Sex for food: study finds US teens forced to trade American teens are turning to sex work because they cannot afford food, according to a new study that describes girls "selling their body" or using "sex for money" as a strategy to make ends meet. Boys desperate for food are said to go to extremes such as shoplifting and selling drugs. The study, published by the Urban Institute, a Washington-based thinktank, raises questions over the legacy of Bill Clinton's landmark welfare-reform legislation and the rise of "transactional dating". US teens often forced to trade sex work for food, study finds Pittsburgh near boiling point over water quality The Pennsylvania city's water agency is fielding mounting complaints about the quality of its drinking water, while it trades accusations with the French corporation that until recently ran the system. All the while, prices rise and people worry about effects on their health. One grandmother told the Guardian she buys bottled water when she can but other times boils the water, which can concentrate lead. "It looks like dookie water," said Stephanie Layne, a resident of Success Street. "Shitty water." Pittsburgh water: expensive, rust-colored, corrosive Giuliani: 'Anything is legal' in wartime Former New York mayor and close Trump ally Rudy Giuliani has backed the nominee's call to "take the oil" of Iraq, a proposal that appears to violate international law. In an interview on Sunday, Giuliani argued that "anything is legal" in war, as he tried to explain how Trump's call to "take the oil" fitted with past demands to "declare victory and leave" and reduce American intervention abroad. "Leave a force back there, and take it, and make sure it's distributed in a proper way," Giuliani told ABC's This Week. Giuliani defends Trump on Middle East oil: 'Anything is legal' in war Patriots and Chief raise fists around anthem Protest against racial injustice spread across the NFL on the first weekend of the regular season, as players from the New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Seattle Seahawks and Kansas City Chiefs deployed a range of solidarity signals. Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters, who raised his fist as the national anthem played before his team's opener against the San Diego Chargers, expressed solidarity with San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who has been sitting out the Star-Spangled Banner as a protest over racial oppression. "I'm 100% behind him. What's going on in law enforcement, it does need to change and it does need to change for everybody, not just us as black Americans," Peters said. Patriots and Chief raise fists around anthem as Arian Foster kneels in Seattle Louisiana requests $15bn flood bailout The cost of August's historic flooding in Louisiana could hit $15bn, according to a new report, and state officials and residents have begun scrambling to find the money to rebuild their homes and businesses. Flood insurance will cover only a fraction of the cost, because 80% of the homes affected – more than 110,000, and almost as many vehicles – had no such insurance. On Friday, Governor John Bel Edwards said that his state wouldn't survive without a swift drop of cash. Louisiana governor requests bailout as flood costs rise to $15bn Samsung hit by market sell-off The recall of 2.5m of Samsung's new Note 7 model after warnings that the phone can overheat and catch fire has wiped more than $14bn off the South Korean firm's value. Samsung shares fell almost 7% on Monday after the company suspended sales of the phone, which it launched to rave reviews on 2 September. The company has said there have been 35 cases of its smartphone catching fire or exploding. Owners are advised to shut off their phones and exchange them for another. US aviation safety officials warned airline passengers not to turn on or charge the phone during flights, or put them in checked bags. Samsung share price dives after Galaxy Note 7 phone recall Syrian rebels back ceasefire deal Syrian rebel groups wrote to the US on Sunday, saying they would "cooperate positively" with a US-Russian led ceasefire deal but, according to two rebel officials, had deep concerns about details of the deal as relayed to them. "We in the revolutionary factions reconfirm our fixed position of dealing positively with the idea of a ceasefire," they said, expressing reservations "linked to our survival and continuation as a revolution". Here, everything you need to know about the ceasefire due to start at sunset on Monday. Syrian rebels give cautious backing to ceasefire deal Birth of a Nation faces difficult delivery in Toronto In a tense press conference, director Nate Parker deflected questions about rape allegations against him. The 17-year-old rape allegations have overshadowed his acclaimed directorial debut, a drama about rebel slave leader Nat Turner. Parker said he didn't want to hijack the film's promotion and instead tried to redirect focus on to his movie and its message, which he said concerns "the injury and trauma of people of color". Nate Parker deflects rape allegation question promoting Birth of a Nation in Toronto Transgender actor Alexis Arquette dies at 47 The star of Last Exit to Brooklyn and sibling of fellow actors David, Rosanna and Patricia Arquette died on Sunday morning in Los Angeles. She was 47. Arquette was born Robert Arquette in Los Angeles in 1969 and was a performer from a young age, appearing in a music video for the Tubes' She's a Beauty at age 12. "We learned what real bravery is through watching her journey of living as a trans woman," he siblings said in a statement. "We came to discover the one truth – that love is everything." Alexis Arquette: actor and activist dies aged 47 In case you missed it ... This past Labor Day, the US bombed six countries as the war on terror continued with no end in sight, writes Moustafa Bayoumi. Most polls put the prevalence of anti-Muslim sentiment in the US at around 50% of the population, and anti-Muslim violence remains high. According to a Georgetown University study, American Muslims were approximately six to nine times more likely to be attacked in a bias crime in 2015, when compared to pre-9/11 numbers.
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