REUTERS AMERICA NEWS PLAN FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 14
REUTERS AMERICA AFTERNOON NEWS PLAN FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 14
LATEST AND PLANNED U.S. NEWS COVERAGE (ALL TIMES ET)
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OLYMPICS
All eyes on Bolt's first step towards 'triple-triple' history
RIO DE JANERIO - Four gold medals are up for grabs in athletics, but all eyes will be on the men's 100 meters, which Jamaica's Usain Bolt will need to win as the first step of his covered 'triple-triple' medal streak.(OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/, expect by 9:00 p.m., 400 words).
Russia says "provocation" against Klishina may not be the last - TASS
MOSCOW - Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said on Sunday the suspension of long jumper Darya Klishina at the Rio Games may not be the "last provocation" against Russian sportsmen, TASS news agency reported. (OLYMPICS-RIO/RUSSIA-KLISHINA, (UPDATE 1) moved, 307 words)
Lochte robbed in taxi hold-up after leaving party, friend says
RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. gold medal swimmer Ryan Lochte was robbed in a taxi hold-up in Rio de Janeiro after leaving a party where he had been celebrating the end of the Olympic swimming program, he told fellow competitor Thiago Pereira. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE, (UPDATE 2), moved, 229 words).
Kenya's Sumgong evades protester to win Olympic marathon
RIO DE JANEIRO - Kenyan Jemima Jelagat Sumgong evaded a protester who leapt onto the Rio marathon course on Monday to become the first woman from her country to win Olympic marathon gold in two hours, 24 minutes and four seconds. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/W-MARATHON, (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, 383 words. See also: OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS, moved, 792 words)
OTHER TOP STORIES
Protests over killing of suspect prompt call for National Guard
MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee County's sheriff called on Sunday for the National Guard to be deployed in a predominantly black neighborhood where protesters set off a night of fiery rioting in response to the police killing of an armed suspect. (WISCONSIN-POLICE/ (UPDATE 5), by Brendan O'Brien, moved, 364 words)
RNC says it's premature to discuss reallocating funds away from Trump
WASHINGTON - Any conversations about shifting resources from Donald Trump to candidates lower down the ballot would be premature, the Republican National Committee said on Sunday, emphasizing the mutual benefit of a healthy allegiance between the party and the candidate. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Alana Wise, 400 words)
New York police seek killer of Muslim imam, associate shot in street
NEW YORK - New York City police searched on Sunday for a suspect in the shooting of a Muslim cleric and his associate killed while walking together along a city street after attending prayers at a nearby mosque, authorities said. (NEW YORK-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), by Laila Kearney, moved, 497 words)
Three dead, thousands rescued from deadly Louisiana flood waters
BATON ROUGE, La. - Emergency crews have rescued more than 7,000 people stranded in south Louisiana by historic flooding that has killed at least three and swamped whole communities as the area braces itself for more rising waters, Governor John Bel Edwards said on Sunday. (USA-WEATHER/ moved, 519 words)
Kurdish forces in fresh push to capture Mosul from IS
WARDAK, Iraq - Kurdish Peshmerga forces launch fresh attack on Islamic State (IS) as part of a campaign to capture Mosul, the militants' de facto capital in Iraq, Kurdish officials say. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL, (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, by Saif Hameed, 441 words). See also: and YEMEN-SECURITY/QAEDA, moved, 302 words)
Boko Haram video claims to show missing Nigerian school girls
BAUCHI, NIGERIA - Nigerian militant group Boko Haram publishes video apparently showing recent footage of dozens of schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago, saying some of them have been killed in air strikes. (NIGERIA-SECURITY/GIRLS, (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, 523 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Fourth body found at site of Maryland apartment blast
NEW YORK - Another body has been found after an explosion and fire ripped through at a Maryland apartment complex outside Washington, D.C. last week, bringing the total of known deaths to four with eight people still missing, authorities said on Sunday. (MARYLAND-FIRE/, moved, 269 words)
U.S. police officer killed in Georgia responding to emergency call
NEW YORK - A police officer was fatally shot while responding to a call about a suspicious person near an intersection in southern Georgia, police said on Sunday. (GEORGIS-POLICE/, moved, 142 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Yemen army pushes al Qaeda fighters from 2 cities, about 40 dead
ADEN - Yemeni army forces backed by Arab coalition aircraft killed about 40 suspected al Qaeda fighters on Sunday as they fought their way into two militant strongholds in eastern Yemen, a local official and residents said. (YEMEN-SECURITY/QAEDA, (UPDATE 1), moved, 373 words)
Heavy fighting in Aleppo as Syrian rebels renew their assault -monitor
BEIRUT - Heavy fighting took place in different sectors of the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday as rebels assaulted two government strongholds in the city's northwest and south, a monitor of the war said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO, moved, 244 words)
WORLD
Turkey: No compromise with U.S. on cleric's extradition
ISTANBUL - Turkey will not compromise with Washington over the extradition of the Islamic cleric it accuses of orchestrating a failed coup, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says, warning of rising anti-Americanism if the United States fails to extradite Fethullah Gulen. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Humeyra Pamuk, 840 words)
Turkey summons Austria charge d'affaires over "indecent" report
ISTANBUL - Turkey summoned Austria's charge d'affaires in Ankara over what it said was "indecent report" about Turkey on a news ticker at Vienna airport, a foreign ministry official said on Sunday. (TURKEY-AUSTRIA/, moved, 509 words)
Thai police find more unexploded bombs following coordinated blasts
BANGKOK - Thai police find and defuse five explosive devices that failed to detonate when an as yet-unidentified group carried out a series of deadly bomb attacks on popular tourist spots late last week. (THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC) moved, by Wirat Buranakanokthanasan and Pairat Temphairojana, 600 words)
Eight shot dead in Honduras in apparent drug gangs' dispute-police
MEXICO CITY - Eight people were shot dead by unknown assailants early on Sunday in the outskirts of Honduras's capital Tegucigalpa, police said, an apparent reprisal attack in a bloody gang dispute that has devastated the poor Central-American nation. (HONDURAS-VIOLENCE, moved, 180 words)
Woman and suspect die after Swiss train attack
ZURICH - One woman dies and two girls are in serious condition a day after an attack on a Swiss train by a man armed with a knife and flammable fluid which also claims the suspect's life, local police says. (SWISS-ATTACK, (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX)), moved, 173 words)
Brexit could be delayed to late-2019 - Sunday Times
LONDON - Britain could leave the European Union towards the end of 2019, instead of early that year as expected by some politicians, reports the Sunday Times, citing sources who have been briefed by ministers that Brexit departments are not ready. (BRITAIN-EU/TIMING, (UPDATE 1), moved, 548 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Cheap clothes makes for pricy stocks at TJX, Ross
NEW YORK - Consumers are flocking to discount apparel retailers, but investors are faced with nothing close to a bargain as stocks in the sector rally. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD), moved, 456 words)
Some shell companies sidestep new UK transparency rules
LONDON - Some UK shell companies under offshore control may be skirting new rules designed to clamp down on corruption and tax evasion by forcing businesses to reveal their true owners, a Reuters analysis of corporate filings shows. (BRITAIN-SHELLCOMPANIES/ (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Tom Bergin, 1315 words)
How UK firms built pyramid scheme in China that lost millions
SHANGHAI, China - The London address helped draw Chinese investors to EuroFX. But the venture was not regulated in the United Kingdom. It was a scam that flourished in gaps between the national systems. (CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX (SPECIAL REPORT, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Engen Tham and Carolyn Cohn, 2,586 words). See also: CHINA-INVESTMENT/EUROFX-TIMELINE, moved, by Carolyn Cohn, 308 words
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