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BREAKING
A 5.6 earthquake shakes temblor-prone Oklahoma, surrounding states
TULSA - One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Oklahoma rattled a state on Saturday morning where seismic activity linked to fracking for energy production has become a growing concern, sending tremors through six neighboring states. There were no immediate reports of injuries and damage in the town appeared to be minor. (QUAKE-USA/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at 12:45 p.m., 464 words)
U.S. forces hit Islamic State targets in Syria
ISTANBUL - U.S. forces hit Islamic State targets overnight near Turkey's border with Syria using a newly deployed mobile rocket system, a senior diplomat said on Saturday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/TURKEY-SYRIA-USA, moved at 10:13 a.m., 127 words)
TOP STORIES
Trump calls for new civil rights agenda in visit to black church in Detroit
DETROIT - Donald Trump on Saturday addressed a mostly black church congregation in Detroit, calling for a new civil rights agenda that would right the many wrongs for African-Americans he said suffered from discrimination. Protesters outside changed "No justice, no peace." (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-DETROIT (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, 1,100 words)
Trump catches up to Clinton in latest Reuters/Ipsos poll
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump has pulled into effective tie with Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, erasing a substantial deficit as he consolidates support among his party's likely voters in recent weeks, according to latest Reuters/Ipsos national tracking poll. (USA-ELECTION/POLL, moved at 6 p.m., 764 words) See also: Trump, pushing immigration plan, meets with family of woman killed in 2007 (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-IMMIGRATION (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 p.m., 322 words)
Hermine strengthens off North Carolina after pounding Florida
-- The storm system Hermine gained strength as it plowed across North Carolina's Outer Banks on Saturday morning, threatening the East Coast with high winds, heavy rain and surging seas after leaving a path of destruction in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. (STORM-HERMINE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 1 p.m., 586 words, will be led through the day) See also: Florida coastal town battered, bruised but not beaten by Hermine (STORM-HERMINE/TOWN (TV), moved, by Zachary Fagenson, 690 words)
Grasping onto a dock near Tampa Bay, watching Hermine roll away
GULFPORT, Fla. - As Hurricane Hermine lashed out at Florida's Gulf Coast, Maia Marksberry got as close as she could to the fury, gripping tightly to the side of a floating dock. As blinding rain hammered down, and waves crashed over her, Marksberry reveled at the sight of jumping fish and stingrays. (STORM-HERMINE/DOCK (FEATURE, PIX), moved, by Letitia Stein, 304 words)
Obama presses China's Xi on South China Sea ahead of G20
HANGZHOU, China - President Barack Obama on Saturday pressed his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on territorial disputes in the South China Sea, urging Beijing to uphold its legal obligations and stressing the United States' commitments to its regional allies. (G20-CHINA/USA (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved at 1:27 p.m.,, 788 words)
Awkward moment on tarmac an awkward G20 start for U.S., China
HANGZHOU, China - A Chinese official confronted President Barack Obama's national security adviser on the tarmac on Saturday prompting the Secret Service to intervene, an unusual altercation as China implements strict controls ahead of a big summit. (G20-CHINA/HANGZHOU-USA (PIX), moved at 5:30 a.m., 450 words)
CAMPAIGN
Clinton told FBI she could not recall all briefings on preserving documents
WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton, under questioning by federal investigators over whether she had been briefed on how to preserve government records as she was about to leave the State Department, said she had suffered a concussion, was working part-time and could not recall every briefing she received. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-EMAILS (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved at 6 p.m., 915 words)
U.S. drops case against ex-cop arrested outside New York's Trump Tower
NEW YORK - Prosecutors have dropped their case against a retired New York City police officer arrested outside Trump Tower and accused of resisting Secret Service agents protecting Donald Trump on August 2, a court filing on Friday showed. (USA-ELECTION/ARREST (PIX), moved at 6:30 p.m., 228 words)
Clinton offers plan to curb 'unjustified' price hikes on life-saving drugs
(USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-DRUGS (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 864 words)
Mexico senator to propose anti-Trump expropriation law
(USA-ELECTION/MEXICO, moved at 6 p.m., 445 words)
WASHINGTON
Ahead of Suu Kyi visit, Obama weighs Myanmar sanctions relief
WASHINGTON/YANGON - The United States is considering further easing or lifting sanctions against Myanmar around the time of a White House visit this month by the country's new leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, U.S. officials tell Reuters. (MYANMAR-USA/ (EXCLUSIVE), moved, 650 words)
Belgium says U.S. trade talks seem 'unbalanced,' may need pause
BRUSSELS - Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel on Saturday became the latest European politician to voice doubts over the possibility of the EU agreeing a major new trade deal with the United States, saying in a newspaper interview that negotiations might have to be abandoned for now. (USA/TRADE-BELGIUM, moved at 9:40 a.m., 346 words)
India offers Vietnam $500 million credit line for defense cooperation
HANOI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers Vietnam a credit line of half a billion dollars for defense cooperation, giving a lift to a country seeking a military deterrent amid festering discord in the South China Sea. (VIETNAM-INDIA/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 500 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Former New York mayor David Dinkins accused of hit-and-run
NEW YORK - Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins denied on Saturday an accusation that he plowed into a bicycle deliveryman while driving on a Manhattan street and then fled. (NEW YORK-DINKINS/ (PIX), moved at 1:19 p.m., 220 words)
Shooter wounds two in California jail, suspect held
-- Two Fresno County, California, sheriff's employees were wounded in a shooting at the county jail on Saturday, and a suspect is in custody, authorities said. (CALIFORNIA-SHOOTING/, moved at 1 p.m., 88 words)
Police search overnight for armed person on University of Tennessee campus
-- Students at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville were told on Saturday to take shelter in a safe place as police searched for a person with a gun on campus, the university said. (TENNESSEE-THREAT), moved at 3:03 a.m., 95 words)
Salt Lake police officers 'not within policy' in shooting, board finds
SALT LAKE CITY - A civilian review board said in a report that two white police officers who shot and wounded a black teenager acted outside their department's policy on use of force. (UTAH-POLICE/, moved at 11:23 p.m., 402 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Turkish tanks roll into Syria, opening new line of attack
ELBEYLI, Turkey/BEIRUT - Turkey and its rebel allies opened up a new line of attack in northern Syria on Saturday, as Turkish tanks crossed the frontier from Kilis province, marking a second leg in an operation to sweep militants from its border. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 4, TV), moved at 1:20 p.m., 750 words)
EU, Turkey test waters for rapprochement after failed coup
BRATISLAVA - The European Union and Turkey test the waters for a political rapprochement with a first meeting between the bloc's 28 foreign ministers and a senior Ankara official after a failed coup in Turkey in July strained their uneasy ties. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/EU-TURKEY (UPDATE 2, TV), moved, 692 words)
Kuwait tells citizens to check phones before traveling to U.S
DUBAI - Kuwait has advised citizens to make sure their phones contain no material that might be seen as being linked to Islamist militants before traveling to the United States, local media reported on Saturday, after three men were denied entry in July. (KUWAIT-USA/PHONES, moved at 4:40 a.m., 230 words)
WORLD
Bangladesh hangs Islamist party figure for 1971 war crimes
DHAKA - Bangladesh hanged a top Islamist party figure on Saturday for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan, the law minister said. (BANGLADESH-WARCRIMES/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:20 p.m., 274 words)
Venezuela's Maduro jeered, dozens detained, activists say
CARACAS - Venezuelan authorities have arrested more than 30 people on Margarita island for heckling President Nicolas Maduro, activists said on Saturday, in what appeared to be a rare public confrontation with the unpopular leader. (VENEZUELA-POLITICS/ (TV), moved at 1:30 p.m., by Andrew Cawthorne, 472 words)
Le Pen vows to hold French referendum on EU if elected
BRACHAY, France - France's far-right National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, vows to hold a referendum on whether France stays in or leaves the European Union if she wins the 2017 presidential election. (FRANCE-LEPEN/REFERENDUM (PIX, TV), moved, 343 words)
Duterte declares 'state of lawlessness' after blast kills 14 Filipinos
MANILA - Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte declares what he calls a "state of lawlessness" in the country after an explosion in a market killed 14 people in his home town while he was on a regular weekend visit there. (PHILIPPINES-BLAST/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, 554 words)
Uzbekistan buries long-time hard-line ruler Karimov
ALMATY - Islam Karimov, president of Uzbekistan for the past quarter of a century, is buried in his home city of Samarkand, leaving behind a power vacuum in a nation that serves as a bulwark against militant Islam in Central Asia. (UZBEKISTAN-PRESIDENT/FUNERAL (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, 921 words)
Zimbabwe's Mugabe dismisses ill-health talk but public anger rising
(ZIMBABWE-MUGABE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, 400 words)
Chinese state enterprise workers in Hong Kong given voting guidance ahead of poll
(HONGKONG-ELECTION/COMPANIES, moved, 644 words)
Gaston weakens to post tropical storm near Azores
(STORM-GASTON/NHC (UPDATE 1), moved, 101 words)
SPOTLIGHT
Unhappy with Corbyn, Labor's 'money men' channel funds in new directions
STOKE-ON-TRENT, England - Key billionaire donor Peter Coates has stopped giving money to Britain's opposition Labor Party, seeing little prospect of election victory under left-wing leader Jeremy Corbyn. (BRITAIN-LABOR/ (INSIGHT, PIX), moved, by Elizabeth Piper, 954 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Survival epic "Brimstone" shows Wild West from a female perspective
VENICE - Martin Koolhoven decided to place a female character in the lead of his retribution Western "Brimstone" to finally portray the macho world of the Wild West from a woman's point of view, the Dutch director said at the Venice film festival on Saturday. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/BRIMSTONE (TV, PIX), expect by 3 p.m., 360 words)
Hamilton runs away with Monza pole position
MONZA - Lewis Hamilton sweeps to a dominant pole position at the Italian Grand Prix for the third year in succession with Mercedes team mate and title rival Nico Rosberg joining the Briton on the front row of the grid. (MOTOR-F1-ITALY/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), by Alan Baldwin, 400 words)
U.S. men win World Cup soccer qualifier
-- Trinidad and Tobago qualified for the final CONCACAF World Cup qualifying round on Friday after a 2-2 draw with Guatemala and the United States will almost certainly join them after demolishing St Vincent and the Grenadines 6-0. (SOCCER-WORLDCUP-VCT-USA/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 478 words)
Day six at the U.S. Open
(TENNIS-OPEN/HIGHLIGHTS (PIX), moved at 1:22 p.m., 409 words)
Jon Polito, Actor in Coen Brothers Films, Dies at 65
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/OBITUARIES-PEOPLE-NEWS), moved, 343 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall Street Week Ahead - Sleepy summer may give way to freaky fall
NEW YORK - The dog days of summer have lived up to their sleepy reputation this year as far as U.S. stocks are concerned but market gyrations could soon pick up as a traditionally more volatile time of year looms. "If you look at September on average, it's a bad month," said Brad McMillan, Chief Investment Officer for Commonwealth Financial Network. (USA-STOCKS/WEEKAHEAD (SCHEDULED COLUMN), moved, 670 words)
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