| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
Federal prosecutors formally accused Ahmad Khan Rahami with using weapons of mass destruction, attempted murder and weapons charges for his alleged role in the New York and New Jersey bombings over the weekend and the shootout with police officers that led to his capture. Officials portrayed Rahami as a jihadist who begged for martyrdom and praised Osama Bin Laden. He bought bomb components on eBay and made a video of himself testing out homemade explosives, and kept a journal expressing outrage at the U.S. "slaughter" of mujahideen in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Palestine, federal officials said. Quote of the day: "Inshallah (God willing), the sounds of bombs will be heard in the streets. Gun shots to your police. Death to your oppression." – from Ahmad Khan Rahami's journal Rahami is in critical but stable condition from his wounds sustained in the shootout. Police have not yet been able to interview him in depth.
The United States believes two Russian planes were responsible for Monday's attack on an aid convoy near Aleppo in Syria. Russia said it had nothing to do with it. Now diplomats are trying to get a ceasefire agreement back on track. It seems unlikely. Meanwhile an overnight air raid carried out by Syrian or Russian warplanes killed four medical workers and at least nine rebel fighters near Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said. And a Syrian warplane crashed near Damascus, although it's unclear whether the plane was shot down or suffered a mechanical failure. Over the weekend, U.S.-led forces killed more than 60 Syrian army soldiers in Deir al-Zor. Over the weekend, Russia and Syria claimed U.S.-led forces killed more than 60 Syrian army soldiers in Deir al-Zor, though both sides have somewhat different views of what happened.
The Bank of Japan added a long-term interest rate target to its massive asset-buying program. The move was part of an overhaul of its policy framework aimed at more quickly hitting its 2 percent inflation goal and shaking its economy out of a decades-long torpor. Japan's Nikkei stock index rallied nearly 2 percent, while the French and German stock markets rose 1 percent. U.S. markets were more subdued, with Dow Jones futures up 66 points, or 0.4 percent.
Around the country - Charlotte became the latest flashpoint for tensions between police and black communities, after an officer killed a black man while searching for a different suspect with an outstanding warrant. Police said they saw Keith Lamont Scott, 43 get out of his car with a gun. His family said he was carrying a book, not a gun. Later in the evening, protesters threw bottles and rocks at police, who responded with tear gas. The incident comes less than week after an unarmed black man was gunned down by police in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when his car broke down in the middle of a road.
Police officers block a road during protests after police killed Keith Lamont Scott in the parking lot of an apartment complex in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 20, 2016. REUTERS/Adam Rhew/Charlotte Magazine
Digits of the day: 65 percent Donald Trump is getting 65 percent of his individual campaign contributions from people donating $200 or less. Meanwhile, one of his SuperPACs has pulled in just $11 million, compared with its goal of $20 million. Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson donated just $5 million to the Trump campaign, after pledging to give him $100 million. By comparison, Hillary Clinton collected about a quarter of her donations from people who contributed $200 or less. - First American Fried Chicken, the restaurant owned by Ahmad Khan Rahami's family, is just one of many "chicken shacks" in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Many of these establishments are a lifeline for New Jersey's Afghan immigrants.
Around Wall Street - The Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on interest rates, when policymakers emerge from their two-day meeting this afternoon. But they could signal an increased likelihood of an increase by the end of the year. The 17 Fed policymakers will have to balance a strong labor market, marked by an unemployment rate of 4.9 percent and job gains that are outpacing population growth, with inflation that is still well below the central bank's 2 percent target and weak August readings for manufacturing and service industry activity.
- Oil prices jumped 2 percent on Wednesday after a surprisingly large drop in U.S. crude inventories and as an oil services workers strike in Norway threatened to cut North Sea output. American Petroleum Institute data showed a 7.5 million barrel drop in U.S. crude inventories to 507.2 million barrels, almost twice the fall expected by analysts.
- Tesla Motors issued a software security fix after Chinese researchers uncovered vulnerabilities that made the Model S electric car susceptible to hacking. Last year, Fiat Chrysler recalled 1.4 million U.S. vehicles, after researchers demonstrated they were able to gain remote control of a Jeep traveling at high speeds.
Around the world - Two U.S. supersonic bombers flew over South Korea, with one of them landing at an air base 25 miles south of Seoul. It was the second such flight since North Korea's Sept. 9 nuclear test. Earlier this week North Korea said it had successfully tested a new rocket engine that would be used to launch satellites, again in violation of U.N. sanctions.
- It was sort of like May Day in Tehran. The Iranian military paraded a wide array of long-range missiles, tanks, and the Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defense system, to commemorate the anniversary of Iraq's 1980 invasion of Iran. "We tell the Americans that it’s better that the capital and wealth of the American people should not be wasted on their inappropriate and detrimental presence in the Persian Gulf," said Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
- Taiwan's defense ministry asked Google to blur satellite images showing what experts say appear to be new military installations on Itu Aba, Taipei's sole holding in the disputed South China Sea. The revelation of new military-related construction could raise tensions in the contested waterway, where China's airstrips and other facilities have worried other neighboring nations and the United States.
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