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TOP STORIES

Trump denies 'flip-flopping' on immigration

WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insisted on Monday he was not changing his stance on immigration, despite a comment from a top aide who said his plan to deport 11 million illegal immigrants was still under review. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 4:32 p.m., by Ginger Gibson, 214 words)

U.S. judge blocks Obama transgender school bathroom policy

AUSTIN - A U.S. judge blocked an Obama administration policy that public schools should allow transgender students to use the bathrooms of their choice, granting a nationwide injunction sought by 13 dissenting states just in time for the new school year. (USA-LGBT/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved at 3:49 p.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 702 words) See also: Texas ruling adds to transgender students' back-to-school anxiety (USA-LGBT/STUDENTS (PIX), expect by 6 p.m., 649 words)

Judge orders State Dept. to review 14,900 new Clinton emails

WASHINGTON - A judge ordered the State Department on Monday to review and determine the potential release of 14,900 documents, most of which are believed to be emails to or from Hillary Clinton, that turned up in an FBI investigation of her use of a private email server as secretary of state. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-EMAIL (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), by Ginger Gibson and Arshad Mohammed, 809 words)

Turkey vows to cleanse Islamic State from border after wedding attack

ANKARA/ISTANBUL - Turkey vowed on Monday to "completely cleanse" Islamic State militants from its border region after a suicide bomber suspected of links to the group killed 54 people, including 22 children, at a Kurdish wedding. (TURKEY-BLAST/ (CORRECTED, UPDATE 6, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 4:21 p.m., by Orhan Coskun and Daren Butler, 746 words)

OLYMPICS

Speedo, Ralph Lauren drop Ryan Lochte after Rio incident

Swimwear maker Speedo and luxury retailer Ralph Lauren Corp ended their sponsorship contracts with Ryan Lochte, days after the U.S. swimmer admitted to exaggerating his story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio during the Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (UPDATE 3), moved at 2:57 p.m., by Subrat Patnaik, 385 words)

With Games gone, hard reality sets in for Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - Despite historic recession, presidential impeachment, and corruption scandal ensnaring country's political and corporate elite, Olympics in Rio de Janeiro shimmered on horizon like sliver of light from sunnier era, when Brazil appeared to have its act together. (OLYMPICS-RIO/AFTERMATH (PIX), moved, by Paulo Prada, 800 words)

WASHINGTON

Republicans urge U.S. Treasury to overhaul tax inversion proposals

WASHINGTON - Republican lawmakers called on U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Monday to overhaul proposed regulations intended to crack down on American companies that try to reduce their U.S. taxes by rebasing abroad in a process known as inversion. (USA-TAX/INVERSIONS, moved at 4:33 p.m., by David Morgan, 380 words)

Three companies to plead guilty in US to fixing capacitor prices

WASHINGTON - Rubycon Corp, Elna Co Ltd and Holy Stone Holdings Co, Ltd have agreed to plead guilty to fixing the prices of electrolytic capacitors sold in the United States, the Justice Department said on Monday. (USA-ANTITRUST/AUTOS (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:54 p.m., 128 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

New York grand jury charges man with murder of Muslim cleric

NEW YORK - A New York City grand jury on Monday indicted a Brooklyn man who is accused of fatally shooting a Muslim cleric and his assistant this month after they left a mosque in Queens. (NEW YORK-SHOOTING/, moved at 1:38 p.m., by Gina Cherelus, 249 words)

Hundreds of Americans wash up illegally in Canada after river party

TORONTO - About 1,500 Americans floating down a river that separates the United States from Canada had to be rescued from the water when strong rains and winds sent them illegally into Canadian territory, the country's coast guard said on Monday. (CANADA-USA/PARTY (PIX), moved at 3:10 p.m., 350 words)

Two dozen structures destroyed by eastern Washington wildfires

Emergency officials confronting a cluster of wildfires with limited resources in eastern Washington have enlisted the help of local farmers to help battle flames that have destroyed at least two dozen structures near Spokane, authorities said on Monday. (USA-WILDFIRES/, expect by 5 pm ET, 400 words)

Virginia governor restores voting rights to 13,000 felons

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has restored voting rights to almost 13,000 felons on a case-by-case basis after the state Supreme Court blocked his wider clemency effort, he said on Monday. (VIRGINIA-FELONS/ (PIX), moved at 1:14 p.m., by Ian Simpson, 367 words)

Mislabeled pills seized at Prince's home after his death - reports

Mislabeled pills were seized at the home of musician Prince after his death from an overdose of the powerful opioid fentanyl, according to media reports on Monday. (PEOPLE-PRINCE/ (moved), moved at 2:52 p.m., 254 words)

California Supreme Court upholds teacher tenure law

SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld a ruling that protected the state's tenure laws for public school teachers, marking a victory for unions. (CALIFORNIA-TEACHERS/, moved at 4:23 p.m., 385 words)

Japan's first lady makes first visit to Pearl Harbor

Japan's first lady Akie Abe made an unofficial visit to Pearl Harbor on Sunday where she paid tribute to Americans killed in Japan's surprise attack on the U.S. naval base in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941. (USA-JAPAN/PEARLHARBOR (PIX), moved at 4:47 p.m., by Alex Dobuzinskis, 575 words)

Sandusky lawyer seeks to prove leak tainted in Penn State molestation case

BELLEFONTE - A lawyer for convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky sought to prove on Monday that prosecutors illegally leaked information to a reporter about the former Penn State football coach and thus tainted the judicial process that resulted in his 2012 conviction. (PENNSYLVANIA-SANDUSKY/, moved at 4:17 p.m., by David DeKok, 535 words)

Florida man in hacking probe gets 42 years in prison for child porn

A Florida private investigator was sentenced to 42 years in prison on Monday for using a minor to produce child pornography, which was discovered after authorities searched his computers following his arrest last year for hacking a global charity. (USA-CYBER/SEXCRIMES (PIX), moved at 3:45 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 247 words)

Deaths from U.S. lightning strikes this year at highest since 2010

NEW YORK - A pair of fatalities from lightning strikes over the weekend lifted the U.S. death toll from such accidents this year to 29, the most since 2010, the National Weather Service said on Monday. (USA-LIGHTNING/, moved at 4:20 p.m., by Chris Prentice, 283 words)

MIDDLE EAST

In Iraq, Nigeria and now Turkey, child bombers strike

ISTANBUL - The boy looked scared and younger than 16 when Iraqi police grabbed him on the street in the northern city of Kirkuk. Pulling off his shirt, they found a two-kilogram bomb strapped to his skinny frame. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/BOMBERS (PIX, TV), moved at 4:50 p.m., by Patrick Markey, 942 words)

Iraq used torture to extract confessions from convicts, Amnesty says

BAGHDAD - Amnesty International on Monday condemned the hanging in Iraq of 36 men convicted of a mass killing of soldiers, saying some of their confessions were extorted under threats and torture. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-RIGHTS, moved at 11:52 a.m., 283 words)

WORLD

Sarkozy announces bid for 2017 presidential race

PARIS - Nicolas Sarkozy will run for president in 2017, hoping to return as France's head of state after being unseated in 2012 by the now deeply unpopular Francois Hollande, he announced on Monday. (FRANCE-POLITICS/SARKOZY (UPDATE 3, TV, PIX), moved at 12:46 p.m., by John Irish and Richard Lough, 641 words)

Russia: future use of Iranian air base depends on circumstances in Syria

DUBAI - The Russian military said on Monday that its aircraft operating from an Iranian air base to conduct strikes in Syria had now completed their tasks, but it left open the possibility of using the Hamadan base again if circumstances warranted it. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-IRAN (UPDATE 3), moved at 1:09 p.m., by Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, 607 words)

Canada town drops 'Land of Rape and Honey' slogan for 'Opportunity'

TORONTO - The western Canadian town of Tisdale is no longer the "Land of Rape and Honey," it said on Monday, as it dropped a slogan that had been a constant source of complaints. (CANADA-TISDALE/RAPESEED, moved, 179 words)

Philippines drug war deaths climb to 1,800, U.S. voices concern

MANILA - The Philippines has recorded about 1,800 drug-related killings since President Rodrigo Duterte took office seven weeks ago and launched a war on narcotics, far higher than previously believed, according to police figures. (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/UN (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 12:11 p.m., by Karen Lema, 502 words)

Mexican police turn blind eye to murders of transgender women, say activists

MEXICO CITY - Betzy Ballesteros' brush with death came on a windy night in December, when a man in a black Chevy Suburban pulled up to the street corner in the Mexican city of Guadalajara where the sex worker was plying her trade. (MEXICO-TRANSGENDER/VIOLENCE (FEATURE), moved at 1:03 p.m., by Stephen Woodman, 892 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

'Suicide Squad' soundtrack scores second week atop Billboard chart

The soundtrack for comic book movie "Suicide Squad" spent a second week at the top of the U.S. Billboard 200 charts on Monday, fending off competition from country singer Justin Moore's new release "Kinda Don't Care." (MUSIC-CHARTS/SUICIDESQUAD, moved at 12:12 p.m., 162 words)

Berlin Wall chunk, Ronald Reagan's cowboy boots to be auctioned

NEW YORK - A chunk of the Berlin Wall and a pair of cowboy boots that belonged to late U.S. President Ronald Reagan will be auctioned in September as part of the private collection of Ronald and Nancy Reagan that is expected to fetch more than $2 million. (PEOPLE-REAGAN/AUCTION, moved at 10:56 a.m., 371 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

What are the origins of life? There's a rocket for that

CAPE CANAVERAL - NASA scientists are putting the finishing touches on a spacecraft designed to rendezvous with Asteroid Bennu in 2018 to find clues about the origins of life. (SPACE-ASTEROID/ (PIX, TV), moved at 4:42 p.m., by Ben Gruber, 370 words)

Eat your food packaging, don't trash it - scientists

ROME - Scientists are developing an edible form of packaging which they hope will preserve food more effectively and more sustainably than plastic film, helping to cut both food and plastic waste. (SCIENCE-FOOD/PACKAGING, moved at 11:52 a.m., by Alex Whiting, 354 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Wall St little changed as biotechs offset energy drop

U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday as a drop in oil prices that weighed on the energy sector was offset with a strong showing by biotech stocks. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), 454 words) See also: GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (UPDATE 1, WRAPUP 5, PIX), updating throughout the day, 544 words

Federal Reserve under growing pressure to reform system, goals

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Reserve has two guiding goals when designing monetary policy: maximum employment and stable inflation. But as the country's central bankers converge for their annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this week, they are under increasing pressure to reform their own system and goals to better reflect the diversity of America and its incomes. (USA-FED/REFORM (UPDATE 1), moved at 4 p.m., by Lindsay Dunsmuir, 548 words)

U.S. appeals court strikes down Ernst & Young class action waiver

Ernst & Young LLP cannot require its employees to give up their rights to pursue work-related claims together, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday, giving a major boost to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board's campaign against so-called class action waivers. (USA-EMPLOYMENT/CLASSACTION, moved at 3:05 p.m., by Robert Iafolla, 424 words)

Pfizer boosts cancer drug roster with $14 bln Medivation deal

Pfizer Inc, beating out numerous other bidders, said it would buy U.S. cancer drug company Medivation Inc for $14 billion in cash, adding its blockbuster prostate cancer drug Xtandi to the company's growing oncology roster. (MEDIVATION-M&A/PFIZER (UPDATE 4), moved at 2:42 p.m., by Ransdell Pierson and Ankur Banerjee, 765 words)

Former Fannie Mae CEO settles crisis-related lawsuit with SEC

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - In one of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's biggest cases tied to the 2008 financial crisis, former Fannie Mae Chief Executive Daniel Mudd has reached a settlement with regulators, according to court papers filed on Monday. (SEC-FANNIEMAE/MUDD (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:41 p.m., by Patrick Rucker and Nate Raymond, 444 words)

Citigroup, AT&T end litigation over 'thanks'

NEW YORK - Citigroup Inc and AT&T Inc have ended a court battle over whether the "AT&T thanks" customer loyalty program infringed Citigroup's trademark in the phrase "thankyou." (AT&T-CITIGROUP/LAWSUIT (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:54 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel and Andrew Chung, 237 words)

Wells Fargo to pay $4.1 mln to settle charges of illegal student loan practices

A Wells Fargo & Co unit will pay $4.1 million to settle allegations that it engaged in illegal private student loan servicing practices that unfairly penalized certain borrowers, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Monday. (WELLS FARGO-LOANS/FINE (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:18 p.m., by Suzanne Barlyn, 321 words)

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