STRANGE WILL FACE MOORE IN ALA. RUNOFF

ALA.» Polls closed in primaries BIRMINGHAM, to choose a permanent Senate successor to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. On the Republican side, former state Chief Justice Roy Moore and Sen. Luther Strange, who was appointed to replace Sessions in February by a governor who later resigned in disgrace, are headed to a runoff. The two men will face off in a Sept. 26 runoff after neither captured more than 50 percent of the vote.

Doug Jones, a lawyer and former U.S. attorney in the Clinton administration, won the Democratic primary and will face the GOP winner in a Dec. 12 election.

Curtis wins Republican congressional primary in Utah.

A popular mayor has won Utah’s Republican primary to become the overwhelming favorite to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by Jason Chaffetz.

John Curtis of Provo on Tuesday defeated former state lawmaker Chris Herrod and business consultant Tanner Ainge, son of Boston Celtics president Danny Ainge.

Curtis was endorsed by Utah’s Republican governor but faced criticism and suspicion from other party members for having once been a Democratic candidate and party officer.

In the November special election to fill the seat, he faces Democratic physician Kathie Allen and third-party candidate Jim Bennett, son of the late GOP Sen. Bob Bennett of Utah.

Chaffetz held Utah’s Republican-heavy 3rd Congressional District seat for eight years before making a surprise announcement this summer that he was resigning to spend more time with his family.

Teen tackled by bystanders after vandalizing Holocaust memorial.

The New England Holocaust Memorial was vandalized Monday night by a 17year-old who was tackled immediately by bystanders and held until police arrived, police said. The teen hurled a rock through a glass panel etched with numbers, representing those tattooed on the arms of the Jews and others in the concentration camps operated by Nazi Germany, police said. The panels are affixed to six glass towers, each 54 feet high. It was the second act of vandalism in less than three months at the site.

University cancels “White Lives Matter” rally.

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Texas A&M University has canceled a “White Lives Matter” rally, citing safety concerns. The university said in a statement Monday that it canceled the event after “consultation with law enforcement and considerable study.” The event was expected to be held outdoors Sept. 11 in the middle of campus.

Here’s the Texas Tribune, with details of reaction to the planned rally, which white nationalist leader Richard Spencer had reportedly been invited to:

“Word of the planned rally generated immediate outrage on social media. Within hours, a counterprotest had been planned. That event will be called ‘BTHO Hate,’ the name of which borrows from an A&M football chant expressing the desire to ‘beat the hell outta’ the opposing team.”

Feds decline making sleep apnea testing mandatory.

The Trump administration’s decision to drop a proposed requirement for sleep apnea screenings for train engineers and truck drivers runs counter to industry practices, expert recommendations and rules already in place by the government agency that regulates aviation safety.

Commuter railroads now screen their employees in “safety sensitive” jobs for the disorder, as does the Federal Aviation Administration for airline pilots. Yet the federal agencies that regulate railroads and trucking companies decided last week they didn’t have enough information to make the screenings mandatory.

Federal regulators just last year began the process of developing a new rule on screening train and truck operators after fatal commuter train crashes in New Jersey and New York.

Sleep apnea is a chronic condition that interrupts breathing during sleep, leaving those who suffer from it fatigued and drowsy during the day. The American Sleep Apnea Association estimates that 22 percent of Americans have sleep apnea.

Mexican authorities crack down on illicit alcohol at resorts.

Mexican authorities swept through 31 resorts, restaurants and nightclubs in Cancun and Playa del Carmen in recent days, suspending operations at two for unsanitary alcohol and in the process discovered a sketchy manufacturer supplying tourist hot spots.

Regulators seized 10,000 gallons of illicit alcohol from the company, noting its “bad manufacturing practices,” according to government officials. They did not release the company’s name.

The crackdown follows an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that exposed how dozens of travelers to some upscale resorts have been blacking out after drinking small and moderate amounts of alcohol. — The Associated Press