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REUTERS AMERICA AFTERNOON NEWS PLAN FOR THURSDAY SEPT 15

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TOP STORIES

Clinton to resume campaigning after pneumonia as race tightens

WHITE PLAINS - Hillary Clinton planned to resume campaigning on Thursday after pneumonia forced her to take time off and an aide to the Democratic presidential nominee said facing a Republican rival as controversial as Donald Trump makes it "harder to be heard." (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 1:10 p.m., by Amanda Becker, 824 words)

North Korea says ready for "another attack" against U.S. "provocations"

CARACAS - North Korea's Foreign Minister said on Thursday the country was ready to launch another attack against the "provocations" of the United States, whose bombers this week flew over South Korea in a show of solidarity with its ally after Pyongyang's latest nuclear test. (NORTHKOREA-NUCLEAR/, moved at 12:54 p.m., 197 words)

Obama administration targets corporate offshore tax avoidance

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Thursday took action to limit the use of foreign tax credits by American multinational companies to reduce their U.S. tax bills, a move that followed an EU order that Apple Inc pay back taxes to Ireland. (USA-TAX/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:28 a.m., by Jason Lange, 289 words)

Family of woman found dead in Texas jail reaches $1.9 mln settlement

AUSTIN, Texas - The family of a black motorist found hanged in her Texas jail cell after being held in police custody following a traffic stop has reached a $1.9 million settlement in a wrongful death suit against law enforcement, their lawyer said on Thursday. (TEXAS-DEATH/ (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved, 446 words)

White police officer in Ohio shoots black boy, 13, armed with BB gun

A white Columbus, Ohio, police officer responding to a robbery report fatally shot a 13-year-old black boy after he pulled out what appeared to be a weapon and was later determined to be a BB gun, police said on Thursday. (OHIO-CRIME/ (UPDATE 2, TV), moved at 12:10 p.m., by Laila Kearney, 393 words)

CAMPAIGN

Trump calls for 4 pct growth, pledges to create 25 million jobs

NEW YORK - Republican Donald Trump on Thursday called for a U.S. goal of 4 percent annual economic growth, saying his plans to cut taxes, eliminate regulations and revamp U.S. trade policy would create 25 million new jobs over a decade. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ECONOMY (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:14 p.m., by Emily Stephenson, 280 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. House passes bill to halt Guantanamo transfers

WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would bar any transfers of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay military prison while President Barack Obama is president or until he signs a new defense policy bill. (USA-GUANTANAMO/CONGRESS, moved at 11:34 a.m., by Patricia Zengerle, 383 words)

U.S. FCC chair says his set-top box reform proposal may change

WASHINGTON - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said he might change his proposal to allow tens of millions of U.S. pay TV subscribers to ditch costly set-top boxes and access video programming online. (FCC-TELEVISION/, moved at 1:26 p.m., by David Shepardson, 421 words)

Obama joins other world leaders to create new ocean sanctuaries

WASHINGTON - The United States on Thursday joined more than 20 countries in creating 40 new marine sanctuaries around the world to protect oceans from the threat of climate change and pollution. (ENVIRONMENT-OCEANS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 12:28 p.m., by Ayesha Rascoe and Lesley Wroughton, 376 words)

FBI's 2007 impersonation of journalist valid at time -U.S. watchdog

WASHINGTON - The FBI did not break rules in place in 2007 when it impersonated a journalist to send a teenage bomb-threat suspect a computer link to a fake news article that concealed location tracking software, a government watchdog said on Thursday. (USA-CYBER/FBI, moved at 12:13 p.m., by Dustin Volz, 374 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Transgender patients face fear and stigma in the doctor's office

NEW YORK - Tanya Walker had lung cancer and was coughing up blood, but she says her emergency room doctor kept asking about her genitals. (USA-LGBT/MEDICINE (FEATURE, PIX, TV), moved at 7 a.m., by Daniel Trotta, 1064 words)

Man charged with arson at Florida mosque 'embarrassed' by crime

The man charged with setting fire to a Florida mosque attended by the gunman in a deadly Orlando nightclub attack told police he was embarrassed by his actions and did not intend to hurt anyone, according to an arrest report released on Thursday. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/MOSQUE (PIX), moved at 1:33 p.m., by Colleen Jenkins, 406 words)

Maryland woman committed to hospital for kids' exorcism slayings

WASHINGTON - A judge ordered a Maryland woman who killed two of her children in what she called an exorcism committed to a psychiatric hospital on Thursday, a prosecutor's spokesman said. (MARYLAND-EXORCISM/, moved at 12:32 p.m., 159 words)

WORLD

Top Russian general discusses Syria with Turkish counterpart

ANKARA - The chief of the Russian army's general staff, Valery Gerasimov, met his Turkish counterpart in Ankara on Thursday for "very productive" talks on military cooperation and Syria, Turkish officials said, reflecting a recent warming of ties. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 2, TV), moved at 1:18 p.m., by Orhan Coskun, 274 words)

UK approves Chinese-backed nuclear plant, sets tighter controls

LONDON - Britain gave the go-ahead for a $24 billion nuclear power plant on Thursday, ending weeks of uncertainty that had strained ties with China, which will help pay for it, and France, which will build it. (BRITAIN-NUCLEAR/HINKLEY (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved at 12:43 p.m., by William James and Kate Holton, 1096 words)

Philippines is not 'little brown brother' of U.S. -foreign minister

WASHINGTON - The Philippines is firmly committed to its alliance with the United States but will not be lectured on human rights and treated like a "little brown brother," the country's Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Thursday. (USA-PHILIPPINES/ (TV), moved at 1:36 p.m., 388 words)

Syria ceasefire deal in balance as Aleppo aid stalls

BEIRUT/GENEVA - Syrian government forces and rebels had yet to withdraw from a road needed to deliver aid to the city of Aleppo on Thursday, threatening the most serious international peacemaking effort in months as the sides accused each other of violating a truce. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), moved at 8:50 a.m., by Tom Perry and Tom Miles, 1043 words) See also: Russia pushes for U.N. Security Council backing of Syria deal (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN, moved at 12:44 p.m., by Michelle Nichols, 240 words)

Ukraine takes Russia to WTO for obstructing freight transit

GENEVA - Ukraine has filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization to challenge Russia over restrictions on freight transit, the WTO said in a statement on Thursday. (UKRAINE-RUSSIA/TRADE (UPDATE 1), moved at 10:47 a.m., by Tom Miles, 395 words)

U.N. chief calls Netanyahu's 'ethnic cleansing' video 'outrageous'

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday lambasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "ethnic cleansing" video as an "unacceptable and outrageous" portrayal of people who oppose Israeli settlements in the West Bank, home to more than 2.7 million Palestinians. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/UN, moved at 1:34 p.m., 363 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Teva, Intel to develop wearable tech for Huntington's disease

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Thursday it was collaborating with Intel Corp to develop a wearable technology platform to track the progression of disease in patients with Huntington's, a fatal degenerative disorder. (TEVA PHARM IND-INTEL/HUNTINGTON (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:14 p.m., 374 words)

Too soon to tell if 9/11 firefighters face increased cancer risk

Fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, the jury is still out on whether firefighters who worked at the World Trade Center site have increased odds of developing cancer, a U.S. study suggests. (HEALTH-FIREFIGHTERS/CANCER-SEPT11, moved at 1:27 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 537 words)

Scientists decipher color of 'super cute' bristly dinosaur

WASHINGTON - Scientists guided by small structures preserved in fossilized skin have deciphered the color and camouflage pattern of a little dinosaur with a parrot-like beak and bristles on its tail that roamed thick forests in China about 120 million years ago. (SCIENCE-DINOSAUR/ (PIX), moved at 9:04 a.m., by Will Dunham, 396 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

'Mr.Robot,' 'The Americans' challenge 'Game of Thrones' for Emmy crown

A pair of Cold War Soviet spies and an awkward cyber hacker challenge the warring nobles of the Iron Throne at the Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday, where more than 20 awards celebrating the best of television will be handed out. (AWARDS-EMMYS/ (PIX, TV), moved at 8 a.m., by Jill Serjeant, 409 words)

Flirty designs at Kors, nature an inspiration for Marchesa at NY shows

NEW YORK - Designer Michael Kors opted for flirty skirts and defined waistlines at his romantic New York Fashion Week show while label Marchesa paid tribute to nature and the colors of the day for its spring/summer 2017 collection. (FASHION-NEWYORK/ (TV, PIX), moved at 8:47 a.m., 176 words)

South Africa to appeal Pistorius murder sentence again

JOHANNESBURG - South African state prosecutors will approach the Supreme Court of Appeal for leave to challenge Oscar Pistorius' six-year murder sentence after failing with a similar bid at a lower court, the National Prosecuting Authority said on Thursday. (SAFRICA-PISTORIUS/, moved at 10:56 a.m., 145 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

U.S. retail sales, factory output slump; Q3 growth forecast cut

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in August amid weak purchases of automobiles and a range of other goods, pointing to cooling domestic demand that further diminishes expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate increase next week. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3), moved at 1:26 p.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 746 words)

Chinese man blames Tesla autopilot function for son's crash

SHANGHAI/BEIJING - A Chinese man suing Tesla Motors Inc after his son was killed while driving one of the U.S. car makers' vehicles argues that the responsiveness of the car's "autopilot" function was responsible for the accident, his lawyer said. (TESLA-CRASH/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 9:56 a.m., by Brenda Goh and Norihiko Shirouzu, 491 words)

December Fed rate hike probability 70 percent, say economists

Chances the U.S. Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in December have shot up in the past month, according to a Reuters poll that showed economists are more convinced a move is on its way despite weak inflation and wage growth. (USA-ECONOMY/POLL, moved at 10:15 a.m., by Sumanta Dey and Anu Bararia, 682 words)

Boeing challenges Denmark over choice of Lockheed Martin jets

COPENHAGEN - Boeing formally challenged a decision by the Danish government to pick Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet over its own Super Hornet, saying on Thursday the choice was based on a "flawed evaluation process." (DENMARK-BOEING/JETS (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:07 a.m., 240 words)

Wal-Mart Canada to extend Visa ban to more stores from Oct. 24

Wal-Mart Canada will stop accepting Visa Inc cards at its 16 stores in the province of Manitoba starting Oct. 24, a company spokesman said on Wednesday, raising the stakes in a high-profile fee dispute. (WALMART-VISA/CANADA (UPDATE 1), moved at 12:54 p.m., 253 words)

Chesapeake Energy loses appeal in $438.7 mln bond dispute

NEW YORK - A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Chesapeake Energy Corp's effort to avoid having to pay $438.7 million, including interest, to investors in a bond dispute. (CHESAPEAKE ENRGY-BANKOFNEWYORKMELLON/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:32 a.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 334 words)

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