• Chad Taylor, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Kansas, was allowed by the state Supreme Court to withdraw his name from the ballot, a move seen as benefiting an independent candidate, Greg Orman, seeking to unseat Republican incumbent Pat Roberts.
• Prince William will replace his wife, Kate, on this weekend's official visit to Malta because the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge is still suffering from acute morning sickness.
• Rob Ford, 45, the Toronto mayor who dropped his re-election bid and is facing aggressive chemotherapy for a rare and difficult-to-beat cancer, released an audio statement from his hospital room urging people to vote for his brother for mayor.
• Sarah Manchester, a Maryland math teacher, became the third contestant to win more than $1 million on Wheel of Fortune and said she plans to use her winnings for her two children's education and for travel with her family.
• Danielle Marie Beck, a Las Vegas math teacher injured in a crash with a wayward cow, is suing Cliven Bundy, saying the Nevada rancher let his cattle wander through a broken fence not far from where his supporters and federal agents had an armed standoff.
• U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., received the blessing of the U.S. Senate for his promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the Army Reserve.
• Ivan Schneider, 82, whose 1967 Jaguar XKE was stolen 46 years ago in Manhattan, is to get it back after customs agents located it in a container on a cargo ship en route to the Netherlands.
• Brett Whitmire, 35, of Butler, Pa., who police say caused more than $14,000 damage to several other vehicles when he took a dare to do a "doughnut" with his pickup in a bar parking lot, could see a felony criminal- mischief charge dropped if he pays for the damage, officials said.
• Jeremiah Jakson, 22, who is charged with strangling 23-year-old Laura Araujo, an art school graduate staying in the same boardinghouse, told an inquiring Philadelphia judge that he wore a T-shirt that read "Crime Pays" in court because he was given it in jail and had nothing else to wear.
• Nicole Vaisey, 25, and Stephen Howells Jr., 39, of Hermon, N.Y., who are accused of kidnapping two young Amish sisters in northern New York, were charged in federal court with sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography.
A Section on 09/19/2014