Fox News Poll: Shakeup in GOP field after first debate, Sanders gains on Clinton  —  The explosive first Republican debate has shaken up the 2016 GOP presidential race.  —  Who's up?  Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and businesswoman Carly Fiorina.  Who's down?

Man stabs ex-girlfriend to death on sidewalk  —  Police at the scene of the stabbing.  —  A man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death on a Manhattan sidewalk early Sunday, police said.  —  Edena Hines, 33, was stabbed several times in front of W. 162nd St. near St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights just before 3 a.m., cops said.

Sanders Campaign Reaches Out To Black Lives Matter Activists: “I Apologize It Took Our Campaign So Long”  —  In an email to activists obtained by BuzzFeed News, Bernie's African-American outreach director proposes a formal meeting between the senator and the activists who have disrupted his campaign this summer.

1 in 2 young people say they are not 100% heterosexual  —  Asked to plot themselves on a ‘sexuality scale’, 23% of British people choose something other than 100% heterosexual - and the figure rises to 49% among 18-24 year olds  —  Invented by Alfred Kinsey in the 1940s …

Ben Carson Can't Justify Calling President Obama ‘Anti-Semitic’  —  Ben Carson joined Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday this morning and was quizzed on a lot of his positions.  He finally had to try and answer like a rational human being running for the highest office in the land …

Melania Trump would be a first lady for the ages  —  If Donald Trump manages to win the presidency, his wife Melania, will be the first foreign-born first lady since John Quincy Adams' spouse, Louisa.  —  She'll also be the only one — as far as we know — who has posed nude.

“The Obama Method” and Potential Realignment in the Middle East  —  As I wrote yesterday, I was particularly struck by President Obama's description of his approach to the negotiations with Iran as a way to “find openings” that could lead to transformative change.

Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75  —  Julian Bond, a former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, a charismatic figure of the 1960s civil rights movement, a lightning rod of the anti-Vietnam War campaign …

Amazon's Jeff Bezos: With Jeremy Clarkson, we're entering a new golden age of television  —  The Amazon founder and chief executive talks exclusively to The Telegraph on the Top Gear trio, drones in the suburbs and why he goes weak at the knees when he meets another entrepreneur  —  Media man

Obama Administration Warns Beijing About Covert Agents Operating in U.S.  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has delivered a warning to Beijing about the presence of Chinese government agents operating secretly in the United States to pressure prominent expatriates …

Gov. Jindal Moves to Block Removal of All Historical Statues, Including Confederate  —  Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) is looking for a way to block attempts to remove historical statues-statues of Confederate leaders in this instance-from their current positions in New Orleans.