enacted<span style="color: Red;">*</span>a federal<span style="color: Red;">*</span>law.) Fast-forward to 2015 and cue scandal. After a data breach, we learned an employee of one site made<span style="color: Red;">*</span>$350,000 on the other site, and it's been speculated he used company<span style="color: Red;">*</span>data to help him. Eyebrows are now officially raised. Ads on ESPN have been muted. And now, writes USA TODAY Sports' Nancy Armour,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the industry has two choices: take steps to regulate itself in strict and transparent fashion, or start writing goodbye notes.
DraftKings, along with competitor FanDuel, have seen exponential growth in the past year.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>(Photo: Stephan Savoia, AP)
UConn freshman flips out over mac and cheese<span style="color: Red;">*</span>— and it's amazing
"Just give me some ---------- bacon-jalapeno mac and cheese!" We've all been there. Drunk and hangry.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>We just want some mac and cheese; it's the only thing that will fill the tortured hole in our soul. But we didn't get arrested in our desperate search. Luke Gatti did, and someone caught it on camera. And it's hilarious.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Seriously, it's the best thing you've<span style="color: Red;">*</span>see<span style="color: Red;">*</span>all day. (OK, at least since lunchtime.)<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Here's what happened: The freshman was refused service at the school food court after he was caught stumbling around with what police said was an open container of alcohol. Then he freaked out and got all up in the manager's face and started pushing him. A loyal employee was NOT having any of that, and tackled Gatti from behind. Then they held him down until the police showed up, as he wailed,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>"I was just trying to get mac 'n' cheese!" Instead, he got charged.
If you read only one thing today:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>An embarrassing episode of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>discrimination<span style="color: Red;">*</span>by the U.S. Forest Service<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in 2011 concluded this month with the introduction of a nationwide policy requiring officers to<span style="color: Red;">*</span>collect race data at<span style="color: Red;">*</span>traffic stops. Full story here.
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A newly opened glass walkway, suspended 3,500 feet above a canyon in China, cracked Monday to the terror of thrill-seeking tourists.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Feeling brave? Take a long look at these glass-bottom walkways.
Have you seen it?<span style="color: Red;">*</span>A malnourished cheetah cub named Kumbali and a rescue puppy named Kago become friends.
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A malnourished cheetah cub named Kumbali and a rescue shelter puppy named Kago become friends. To see more of Kumbali and Kago, visit metrorichmondzoo.com. Metro Richmond Zoo
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Google hopes its new service Amp will reverse the trend of people gravitating away from the World Wide Web in favor of Facebook and other smartphone apps.
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This is a compilation of stories from across USA TODAY.
Contributing:<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Jane Onyanga-Omara, Jim Michaels, Oren Dorell, Kim Hjelmgaard,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>John Bacon, Matthew Diebel, USA TODAY; Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY Network; Nancy Armour and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Dan Wolken,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY Sports; Nate Scott, For The Win; Chris Kenning, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal;<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Ross Baker
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