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Trump visits Milwaukee, to address unrest over police shooting

MILWAUKEE - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump visits Milwaukee, days after city is hit by unrest over fatal police shooting of black man, and says initial evidence points to shooting being justified. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), expect by 0100 GMT/9 PM ET, by Ginger Gibson, 600 words)

+ See also:

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-CONGRESS (UPDATE 2), moving shortly, by Susan Cornwell, 500 words

- USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-BRIEFING, moved, by Mark Hosenball, 314 words

- USA-ELECTION/POLL (POLL), moved, by Grant Smith, 319 words

- BALKANS-BIDEN/TRUMP (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), by Ivana Sekularac and Fedja Grulovic, 423 words

Russia uses Iran as base to bomb Syrian militants for first time

MOSCOW - Russia uses Iran as base from which to launch air strikes against Syrian militants for first time, widening its air campaign in Syria and deepening its involvement in Middle East. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/RUSSIA-IRAN (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 978 words)

Turkish police raid retail chain's offices in post-coup crackdown

ISTANBUL - Turkish police search offices of nationwide retail chain and healthcare and technology company, arresting dozens of people in some of the bigger raids on private businesses since failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Daren Butler and Tuvan Gumrukcu, 779 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

Biles wins record-equaling fourth gold with floor victory

RIO DE JANEIRO - Simone Biles shows off her sassy moves and explosive tumbles on floor exercise to win record-equaling fourth gold at Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-W-FLOOR/ (PIX, UPDATE 1), moved, by Pritha Sarkar, 341 words)

Gymnast Hambuechen wins horizontal bar gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - It takes him 12 years and four Olympics, but flamboyant German showman Fabian Hambuechen is finally leaping with joy after he soars past his rivals to strike gold with electrifying routine on horizontal bar. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-M-HORIZONTAL/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Pritha Sarkar, 326 words)

Gymnast Verniaiev swings to gold on parallel bars

RIO DE JANEIRO - Ukrainian Oleg Verniaiev makes up for narrowly missing out on all-around gymnastics title by winning parallel bars gold at Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-M-PARALLEL/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Pritha Sarkar, 450 words)

Britain's Scott wins Finn gold, Paine takes first U.S. medal

RIO DE JANEIRO - Britain's Giles Scott, who carries bulk of his country's medal hopes since Ben Ainslie retires from Olympic sailing, secures Finn gold in medal race that he was already assured of on points. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SAILING-M-FINN/ (PIX), moved, by Jeb Blount, 156 words)

China faces worst haul since 1996

RIO DE JANEIRO - Heavy defeats in sports dominated by China in previous Olympics leaves country languishing in unfamiliar place on medal tally table, with some predicting that Rio 2016 could be its worst haul since 1996. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CHINA/MEDALS (PIX), moved, by Brenda Goh, 622 words)

Argentina's Lange and Saroli win Nacra catamaran gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - Argentine helmsman Santiago Lange and crew Cecilia Carranza Saroli win gold in Nacra 17 mixed-sex catamaran class at Rio Games after fast medal race that sees wind pick up smartly on Guanabara Bay's Pao de Acucar course. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SAILING-NACRA (PIX), moved, by Jeb Blount, 232 words)

Synchronized Russian 'mermaids' swim their way to gold again

RIO DE JANEIRO - Russian synchronized swimming stars Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina's near-flawless routines have fans joking they are secretly mermaids or have gills. Wearing scale-inspired swimsuits and batting their legs out of the water, feet sticking out to look like tails, they collect gold - as expected - and come even closer to sealing their status as sirens. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SYNCHRONISED-DUETS/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Alexandra Ulmer, 315 words)

+ See also:

- OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (PIX), moved, 1,469 words

UNITED STATES

U.S. Supreme Court stance on North Carolina law to send signal on voting limits

WASHINGTON - U.S. Supreme Court's handling of North Carolina's long-shot bid to reinstate its contentious voter identification law will set tone for court's treatment of similar cases that could reach justices before Nov. 8 elections. (USA-COURT/ELECTION, moved, by Lawrence Hurley, 554 words)

Milwaukee police to face tough federal review after shooting

NEW YORK - Milwaukee, shaken by two nights of rioting after shooting by police, is one of few U.S. cities to volunteer for federal government review of its police force and can now expect higher expectations for how it responds, legal experts say. (WISCONSIN-POLICE/REVIEW (PIX), moving shortly, by David Ingram, 600 words)

+ See also:

- WISCONSIN-POLICE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved, by Brendan O'Brien, 400 words

U.S. inflation tame despite economy gaining momentum

WASHINGTON - U.S. consumer prices are unchanged but rise in industrial output and home building suggests pickup in economic activity that could allow Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Lucia Mutikani, 812 words)

New York man in court charged with murdering Muslim cleric, assistant

NEW YORK - New York City man appears in court on charges he guns down and kills Muslim cleric and his assistant on street in borough of Queens, police said. (NEW YORK-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Gina Cherelus, 600 words)

AMERICAS

EXCLUSIVE-U.S. seeks Latin American help amid rise in Asian, African migrants

WASHINGTON - Washington is seeking closer coordination with several Latin American countries to tackle jump in migrants from Asia, Africa and Middle East who it believes are trying to reach United States from south on arduous route by plane, boat and through jungle on foot. (USA-IMMIGRATION/MEXICO (EXCLUSIVE, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved, by Julia Edwards, 1,336 words)

Canada officials may charge U.S. hunter who speared bear to death

CALGARY, Alberta - Alberta may file charges against U.S. hunter who posts video of himself killing black bear with spear, wildlife officials say as Canadian province moves to ban spear hunting. (CANADA-BEAR/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Ethan Lou and Nia Williams, 400 words)

EUROPE

Putin hints at war in Ukraine but may be seeking diplomatic edge

MOSCOW - Ukraine says it thinks Vladimir Putin is planning new invasion, and it's not hard to see why: Russian leader builds up troops on its border and resumes hostile rhetoric that preceded his annexation of Crimea two years ago. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/PUTIN (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved, by Andrew Osborn, 909 words)

UK could win 'special status' but must get on with Brexit - Germany

BERLIN - Germany's European Affairs Minister holds out possibility of Britain achieving "special status" in its relationship with European Union but presses London to get on with starting talks on leaving bloc early next year. (BRITAIN-EU/GERMANY (UPDATE 1, INTERVIEW, TV), moved, by Andreas Rinke and Paul Carrel, 519 words)

AFRICA

Gabon opposition chooses Ping as candidate for Aug. 27 election

LIBREVILLE - Gabon's main opposition parties choose former foreign minister Jean Ping as their candidate in election Aug. 27 against President Ali Bongo, who is standing for second term. (GABON-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV), moved, by Gerauds Wilfried Obangome, 411 words)

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