10 things you need to know today: September 5, 2015

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1. Thousands of migrants reach Austria after Hungary permits bus travel
2. The U.S. economy created 173,000 jobs in August
3. Jailed clerk Kim Davis will reportedly appeal contempt of court ruling
4. Hillary Clinton again refuses to apologize for email server
5. Trump lashes out at journalist after flubbing foreign policy question
6. 30 West Point cadets injured in violent pillow fight
7. Fire at Planned Parenthood clinic ruled arson
8. Bill Cosby's attorneys will try to keep his next deposition private
9. Tom Brady apologizes for Deflategate legal battle
10. Rafael Nadal exits U.S. Open early in 5-set upset

published 5 September 2015

1. Thousands of migrants reach Austria after Hungary permits bus travel

At least 6,500 migrants, many fleeing war in Syria, arrived in Austria early Saturday, where they were greeted by applause, food, and medical supplies. Many refugees, who Hungary agreed to bus, will request asylum in Austria, while others will continue on to Germany. The United Nations called on the European Union to help migrants Friday, one day after Hungary had forced them off of the nation's trains. Austrian officials expect about 10,000 migrants total by the end of the day.

The American economy added 173,000 jobs in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. It's a definite downgrade from the 215,000 initially reported in July, and the 244,000 average of the past year. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.1 percent, while the labor force participation held steady for the third month in a row at 62.6 percent. Average hourly earnings rose 2.2 percent from where they were a year ago.

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Jailed Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis will reportedly appeal her contempt of court ruling and has no plans to resign as Rowan County clerk, her lawyer said Friday. Davis was sent to jail Thursday after a judge found her in contempt of court for defying the Supreme Court's order to issue same-sex marriage licenses. Though a deputy clerk began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Davis' absence Friday, her attorney asserted that the licenses are void because she didn't authorize them.

In a Friday interview with NBC News' Andrea Mitchell, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton once again refused to apologize for using a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state. "I'm sorry this has been confusing to people and has raised a lot of questions," Clinton said. "This was fully above board, people knew I was using a personal email, I did it for convenience."

GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump lashed out at conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt Friday morning on MSNBC's Morning Joe, calling him a "third-rate radio announcer" after he flubbed a foreign policy question on Hewitt's show one day prior. Trump, who was corrected by Hewitt when he mixed up the Quds Force and the Kurds, said Hewitt was guilty of "gotcha" journalism. "When you say Kurds vs. Quds, I thought he said 'Kurds,'" Trump said. "And it was like 'got you, got you, got you.'"

An August pillow fight at the West Point military academy, an annual tradition among freshmen, turned violent, The New York Times reported Friday. Some cadets reportedly packed helmets and other hard objects into their pillow cases. The academy said 30 cadets were injured, 24 with concussions. One freshman was knocked unconscious, and others suffered broken bones and dislocated shoulders. "If you don’t come back with a bloody nose, you didn't try hard enough," one upperclassman reportedly said. No cadets have been punished so far.

An early morning fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Pullman, Washington, was ruled arson Friday. The women's health center building, deemed structurally unsafe, may stay closed a month or longer. The fire followed an August wave of pro-life protests at Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide — including Pullman's facility — and ongoing political scrutiny over how the organization uses aborted fetal tissue. The Pullman clinic apparently offers patients referrals for abortion, but does not provide them onsite.

Bill Cosby's attorneys told a judge Friday they plan to file a motion to keep the comedian's Oct. 9 deposition private. Cosby, who has been accused of rape and sexual assault by dozens of women, is set to answer questions under oath about allegations Judy Huth filed in a 2014 lawsuit. She has said in 1974, when she was 15, Cosby made her drink alcohol and then sexually assaulted her on a bed at the Playboy Mansion.

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady apologized Friday on Facebook for the months-long NFL controversy over deflated footballs in the playoffs, one day after a federal judge overturned his suspension. "While I am pleased to be eligible to play, I am sorry our league had to endure this," he wrote. "I don't think it has been good for our sport — to a large degree, we have all lost." After the NFL's loss, which it's appealing, owners are reportedly considering changing the commissioner's role in the disciplinary process.

No. 8 Rafael Nadal bowed out of the U.S Open early after falling in a grueling five-set match Friday night. The Spanish star led No. 32 Fabio Fognini of Italy after two sets at Arthur Ashe Stadium, but after nearly four hours, he was ousted 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. The loss breaks Nadal's 10-year streak of winning at least one Grand Slam title. "The only thing it means is I played amazing the last 10 years," he said. Fognini called his third-round upset a "mental victory."

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.