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BREAKING
U.S. July job gains strongly beat expectations, wages also rise
WASHINGTON - U.S. employment increased more than expected in July and wages picked up, which should bolster expectations of an acceleration in economic growth and raise the probability of an interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve this year. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 255,000 jobs last month as hiring rose broadly after an upwardly revised 292,000 surge in June, the Labor Department said on Friday. The unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent as more people entered the labor market. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 9 a.m., 400 words, will be led)
REPUBLICANS
Trump eyes economy seeking to shift course after turbulent week
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump on Friday announced plans to address economic issues and backed off a claim that he had seen a video of cash being delivered to Iran in signs he wants to steer away from controversial comments and get his White House campaign back on track. "The plane I saw on television was the hostage plane in Geneva, Switzerland, not the plane carrying $400 million in cash going to Iran!" Trump tweeted on Friday morning. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 9:12 a.m., by Susan Heavey, 450 words, will be led through the day)
Obama warns Trump not to spread details of security briefings
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama confirmed on Thursday that Donald Trump will get national security briefings ahead of the November election but he warned the Republican candidate, whom he has called "unfit" for office, that information from the meetings must be kept secret. (USA-ELECTION/OBAMA-TRUMP (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 9 p.m., 500 words)
Former U.S. security officials call Trump comments 'disgraceful'
WASHINGTON - A group of former U.S. national security officials, including some who have worked for top Republicans, called Donald Trump's recent comments about NATO, Russia's annexation of Crimea and other matters "disgraceful" in a letter on Thursday. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-SECURITY, moved at 6 p.m., 264 words)
OLYMPICS
Torch begins final race to Olympics opening beneath Rio's Christ
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Olympic torch was raised before Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue on Friday on the final leg of its journey to the opening ceremony of the Olympics as Brazil excitedly put the final touches to seven years of preparations. At the evening ceremony in the famed Maracana soccer stadium, Brazil will declare open the 31st Summer Olympic Games and the first to be held South America. They will run until Aug. 21. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 8:44 a.m., by Daniel Flynn and Mary Milliken, 683 words, will be led through the day)
On tight budget, opening ceremony adopts 'MacGyver' approach
(OLYMPICS-RIO/OPENING (PIX, TV), moved, 457 words)
Russia says 271-strong team will be cleanest at Rio
(OLYMPICS-RIO-RUSSIA/ (TV, PIX), moved, 335 words)
Rio's informal foods a key part of the 'Carioca' life
(OLYMPICS-RIO/CARIOCA FOOD (PIX, TV), moved, 947 words)
OTHER TOP STORIES
Obama, Senate Democrats urge Zika funding vote as reserves run low
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama demands Congress lay aside politics and act to provide additional money to combat the Zika virus before government funding dries up. Zika funding remains stalled six months after Obama asked the Republican-led Congress to approve $1.9 billion in emergency funds. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA-CONGRESS (UPDATE 2), moved at 7 p.m., 420 words)
Spraying by air for mosquitoes, Florida steps up Zika fight
DORAL, Fla. - Florida began aerial spraying on Thursday to kill mosquitoes in a Miami neighborhood with the first U.S. spread of the Zika virus that can cause a rare but devastating birth defect. (HEALTH-ZIKA/FLORIDA (PIX, TV), moved at 6:30 p.m., by Zachary Fagenson, 520 words)
Reagan attacker Hinckley to be released on Friday
-- John Hinckley Jr., who wounded President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by his obsession with actress Jodie Foster, is due to be released on Friday from a psychiatric hospital to live with his mother. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY (PIX, TV), expect by noon, 400 words)
Florida woman killed in London was retired educator, tennis player
-- A Florida woman killed in a knife attack in London this week near the British Museum was a mother, a retired special education teacher and an avid tennis player. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/LONDON-VICTIM, moved at 7 a.m., 350 words)
CAMPAIGN
On the trail with Mike Pence: Putting out fires lit by Trump
WASHINGTON - If Mike Pence had any doubts about what life would be like on the 2016 Republican presidential ticket with Donald Trump, the past week will have erased them: He is the damage control guy. (USA-ELECTION/PENCE (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 a.m., by Doina Chiacu and Steve Holland, 680 words)
Court denies North Carolina motion to stay decision on voter ID law
-- A U.S. appeals court issued an order on Thursday denying North Carolina's motion to stay the court's decision last week striking down the state's voter ID law. (USA-ELECTION/NORTHCAROLINA (UPDATE 1), moved at 7:20 p.m., 262 words)
WASHINGTON
Obama touts progress on Islamic State, warns of small-scale attacks
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama touts progress he says the United States and its allies have made in the military campaign against Islamic State, but warns that the militant group still can direct and inspire attacks. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/OBAMA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 7 p.m., 660 words)
Obama defends Iran payment, says was not "some nefarious deal"
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama strongly pushes back against criticism that the administration's payment of $400 million in cash to Iran amounted to ransom in exchange for the release of American prisoners. (USA-IRAN/INSTALLMENT-OBAMA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 7:30 p.m., 390 words)
Malaysian PM says DOJ lawsuit doesn't involve him
JAKARTA - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said on Friday a lawsuit filed in July by the United States Department of Justice does not involve him, the Malaysian government or sovereign wealth fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad directly. The U.S. civil action seeks recovery of more than $1 billion worth of assets linked to a conspiracy to launder funds taken from 1MDB. (MALAYSIA-NAJIB/1MDB (UPDATE 1), moved at 7 a.m., 300 words)
FEATURE
South Dakota motorcycle rally gets back to normal after big 2015
STURGIS - Sturgis, South Dakota, is expecting its annual motorcycle rally to draw only about half of the 1 million people who came for the 75th anniversary last year, but the tiny city is viewing this as a return to normalcy. (SOUTH DAKOTA-MOTORCYCLING/ (PIX), moved, by Kayla Gahagan, 458 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Twin infant girls die in Georgia after left in hot car
-- Twin infant girls died after they were left in a car in northwest Georgia during a hot humid day on Thursday, Atlanta media reported. (GEORGIA-TWINS/, moved, 108 words)
Another video for Chicago police shooting to be released on Friday
CHICAGO - Chicago's police review agency on Friday will release video pertaining to the fatal shooting in July by three police officers of a young black man. Three police officers were stripped of their law enforcement authority for their roles in the shooting of the 18-year-old man, Paul O'Neal, who died from a bullet wound to the back, authorities said. (USA-POLICE/CHICAGO (PIX, TV), expect by 3 p.m., 300 words)
California mayor charged in youth camp strip poker scandal
-- The mayor of Stockton, California, was arrested on Thursday on a felony eavesdropping charge stemming from a strip poker game he is accused of surreptitiously recording at a summer camp he hosts for disadvantaged inner-city children, prosecutors said. (CALIFORNIA-CRIME/MAYOR (UPDATE 3), moved, by Steve Gorman, 404 words)
Call to reopen unsolved murder of black Louisville civil rights pioneer
LOUISVILLE - Louisville police said on Thursday they were reviewing a request to reopen the 51-year-old unsolved murder of the city's first female prosecutor, a civil rights pioneer who once represented boxer Muhammad Ali. (KENTUCKY-CRIME/, moved, 344 words)
No injuries after nose gear fails on plane in Baltimore
-- All passengers and crew safely got off a Southwest Airline plane in Baltimore on Thursday after its nose gear failed as it was leaving its gate, the airline said in a statement. (USA-AIRPLANE/BALTIMORE, moved, 124 words)
OLYMPICS
Brazil athletes not dope tested ahead of Rio
-- Brazil's athletes were not subject to dope tests for almost a month before the Rio Olympics, the country's sports ministry has said while refuting allegations it was a political decision to ensure the Games were not plunged further into crisis. (SPORT-DOPING-BRAZIL/OLYMPICS, moved at 2 a.m., 450 words)
Hollande says militant threat won't affect France's 2024 Olympics bid
PARIS - The militant attacks that have convulsed France in the past 18 months should not weaken France's bid to host the 2024 Olympics, President Francois Hollande says. (OLYMPICS-RIO/FRANCE-HOLLANDE, moved at 7 a.m., 320 words)
Brazil held goal-less in exciting soccer opener
(OLYMPICS-RIO-SOCCER-M/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved, 444 words)
MIDDLE EAST
UN says Islamic State captures up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqis
GENEVA - Islamic State fighters may have captured up to 3,000 fleeing Iraqi villagers and subsequently executed 12 of them, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR says in a daily report on events in Iraq. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-CAPTURE (UPDATE 1), moved at 5 a.m., 400 words)
Danish warplanes drop first bombs against Islamic State in Syria
COPENHAGEN - Danish warplanes bombed Syria for the first time, its military said on Friday as Denmark extended its fight against Islamic State from neighboring Iraq. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-DENMARK, moved at 7:32 a.m., 116 words)
Syrian group demands exchange for bodies of Russian air crew
(MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RUSSIA, moved at 4 a.m., 280 words)
Turkey calls for new round of Syria talks in Geneva
(MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY, moved, 70 words)
Hezbollah sees no quick end to war in Syria, partition in Iraq and Syria possible
(MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HEZBOLLAH (INTERVIEW, PIX), moved at 1 a.m., 900 words)
U.N. report on Yemen says Houthis used human shields, Islamic State got cash
(YEMEN-SECURITY/UN (PIX), moved, by Michelle Nichols, 760 words)
Turkish foreign minister says Austria is "capital of radical racism"
(TURKEY-EU/AUSTRIA (UPDATE 1), moved, 350 words)
WORLD
ANC shaken to core as South African voters look beyond race
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - On the surface, white South African ex-farmer Athol Trollip seems an unlikely candidate for mayor of a metropolitan district named after the ANC's great liberation hero, Nelson Mandela. Yet local elections this week have shown a shift in South African society and politics, which have been dominated by race since Mandela swept to power in 1994. The results may even mark the start of a new era. (SAFRICA-ELECTION/RACE (ANALYSIS, PIX, TV), moved at 8:30 a.m., by Joe Brock, 933 words)
Swiss right wing launches campaign against closer ties with European Union
ZURICH - Swiss right-wing leader Christoph Blocher and allies fired a salvo on Friday against negotiations to bind Switzerland more closely to the European Union, saying it would be a strategic error to join forces with such a crisis-ridden entity. (SWISS-EU/ (PIX), moved at 8:46 a.m., 277 words)
Japan's Emperor Akihito to address nation on Monday following abdication report
TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito will address the nation on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency said on Friday, following a report last month that he wants to abdicate "in a few years." (JAPAN-EMPEROR/COMMENTS (UPDATE 2 (PIX), moved, 300 words)
South Sudan rejects U.N. accusations of rape, killing by its soldiers
JUBA - South Sudan rejects accusations from the U.N. that its soldiers raped and killed civilians during and after ethnically charged fighting last month in the capital Juba. (SOUTHSUDAN-SECURITY/ (PIX), moved, 350 words)
Zimbabwe army chief threatens anti-Mugabe protesters
(ZIMBABWE-POLITICS/ARMY, moved, 350 words)
Thai junta chief says election in 2017 regardless of referendum vote
(THAILAND-POLITICS/ (PIX), moved, 355 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Young hockey players face pressure to hide concussions
-- Teenagers who play hockey may feel pressure from their teammates, parents, and coaches to deny their concussion symptoms, putting them at serious risk for re-injury, according to a new study. (HEALTH-KIDS/HOCKEY, moved at 8:44 a.m., 590 words)
Scientists rehash evidence on sunscreen and skin cancer
-- There isn't much evidence to prove conclusively that daily sunscreen use can prevent most skin cancers, a research review concludes. (HEALTH-SUNSCREEN/, moved, 590 words)
Can a portable device make biotech drugs on demand?
-- A portable system that produces tiny batches of biotech drugs might one day help get crucial medicines and vaccines to remote villages and war-torn regions where they're desperately needed, scientists hope. (HEALTH-PHARMACEUTICALS/MANUFACTURING, moved, 550 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Vanessa Redgrave urges British govt to take in Calais child refugees
LONDON - Actress and activist Vanessa Redgrave delivered a letter to Britain's prime minister on Friday calling for unaccompanied child refugees in Calais to be bought to Britain if they have families in the UK. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/REDGRAVE (TV), moving shortly, 295 words)
David Huddleston, Who Played 'The Big Lebowski,' Dies at 85
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/OBITUARIES-PEOPLE-NEWS), moved, 243 words)
'Star Wars' TV Series Still a Possibility, Per ABC Boss: 'We Have Had Conversations'
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 248 words)
'The Great Wall' Director Addresses 'Racist' Matt Damon Casting Controversy
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/NEWS), moved, 311 words)
Miles Teller Unsure if He'll Participate in 'Divergent' TV Movie
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/VPAGE), moved, 745 words)
CONSUMER TECH
Apple offers big cash rewards for help finding security bugs
LAS VEGAS - Apple will offer rewards of up to $200,000 to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that already offer payments for help uncovering flaws in their products. (CYBER-BLACKHAT/APPLE, moved, by Jim Finkle, 393 words)
PERSONAL FINANCE
Shop your closets before hitting back-to-school sales
NEW YORK - When Leticia Barr is ready to start back-to-school shopping, her first stop is going to be her own closets. A former teacher turned blogger, Barr knows that her family probably has on hand much of what they need already - from last year's binders that are still good to stashes of pencil-top erasers. (MONEY-KIDS/BACKTOSCHOOL (PERSONAL FINANCE), moved, by Beth Pinsker, 640 words)
BREXIT
Bank of England's Carney sees no repeat of financial crisis
LONDON - Bank of England Governor Mark Carney says Britain's economic problems today are not a repeat of the financial crisis and that Britons should not worry about the supply of credit. (BRITAIN-BOE/CARNEY (UPDATE 1), moved, 400 words) See also: Brexit fallout looms large over RBS as losses, costs mount (RBS-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 4), moved at 9 a.m., 712 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wal-Mart's new scheduling system looks to improve peak-hour staffing
CHICAGO - Wal-Mart has implemented a new system for scheduling workers at 650 U.S. stores as it aims to improve staffing levels during peak shopping times and offer more certainty over hours for employees. (WALMART-LABOR/ (UPDATE 3), moved, 650 words)
Airbus closes on rival Boeing in jet order race
PARIS/NEW YORK - Airbus virtually closes the gap with Boeing in their intense battle for airliner orders in July after booking about half of the 197 firm sales unveiled at last month's Farnborough Airshow, according to the latest data from both companies. (AIRBUS-BOEING/ (UPDATE 3), moved, 700 words)
Canada's Bombardier reports bigger-than-expected loss
(BOMBARDIER-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, 400 words)
Allianz profit hit by damage claims, Pimco outflows slow
(ALLIANZ-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 265 words)
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