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By Marita Vlachou

Tuesday, Sept. 20

JUDGE OVERTURNS ADNAN SYED'S MURDER CONVICTION, ORDERS RELEASE A judge ordered the release of Adnan Syed, who has served more than 20 years in prison for the 1999 killing of his girlfriend, which he says he did not commit. Syed will now be placed in home confinement. The murder case was examined in the popular podcast "Serial." [HuffPost]

'I'M NOT THAT SMART': HERSCHEL WALKER SEEKS TO LOWER EXPECTATIONS FOR SENATE DEBATE Herschel Walker, the GOP nominee for Senate in Georgia, says he'll probably be bested by Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in their lone debate next month. "I'm a country boy. I'm not that smart. He's a preacher," Walker reportedly said, in a apparent effort to lower expectations for his performance in the showdown with Warnock. [HuffPost]

WORLD CHAMPION RESIGNS GAME RATHER THAN PLAY TEEN WHO BEAT HIM A world champion chess player who recently lost to a teenage player who was accused of cheating in the most bizarre way possible refused to compete against the teen. Magnus Carlsen, 31, reportedly made his first move with the black pieces and then promptly quit the game, leaving 19-year-old Hans Niemann to do the same a short time later. [HuffPost]

UKRAINE WARNS OF 'NUCLEAR TERRORISM' AFTER STRIKE NEAR PLANT A Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors. But the blast hit other industrial equipment and renewed fears of a possible radioactive disaster in the war. Ukrainian authorities denounced the act as "nuclear terrorism." [AP]

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GLENN YOUNGKIN WON AS A 'NORMAL' REPUBLICAN. NOW HE'S ENDORSING 'BIG LIE' BOOSTER KARI LAKE. Virginia's new governor won office distancing himself from former President Donald Trump's election lies, but is now hitting the campaign trail for of the most prolific spreaders of those falsehoods, Kari Lake. Youngkin is set to spend a day next month campaigning with Lake, the GOP nominee for governor in Arizona who has compared herself and other Trump supporters to Jesus. [HuffPost]

PUERTO RICO FACES LONG RECOVERY AFTER HURRICANE FIONA DAMAGE Hurricane Fiona left more than 30 inches of rain in some places, caused widespread flooding, power outages and destruction akin to the devastating Hurricane Maria five years ago in Puerto Rico. At least two people died during the storm, and more than 1,000 people were rescued. [HuffPost]

LAW ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATING CASE OF MIGRANTS SHIPPED TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD A Texas law enforcement agency opened a criminal investigation into Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' political stunt relocating dozens of migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week. "Somebody came from out of state, preyed upon these people, lured them with promises of a better life," a Texas sheriff said of DeSantis' actions. [HuffPost]

STRONG EARTHQUAKE SHAKES MEXICO'S PACIFIC COAST A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook Mexico's central Pacific coast, killing at least one person and setting off a seismic alarm in the rattled capital on the anniversary of two earlier devastating quakes. [AP]

EXTREMIST GUN GROUP CASUALLY REVEALS FBI INVESTIGATION In a fundraising email to supporters, the leader of the extremist American Firearms Association said FBI agents showed up at his former house, called his wife and questioned his neighbors as part of a criminal probe into threats of political violence against members of Congress. [HuffPost]