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Clintons earned $10.75 million in 2015, paid 34.2 pct federal tax rate

WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton on Friday released her 2015 tax returns, which showed the Democratic presidential nominee and her husband had $10.75 million in income that year and paid an effective federal tax rate of 34.2 percent. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-TAXES (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 1:19 p.m., by Amanda Becker and Susan Heavey, 606 words)

U.S.-backed forces in final sweep against against IS in Syria's Manbij

BEIRUT - U.S.-backed forces battling Islamic State near the Turkish border in northern Syria said on Friday they had launched a final assault to flush the remaining jihadists out of the city of Manbij. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISLAMIC STATE (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 1:24 p.m., 338 words) See also: Rebels' Aleppo gains improve our negotiating hand -Syria opposition(MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-OPPOSITION (INTERVIEW, PIX), by Lisa Barrington, 817 words)

CAMPAIGN

Trump backs away from labeling Obama founder of Islamic State

ORLANDO, Fla. - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday backed away from repeated remarks labeling President Barack Obama and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as the founders of Islamic State, saying they were sarcasm. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 831 words)

Republican Party, Trump campaign to meet in Florida

ORLANDO - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign team is to meet officials from the Republican National Committee on Friday in what both groups described as a routine session to discuss joint operations in Florida. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:12 a.m., by Steve Holland, 334 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Judge rejects Ohio law that blocked funds for Planned Parenthood

A federal judge in a ruling on Friday permanently blocked the implementation of an Ohio law that would have effectively de-funded 28 Planned Parenthood clinics across the state. (OHIO-PLANNEDPARENTHOOD/, moving shortly, 344 words)

Muslim woman sues Chicago over arrest, stripping off of her head garment

CHICAGO - A Muslim woman has sued six Chicago police officers alleging abuse and harassment after she was arrested as she entered a train station on July 4, 2015, stripped of her head garment and jailed overnight, a Muslim civil rights group said on Friday. (CHICAGO-POLICE/, moving shortly, 395 words)

JetBlue says 24 injured as flight hits heavy turbulence

JetBlue Airways Corp said 22 passengers and two crew members were injured when its flight from Boston to Sacramento, California ran into heavy turbulence on Thursday. (USA-JETBLUE/TURBULENCE (UPDATE 1), moved at 8:09 a.m., 128 words)

Texas, other states to ask judge to halt Obama transgender policy

FORT WORTH - Texas and a dozen other states plan to ask a U.S. judge in Fort Worth on Friday to halt Obama administration recommendations regarding bathroom access for transgender students, arguing they are unlawful "radical changes" being foisted on the nation. (USA-LGBT/TEXAS, moved at 6 a.m., will be led, 406 words)

FEATURE

U.S. aims to restore water, return fish to diverted California river

FRESNO, Calif. - California's San Joaquin River flows out of the mountains above Yosemite, clear and bubbling until it abruptly stops just north of Fresno, its water diverted to irrigate farms. Environmentalists have cheered a plan to reconnect the river this fall. But it is over budget, overdue and vehemently opposed by local farmers and some Republican lawmakers. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, a 2016 Republican presidential hopeful, once joked about eating its protected fish with crackers. (CALIFORNIA-RIVER/ (FEATURE, TV, PIX), moved, 729 words)

WORLD

Canada security questioned after FBI tip thwarts attack

OTTAWA - Aaron Driver first came to the attention of Canadian officials in late 2014 after he voiced support for Islamic State on social media. In 2015, the Muslim convert was arrested for communicating with militants involved with attack plots in Texas and Australia. Early this year, he agreed to a court order known as a peace bond that restricted his online and cell phone use. (CANADA-SECURITY/INTELLIGENCE (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 9:20 a.m., by Andrea Hopkins, 781 words)

Putin gets new right hand man as veteran chief of staff steps down

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday appointed a low-profile former diplomat his new Kremlin chief of staff, one of the most powerful jobs in Russia, saying his long-time ally, Sergei Ivanov, had asked to step down. (RUSSIA-KREMLIN/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 222 words)

Swiss far-right submits petition for referendum on courts' sovereignty

ZURICH - The far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP) submitted a petition on Friday to cement Swiss sovereignity on legal matters over most international law, insisting citizens needed this to wrest back control from the political elite. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/FARRIGHT, moved at 9:44 a.m., by Michael Shields, 340 words)

Turkey seeks 32 fugitive diplomats in post-coup inquiry

ISTANBUL - Turkey's government is seeking extradition of 32 diplomats who fled to other countries after they were recalled by Ankara as part of investigations into last month's failed coup attempt, the foreign minister said on Friday. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 1:52 p.m., by Humeyra Pamuk, 812 words) See also: Turkey prosecutors seek 5 years in jail for pro-Kurdish party leader -media (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS-INDICTMENT (UPDATE 1), moved at 5:51 a.m., 221 words)

London schoolgirl who left to join Islamic State dead -lawyer

One of three schoolgirls who left London in February 2015 to join the Islamic State militant group has died, her family lawyer told Reuters on Thursday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/BRITAIN (UPDATE 1), moved, 168 words)

Series of blasts hit resort towns in southern Thailand

HUA HIN - A series of blasts hit three of the most popular tourist resorts as well as towns in southern Thailand on Thursday and Friday, killing four people and wounding dozens, days after the country voted to accept a military-backed charter in a referendum. (THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV GRAPHIC), moved at 6:24 a.m., by Prapan Chankaew, 877 words) See also: Vibrant Thai tourist sector braces for impact of deadly Mother's Day (THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST-TOURISM (TV, PIX, GRAPHIC), by Pairat Temphairojana and Khettiya Jittapong, 799 words)

India's Modi consults parties on Kashmir flare-up, separatists cold

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR - India's prime minister met national party leaders on Friday to seek ways to end weeks of unrest in Kashmir, but a separatist group said there would be no peace until Indian politicians stop treating it as a purely internal issue. (INDIA-KASHMIR/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 10:51 a.m., by Tommy Wilkes and Fayaz Bukhari, 355 words)

Zambians anxious as presidential election results delayed

LUSAKA - Zambia's electoral commission has delayed announcing initial results of Thursday's presidential vote, adding to anxieties after a sometimes violent campaign whose result is too close to call. (ZAMBIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 12:12 p.m., by Stella Mapenzauswa and Chris Mfula, 431 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

"Star Wars: Rogue One" trailer teases fans with Darth Vader return

"Star Wars" fans got a fresh teaser of the franchise's upcoming "Rogue One" film with a new trailer showing the return of ultimate villain Darth Vader. (FILM-STARWARS/ (TV), moved at 7:04 a.m., 146 words)

'Homeland': 10 Things We Learned About Season 6 at TCA

LOS ANGELES (VARIETY.COM) - Quinn is alive, Saul is more dedicated to the CIA than ever before and Carrie is getting back in the intelligence game in the sixth season of "Homeland," but on her own terms. (VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved at 10:07 a.m., by Cynthia Littleton, 1090 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

As Earth swelters, global warming target in danger of being missed

OSLO - The Earth is so hot this year that a limit for global warming agreed by world leaders at a climate summit in Paris just a few months ago is in danger of being breached. (CLIMATECHANGE-TEMPERATURES/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 7:19 a.m., by Alister Doyle, 661 words)

In 'awake' surgeries, surgeons must watch what they say

A growing number of surgeries performed with only local anesthesia create new challenges for surgeons, according to interviews with U.S. doctors. (HEALTH-SURGERY/AWAKE, moved at 10:26 a.m., by Madeline Kennedy, 629 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Lackluster data pulls Wall Street from record levels

U.S. stocks were lower on Friday afternoon, a day after closing at record highs, as a set of tepid economic data dampened investor sentiment about the growth of the economy. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 4), will be updated till close, by Yashaswini Swamynathan, 385 words) See also: Stocks wobble, dollar, yields dip after tepid data (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 6), updating throught the day, by Lewis Krauskopf, 466 words)

Weak U.S. retail sales, inflation data dim prospect of Fed rate hike

WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales were unexpectedly flat in July as Americans cut back on discretionary spending, pointing to a moderation in consumption that could temper expectations of a sharp pickup in economic growth in the third quarter. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved at 1:23 p.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 890 words)

USDA forecasts record corn, soy harvests and yields

WASHINGTON - The U.S. harvests of soybeans and corn this fall will each be the biggest ever, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) monthly outlook that boosted yield and production forecasts for both crops above market expectations. (USDA-CROPS/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 12:39 p.m., by Mark Weinraub, 389 words)

Europe's biggest software maker SAP ditches annual reviews

FRANKFURT - Germany's SAP, maker of software used to grade the performance of millions of employees worldwide, is ditching its own annual performance reviews as too expensive, time-consuming and often demotivating. (SAP-APPRAISALS/ (CORRECTED, PIX, TV), moved, 507 words)

More airline outages seen as carriers grapple with aging technology

Airlines will likely suffer more disruptions like the one that grounded about 2,000 Delta flights this week because major carriers have not invested enough to overhaul reservations systems based on technology dating to the 1960s, airline industry and technology experts told Reuters. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/IT (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, 1,142 words)

Big Dakota pipeline to upend oil delivery in U.S.

NEW YORK/HOUSTON - It may seem odd that the opening of one pipeline crossing through four U.S. Midwest states could upend the movement of oil throughout the country, but the Dakota Access line may do just that. (USA-OIL/PIPELINE (GRAPHIC), moved at 1 a.m., by Catherine Ngai and Liz Hampton, 730 words)

J.C. Penney's quarterly loss halves, set for full-year profit

J.C. Penney Co Inc's quarterly loss more than halved as the company cut costs and benefited from higher sales of home goods and footwear as well as beauty products at Sephora outlets in its stores. (JC PENNEY-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 4), moved at 10:58 a.m., by Sruthi Ramakrishnan, 439 words)

SunEdison shareholders denied official role in bankruptcy

NEW YORK - A U.S. judge denied a request by shareholders of SunEdison Inc for an official committee to represent them in the bankruptcy of the U.S. renewable power plant developer, which the judge described as "hopelessly insolvent." (SUNEDISON-SHAREHOLDERS/BANKRUPTCY, moved at 12:23 p.m., by Jessica DiNapoli, 280 words)

U.S. judge in Anthem merger trial plans ruling by late January

WASHINGTON - The judge overseeing the U.S. Justice Department's bid to stop big health insurer Anthem from merging with competitor Cigna said on Friday her goal was to have a ruling by the end of January, later than the Dec. 30 sought by Anthem. (CIGNA-M&A/ANTHEM, moved at 12:49 p.m., by Diane Bartz, 397 words)

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