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BREAKING
Judge frees John Hinckley, man who tried to kill Reagan
WASHINGTON - John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and shot three other people, will be freed after 35 years and released to live with his mother, a U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY (PIX), moved at 9:20 a.m., 72 words, will be led)
False alarm triggered Geneva airport security alert
ZURICH - A security alert at Geneva's Cointrin airport on Wednesday was triggered by a false alarm, prosecutors said. (SWISS-AIRPORT/ALARM, moved at 8:30 a.m., 57 words)
Ptin says Olympic ban on Russian athletes due to politics
MOSCOW - President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday blamed a shadowy campaign for unfairly stripping some Russian sportspeople of the right to compete at the Rio Olympics over doping allegations, hitting out at what he called short-sighted political schemers. (SPORT-DOPING/PUTIN (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 8:48 a.m., 227 words)
Turkey says more than 15,000 detained over failed coup
ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities have detained more than 15,000 people including more than 10,000 soldiers following the July 15-16 failed coup attempt, Interior Minister Efkana Ala was quoted as saying on Wednesday. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ARRESTS, moved at 8:27 a.m., 82 words)
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Clinton makes history with presidential nomination
PHILADELPHIA - Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party's White House nomination, coming back from a stinging defeat in her first presidential run in 2008 and surviving a bitter primary fight to become the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in U.S. history. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 a.m., 1,145 words) See also: Bill Clinton portrays Hillary as "change-maker" in speech to Democrats (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 13, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 11:18 p.m., 458 words) Note: Prime time speakers on Wednesday night include Vice President Biden and President Obama.
Make Hillary Likable Again: Democrats seek to recast Clinton
PHILADELPHIA - When Hillary Clinton first ran for president in 2008 she was badly stung by a backhanded compliment from rival Barack Obama, who called her "likable enough" before going on to win the Democratic nomination and the White House. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-LIKABLE (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 7 a.m., by John Whitesides and Amanda Becker, 815 words)
Kremlin says allegations it hacked Democratic Party 'made-up horror stories'
MOSCOW - The Kremlin on Wednesday dismissed allegations Russia had hacked Democratic Party emails as "horror stories" dreamt up by U.S. politicians, saying it never interfered in other countries' election campaigns. (USA-ELECTION/RUSSIA, moved at 6:17 a.m., 185 words)
OTHER TOP STORIES
California firefighters battle wildfires in hot, windy weather
LOS ANGELES - Crews battling a deadly wildfire in rugged drought-stricken terrain north of Los Angeles on Wednesday face a second consecutive day of scorching weather and erratic winds that could hinder their efforts. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 6:30 a.m., 411 words, will be led through the day)
Pope's trip to Poland overshadowed by killing of priest in France
KRAKOW, Poland - Pope Francis set off on his first trip to Poland on Wednesday to preside at an international Catholic youth jamboree, a usually joyous event that has been dampened by the murder of a priest in a church in France. (POPE-POLAND/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moving shortly, 460 words)
French investigators conduct DNA tests on second church attacker, source says
PARIS - French investigators believe the second assailant in the Normandy church attack was a 19-year-old from southeastern France who was previously unknown to the police, a judicial source said on Wednesday. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-ATTACKER, moving shortly, 83 words, will be led)
Japanese police raid house of knife attack suspect
SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Japanese police raid the house of a 26-year-old man suspected of stabbing to death 19 people and wounding dozens at a facility for the disabled in a small town near Tokyo, Japan's worst mass killing in decades. (JAPAN-ATTACK/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 2:54 a.m., 370 words) See also: Japan mass killing sparks debate: why didn't the system prevent it? (JAPAN-ATTACK/SYSTEM, moved at 5:25 a.m., 693 words
Ahead of Olympics, Brazilians map neglected favelas to boost business
RIO DE JANEIRO - With a reputation for being "no go" areas, Rio de Janeiro's favelas are an unlikely attraction for visitors but a project to map the city's slums aims to draw in business from some of the thousands of spectators expected at the Olympic Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LANDRIGHTS (PIX), moved at 1 a.m., by Chris Arsenault, 454 words)
Website urges Britons to embrace "Brexile," seek fortune abroad
LONDON - In the early hours of June 24, before most Britons woke up to the fact their country had voted to leave the European Union, Peter Parkinson watched the results from his mother's home in southeast England and decided that his future now lay in France. (BRITAIN-EU/BREXILE (PIX), moved at 7:17 a.m., 654 words) See also: After Barnier appointment, UK says wants to negotiate orderly exit from EU (BRITAIN-EU/NEGOTIATOR-BARNIER, moved at 7:53 a.m., 100 words)
WASHINGTON
Climate change risk threatens 18 U.S. military sites
WASHINGTON - Rising sea levels due to hurricanes and tidal flooding intensified by climate change will put military bases along the U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast at risk, according to a new study. (USA-CLIMATECHANGE/MILITARY, moved at midnight, 265 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Powerball jackpot grows to $422 million, 8th largest ever
-- The Powerball jackpot grew to $422 million ahead of an 11 p.m. EDT drawing on Wednesday, making it the eighth largest in the game's history and the 11th-biggest lottery prize ever in the United States. (USA-POWERBALL/, moved at 6:52 a.m., 190 words)
All 46 crew rescued after fishing vessel sinks off Alaskan coast
-- The 46-member crew of a fishing vessel that sank more than 600 miles off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea on Tuesday had to be rescued by boats in the area and taken to a nearby island, the U.S. Coast Guard said. (ALASKA-RESCUE/, moved at 3:15 a.m., 179 words)
Arizona mother, two kids found dead in apparent murder-suicide
PHOENIX - An Arizona woman found dead inside her Phoenix-area home with the bodies of her 17-year-old son and 12-year-old daughter is believed to have shot her two children to death before turning the gun on herself, authorities said on Tuesday. (ARIZONA-MOTHER/, moved at 9:47 p.m., by David Schwartz, 213 words)
Dozens of protesters arrested outside Minnesota governor's mansion
ST PAUL - Dozens of people were arrested on Tuesday outside the Minnesota governor's mansion amid a weeks-long protest over the police killing of a black motorist earlier this month. (USA-POLICE/MINNESOTA, moved at 9:3o p.m., 285 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Turkey orders detention of more journalists after failed coup
ISTANBUL - Turkey orders another 47 journalists detained on Wednesday as part of widening crackdown on suspected supporters of U.S.-based Muslim cleric who is accused of masterminding failed military coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 1, PIX, TV), moved at 8 a.m., 890 words) See also: Kosovo foreign minister says Turkey's request to punish journalist "unacceptable" (KOSOVO-TURKEY/JOURNALIST, moved at 8:20 a.m., 326 words)
Truck bomb blast kills dozens in northeast Syria city
BEIRUT - A large truck bomb blast claimed by Islamic State killed nearly 50 people and wounded scores more in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, a monitoring group and state television reported. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HASAKA (UPDATE 4), moved at 7:09 a.m., 402 words) See also: Syrian army says cuts off all supply routes into east Aleppo (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ALEPPO (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 270 words)
Israeli forces kill Hamas militant in West Bank raid
JERUSALEM - Israeli troops shot dead a Hamas fighter who the military say is responsible for an attack that killed a rabbi in a drive-by shooting in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/ (TV, PIX), moved at 2:35 a.m., 195 words)
WORLD
Putin and Erdogan to meet next month amid growing rapprochement
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan next month for the first time in almost a year, a sign that a rapprochement between the two nations is gathering pace. (RUSSIA-TURKEY/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:06 a.m., 456 words)
U.N. calls on Indonesia to stop imminent executions
GENEVA - Indonesia should immediately reinstate a moratorium on the death penalty and not proceed with 14 executions that are reportedly imminent, U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al Hussein said in a statement on Wednesday. (INDONESIA-EXECUTIONS/, moved at 8:25 a.m., 86 words)
EU gives Poland three months to address "systemic threat" to rule of law
BRUSSELS - The European Commission urged Poland on Wednesday to apply over the next three months measures to protect the powers of the Constitutional Tribunal, stepping up pressure on Warsaw's euro skeptic government to respect EU democratic standards. (POLAND-POLITICS/COURT-EU (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 420 words)
Hollande meets French religious leaders on attacks security
PARIS - President Francois Hollande display interfaith solidarity with France's religious leaders after two Islamist militants killed a Roman Catholic priest in a church, igniting fierce political criticism of the government's security record. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 7:26 a.m., 827 words)
Australia territory stops use of hoods, restraints on youth detainees
SYDNEY - Australia' Northern Territory suspends the use of hoods and restraints on children as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resists pressure to broaden an inquiry into mistreatment in youth detention centers. (AUSTRALIA-PRISON/INQUIRY (PIX), moved at 4:30 a.m., 400 words)
Doctors Without Borders fears famine in northeast Nigeria; calls for UN food pipeline
GENEVA - Severely malnourished children are dying in large numbers in northeast Nigeria, the former stronghold of Boko Haram militants where food supplies are close to running out, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) said on Wednesday. (NIGERIA-SECURITY/MSF (UPDATE 1), moved at 7 a.m., 328 words)
FEATURE
Venezuela food shortages leave zoo animals hungry
CARACAS - Some 50 animals starved to death in last six months at one of Venezuela's main zoos, according to union leader, due to chronic food shortages plaguing crisis-stricken South American nation. (VENEZUELA-ANIMALS/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Daniel Kai, 400 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
IBM offers technology, resources in the fight against Zika
-- International Business Machines said on Wednesday that it had joined the growing list of companies endeavoring to provide resources and technology in the fight against the Zika virus. (HEALTH-ZIKA/IBM, moving shortly, 300 words)
OLYMPICS
Spain optimistic about 'critical' problems at Olympic village
RIO DE JANEIRO - Spanish Olympic team chief Cayetano Cornet is hopeful that "critical" conditions at the Olympic village in Rio will drastically improve in time for the arrival of the bulk of his country's delegation on Friday. (OLYMPICS-SPAIN/VILLAGE-CORNET, moved at 8:46 a.m., 394 words)
Most Brazilians expect Rio Olympics to hurt Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - Most Brazilians are pessimistic about impact on their country of the Olympic Games, scheduled to begin Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro, according to a study by polling group Ibope published in the Estado de S.Paulo daily newspaper. (OLYMPICS-RIO/PESSIMISM, moved at 8:06 a.m., 180 words)
All six Russians cleared to compete at Rio triathlon
(OLYMPICS-RIO-TRIATHLON/RUSSIA, moved at 5:46 a.m., 97 words)
Namesake Russia coaches groom synchro swimming stars for more gold
(OLYMPICS-RIO-SYNCHRONIZED/ (PREVIEW, PIX), moved at 4:40 a.m., 575 words)
High octane sevens brings rugby back to the Games
(OLYMPICS-RIO-RUGBY/ (PREVIEW, PIX), moved at 7:34 a.m., 430 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Panama Papers scandal to get Hollywood movie treatment
(PANAMA-TAX/FILM, moved, 280 words)
Apple Music Buys 'Carpool Karaoke' TV Series
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 692 words)
TV Psychic Miss Cleo Dies at 53
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 160 words)
CONSUMER TECH
Twitter video push seen unlikely to boost revenue growth
-- Video may have killed the radio star, but it could offer a lifeline to Twitter. Just don't expect a turnaround in the company's flagging fortunes anytime soon, analysts said. Twitter on Tuesday reported its slowest quarterly revenue growth since going public in 2013. (TWITTER-RESULTS/RESEARCH, moved at 8:30 a.m., 530 words)
Apple CEO touts future technology amid iPhone worries
SAN FRANCISCO - As iPhone sales declined for the second straight quarter Apple CEO Tim Cook peels back the curtain ever so slightly on its work in artificial intelligence and augmented reality, aiming to reassure investors that Apple is ready to ride the next wave of technology. (APPLE-RESULTS/COOK (PIX), moved at 1:13 a.m., by Julia Love, 520 words) See also: Apple sells more iPhones than expected, shares jump after hours (APPLE-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 4, GRAPHIC), moved at 10:35 p.m., 893 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Boeing posts first quarterly loss in almost seven years
-- Boeing on Wednesday reported its first quarterly loss in nearly seven years, hit by charges related to the 787, 747 and KC-46 tanker aircraft programs. (BOEING-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:11 a.m., 196 words)
Coca-Cola's revenue misses on weak international markets
-- Coca-Cola reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue, citing difficult conditions in many of its emerging and developing markets. (COCA COLA-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:30 a.m., 232 words)
Comcast profit drops on film sales, beats Wall Street estimates
NEW YORK - Comcast reported a 5 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by lower film division sales, but managed to beat Wall Street expectations due to growth in its business services and high-speed internet units. (COMCAST-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 8:16 a.m., 360 words)
Oreo maker Mondelez revenue falls for 11th straight quarter
-- Mondelez International Inc's quarterly net revenue slumped nearly 18 percent, the 11th straight quarter of decline, as sales fell in markets outside North America. (MONDELEZ INTL-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 280 words)
Lumber Liquidators sales fall for fifth straight quarter
(LUMBER LIQUIDATE RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2), moved, 340 words)
GlaxoSmithKline invests $360 million in UK despite Brexit
(GSK-BRITAIN/ (UPDATE 4), moved at 9:19 a.m., 642 words)
T-Mobile's quarterly revenue rises 12.8 pct
(T-MOBILE US-RESULTS/, moved at 7:38 a.m., 62 words)
Oil producer Hess reports smaller loss, cuts budget
(HESS-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:11 a.m., 180 words)
France to support grain farmers after crops hit by weather
(FRANCE-GRAINS/WHEAT (UPDATE 2), moved, 340 words)
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