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BREAKING
Erdogan blames child bomber for Turkey wedding attack that killed 51
GAZIANTEP, Turkey - A suicide bomber aged between 12 and 14 carried out the attack on a wedding party in the Turkish city of Gaziantep on Saturday that killed at least 51 people. President Tayyip Erdogan said Islamic State was likely behind it. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 8, TV, PIX), moved at 1 p.m., 870 words) See also: White House condemns Turkey attack (TURKEY-BLAST/WHITEHOUSE, moved, 70 words)
OLYMPICS
Lochte apologizes to Brazil on national TV
RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. gold medalist swimmer Ryan Lochte admitted to Brazil's largest broadcaster Saturday night that he had exaggerated his story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio - but insisted he did not lie. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 9:54 p.m., 560 words)
Brazil police seize passports in raid on Irish Olympic officials in ticketing probe
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police raided Irish Olympic officials on the last day of the Rio Games on Sunday, seizing passports, computers, mobile phones and unused tickets in a rapidly expanding investigation into allegations of an illegal ticketing scam. (OLYMPICS-RIO/IRELAND (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:10 p.m., 337 words)
Russian pole vaulter Isinbayeva earns IOC spot despite opposition
RIO DE JANEIRO - Double Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva, a fierce critic of a Russian track and field ban that included her at the Rio Olympics, was elected an International Olympic Committee member on Sunday but with a third of the votes against her. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ISINBAYEVA (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:10 a.m., 284 words)
Australia athletes may miss flight home in final frustration
RIO DE JANEIRO - Nine Australian Olympic athletes fined over an accreditation problem at the Rio Games risk missing their flight home, a team official said on Sunday, a final frustration for a team that has experienced many headaches and a disappointing medal count. (OLYMPICS-RIO/AUSTRALIANS (PIX), moved at 11:27 a.m., 278 words)
TV Ratings: Olympics Viewership Sags on Day 14 But 'Superstore' Gets Sampling
(VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-TV/RATINGS (ENTERTAINMENT), moved at 11:13 a.m., 340 words)
Highlights of Day 16 at the Rio Olympics
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TOP STORIES
Health official warns Zika could expand grip across Gulf of Mexico states
WASHINGTON - A top public health official on Sunday warned that the mosquito-borne Zika virus could broaden its reach across the Gulf of Mexico coast in coming weeks. "It would not be surprising we would see additional cases perhaps in other Gulf Coast states," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the allergy and infectious diseases unit of the National Institutes of Health, said in an interview with ABC News. (HEALTH-ZIKA/, moving shortly, 420 words)
Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strike, shells
JERUSALEM - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday and Israeli aircraft and tanks responded by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police said. (ISRAELI-PALESTINIANS/ROCKET (TV, PIX), moved at 9:27 a.m., 200 words)
Iraq hangs 36 people sentenced to death for killing of troops in 2014
BAGHDAD - Iraq said on Sunday it had hanged 36 militants sentenced to death over the mass killing of hundreds of mainly Shi'ite soldiers at a camp north of Baghdad two years ago. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-EXECUTIONS (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 11:36 a.m., 370 words)
CAMPAIGN
Trump aide says his plans to deport illegal immigrants "to be determined"
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's new campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said on Sunday talk shows that the Republican presidential candidate's plans to deport 11 million people in the United States illegally were a work in progress and that the candidate was committed to a "fair and humane" approach on immigration. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, 250 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Thirteen people wounded in shooting at Connecticut house party
NEW YORK - Thirteen people were shot and wounded when at least two shooters fired into a house party from a neighboring backyard in Bridgeport, Connecticut, early on Sunday, local police said. (CONNECTICUT-SHOOTINGS/, moved at 12:08 p.m., 118 words)
Police say suspect in Alabama quintuple murder kidnapped girlfriend
-- A 27-year-old Mississippi man murdered five people, including a pregnant woman, at a home in rural Alabama early on Saturday before kidnapping his estranged girlfriend and a 3-month-old, then turning himself into police and confessing, authorities said on Sunday. (ALABAMA-CRIME/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 10:24 a.m., 312 words, will be led)
Diesel leaking from Canada train derailment; no injuries
TORONTO - A Canadian Pacific train has derailed causing diesel fuel to leak in the densely populated city of Toronto but there were no injuries, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada said on Sunday. (CANADA-RAILWAYS/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:28 a.m., 180 words)
Firefighters largely control California blaze as other fire threatens historic mansion
(CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 3, TV), moved at 9:53 p.m., 398 words)
Debris piles mark the start long road to recovery in flooded Louisiana
(USA-WEATHER/ (PIX, TV), moved, 370 words)
OLYMPICS HIGHLIGHTS
Kenya's Kipchoge triumphs in men's marathon
RIO DE JANEIRO - Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge won the men's Olympic marathon with a dominating performance, running alone into the Sambadrome and finishing in two hours, eight minutes and 44 seconds on Sunday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-M-MARATHON/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 1:13 p.m., by Scott Malone, 400 words)
Spain edges Australia for bronze in men's basketball thriller
RIO DE JANEIRO - Spain beat Australia 89-88 in a thrilling clash to take bronze in the Olympic men's basketball tournament on Sunday and bring home a medal from a third straight Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL-M/BRONZE (PIX), moved at 12:36 p.m., 108 words, will be led)
Russia wins fifth straight team gold in rhythmic gymnastics
(OLYMPICS-RIO-RGYMNASTICS-W-TEAM/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:10 p.m., 246 words)
Latin-themed dressage ride goes viral
(OLYMPICS-RIO-EQUESTRIAN-DRESSAGE (PIX), moved at 11 a.m., 293 words)
Chavez casts divisive shadow over Venezuelan sport at Games
(OLYMPICS-RIO/VENEZUELA (PIX), moved at 11 a.m., 700 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Syria rebels prepare attack from Turkey on Islamic State town
BEIRUT - Hundreds of Syrian rebels are preparing to launch an operation to capture a town held by Islamic State at the border with Turkey, a senior Syrian rebel said on Sunday, a move that would frustrate Kurdish hopes to expand further in that area. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-JARABLUS (UPDATE 1), moved at 7 a.m., 348 words)
Turkish journalist fears government bid to link him to coup
ISTANBUL - Leading Turkish journalist Can Dundar, sentenced to six years for publishing state secrets involving Ankara's Syria operations, says he is planning to stay abroad, fearing new charges intended to link him to an abortive military coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/JOURNALIST (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV), moved at 10:40 a.m., by Ayla Jean Yackley, 740 words)
WORLD
Twin suicide bombs claimed by al Shabaab kill 20 people in Somalia
MOGADISHU - More than 20 people were killed on Sunday when suicide bombers from the militant al Shabaab group detonated two car bombs at a local government headquarters in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses and officials said. (SOMALIA-ATTACKS/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 9:50 a.m., 250 words)
Singapore PM Lee briefly taken ill during National Day rally
SINGAPORE - Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 64, took ill while delivering an annual National Day rally speech on Sunday but returned to the stage after about an hour's break. "His heart is fine and he did not have a stroke," according to a statement on Lee's Twitter account. (SINGAPORE-PRIMEMINISTER/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved at 11:50 a.m., 350 words)
Maverick Montebourg to run for French presidency
PARIS - Former industry minister Arnaud Montebourg has said he will run in France's presidential election after "wasted" years under Francois Hollande, the latest candidate on the left to challenge the government's pro-business line. (FRANCE-POLITICS/MONTEBOURG (PIX), moved at 11 a.m., 278 words)
London mayor calls for Labor to ditch Corbyn as leader
LONDON - London's popular new mayor Sadiq Khan called on fellow members of Britain's opposition Labour Party to replace leader Jeremy Corbyn, saying his failure to drum up support for Britain remaining in the EU showed he could not command the backing of voters. (BRITAIN-LABOR/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 11 a.m., 460 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Box Office: 'Ben-Hur' Flops With $11.4 Million, 'Suicide Squad' Still on Top
LOS ANGELES - "Ben-Hur" derailed spectacularly at the multiplexes this weekend, as the latest attempt to revive the chariot racing epic opened to an anemic $11.4 million. That's a disastrous result for the $100 million production, putting "Ben-Hur" in the ranks of the summer's biggest flops. (USA-BOXOFFICE/, moved at 1:19 p.m., 970 words) See also: A Lesson of the 'Ben-Hur' Debacle: Movie Stars Still Matter (VARIETY-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/COLUMNS, moved at 1:25 p.m., 1,100 words)
Formula One boss Ecclestone denies bribery in German case
MUNICH, Germany - Formula One chief executive Bernie Ecclestone, 83, denied bribery allegations on Thursday when he went on trial in Germany in a case that threatens to break the Briton's decades-long dominance of the motor sport. (GERMANY-ECCLESTONE/TRIAL (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 11 a.m., 620 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
U.S. banks want to cut branches, but customers keep coming
NEW YORK - Despite banks' nudging toward online tools, many U.S. customers are not ready to give up regular visits to their nearest branch, complicating the industry's efforts to slim down. (USA-BANKS/BRANCHES (PIX), moved at 7 a.m., by Dan Freed, 918 words)
Wall Street Week Ahead - Stock rotation to continue as Fed seen open to 2016 hike
NEW YORK - The rotation to cyclical sectors of the S&P 500 and away from defensive stocks could continue next week on expectations that Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen will strike a tone more welcoming to an interest rate increase this year at her speech next Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, as part of a meeting of world central bankers. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD (SCHEDULED COLUMN), moved, 438 words)
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