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FBI looked into New York bombing suspect in 2014, found no terrorism ties

ELIZABETH - The father of the Afghan-born man arrested after weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey reported concerns about his son to the FBI in 2014, but it found no "ties to terrorism" and dropped its inquiry, the father and the agency said on Tuesday. (USA-ATTACKS/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved at 4:48 p.m., by Mica Rosenberg and Joseph Ax, 749 words) See also: Maker of Tannerite explosive rejects link to New York bombing (USA-ATTACKS/BOMBS (PIX), moving shortly, by David Ingram, 676 words); Shops along a New York block pick up pieces after Saturday's shock (USA-ATTACKS/CHELSEA (PIX, TV), expect by 6:30 p.m., by Gina Cherelus, 600 words)

Police had no justification for fatal shooting of Oklahoma man -family's lawyers

TULSA, Okla. - The unarmed black man fatally shot by a white Tulsa, Oklahoma, police officer in an incident captured on video posed no imminent threat, lawyers for his family said on Tuesday, disputing an allegation the man was reaching into his vehicle. (OKLAHOMA-POLICE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 636 words)

Pitt expresses sadness over Jolie divorce filing as Hollywood power couple splits

LOS ANGELES - Actress Angelina Jolie has filed for a divorce from actor Brad Pitt, her husband of two years and romantic partner since 2005, her attorney said on Tuesday, signaling the end of one of Hollywood's most glamorous and powerful couples. (PEOPLE-JOLIE/PITT (CORRECTED, UPDATE 7, TV, PIX), moved at 4:28 p.m., by Alex Dobuzinskis and Piya Sinha-Roy, 699 words)

U.S. says Syria ceasefire 'not dead,' others skeptical

UNITED NATIONS - The United States sought to keep alive a ceasefire in Syria's civil war on Tuesday as other countries voiced skepticism that a U.S.-Russian deal to halt the violence could be revived. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-UN (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved, 610 words)

CAMPAIGN

Clinton, Trump joust on domestic security after weekend attacks

WASHINGTON/HIGH POINT - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton consulted national security advisers on Tuesday after weekend bomb blasts renewed fears of domestic attacks, as Republican rival Donald Trump accused her of pushing policies that made the United States less safe. (USA-ELECTION/ (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 4:23 p.m., by Amanda Becker and Emily Flitter, 578 words)

Trump calls first U.S. debate moderator a Democrat; records show otherwise

Republican Donald Trump may have gotten it wrong when he said the moderator of the first U.S. presidential debate next week between him and his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, is a Democrat. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-DEBATES, moved at 3:53 p.m., 264 words)

More than 300 scientists warn over Trump's climate change stance

WASHINGTON - Hundreds of top scientists warned on Tuesday against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's vow to pull the United States out of the Paris climate-warming accord if elected in November. (USA-ELECTION/SCIENTISTS, moved at 4:29 p.m., by Ian Simpson, 341 words)

Trump Jr. tweet likening Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles irks candy maker

NEW YORK - The maker of Skittles candies on Tuesday objected to a social media post by Donald Trump Jr. in which the Republican presidential hopeful's son compared admitting Syrian refugees to the United States to eating poisoned pieces of the brightly colored, fruit-flavored treats. (USA-ELECTION/SKITTLES (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 4:39 p.m., by Amy Tennery, 464 words)

WASHINGTON

U.S. senators seek to overturn parts of new Israel aid package

WASHINGTON - Four Republican U.S. lawmakers said on Tuesday they would seek to overturn parts of a $38 billion military aid agreement with Israel, setting up a showdown with President Barack Obama over the package days after it was signed. (USA-ISRAEL/SECURITY-CONGRESS, moved at 1:37 p.m., by Patricia Zengerle, 400 words)

Senate leader opposes effort to block U.S. arms sale to Saudis

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he would oppose an effort in Congress to pass a measure that seeks to block the sale of $1.15 billion in Abrams tanks and other military equipment to Saudi Arabia. (USA-SAUDI/DEFENSE-CONGRESS (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:43 p.m., 301 words)

U.S. proposes regulators have more say in self-driving car design

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is proposing deeper government involvement in the design of autonomous vehicle systems and calling on manufacturers to share more information about how such systems work and why they fail. (USA-SELFDRIVING/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:07 p.m., by David Shepardson, 650 words)

Senate Republicans seek probe of EpiPen oversight

NEW YORK - Mylan NV faced new scrutiny over price hikes for its anti-allergy EpiPen on Tuesday, with U.S. lawmakers calling for a probe of oversight of the company's rebates to government healthcare plans, while West Virginia said it was investigating whether Mylan defrauded its Medicaid department. (MYLAN NL-EPIPEN/WEST VIRGINIA (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:54 p.m., by Brendan Pierson, 521 words)

US senators push Wells Fargo CEO on pay clawbacks after bogus accounts

U.S. Senate lawmakers excoriated Wells Fargo & Co's chief on Tuesday for his oversight of the bank as it opened 2 million bogus customer accounts, potentially laying the groundwork for new rules and reviving questions of whether banks are "too big to fail." (WELLS FARGO-ACCOUNTS/CEO (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved at 3:36 p.m., by Patrick Rucker and Dan Freed, 825 words)

UNITED NATIONS

Obama urges Israel end occupation and Palestinians accept Israel

UNITED NATIONS - Both sides would benefit if Israel recognized it cannot permanently occupy Palestinian land and if Palestinians rejected incitement and recognized Israel's legitimacy, U.S. President Barack Obama told the United Nations on Tuesday. (UN-ASSEMBLY/OBAMA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 12:03 p.m., by Jeff Mason, 355 words)

Turkey's Erdogan urges world to act against U.S.-based Gulen

UNITED NATIONS - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on world leaders at the United Nations to take measures against a U.S.-based cleric's "terrorist network" that he said threatened their security. (UN-ASSEMBLY/TURKEY-ERDOGAN (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:06 p.m., by Parisa Hafezi, 346 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

New York jail guard pleads guilty to cover-up in inmate's death

NEW YORK - A guard at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges that he tried to cover up an assault by a fellow officer that led to an inmate's death in 2012. (NEW YORK-RIKERS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), by Nate Raymond, moved at 4:14 p.m., 402 words)

U.S. man to plead guilty to conspiring to help Islamic State

BOSTON - A Rhode Island man charged last year with plotting to behead Massachusetts police officers in support of the Islamic State militant group is due to plead guilty to conspiracy charges this week, according to court papers on Tuesday. (MASSACHUSETTS-ISLAMIC STATE/PLEA (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:53 p.m., by Scott Malone, 288 words)

Ex-President George W. Bush dips toe into U.S. trade debate

DALLAS - Former U.S. President George W. Bush on Tuesday entered the debate over the Trans-Pacific Partnership, hosting a forum at his presidential library extolling his successor's Asian free trade deal. (USA-TRADE/TPP-BUSH, moved at 4:34 p.m., by David Lawder, 406 words)

Myanmar refugees, including Muslim Rohingya, outpace Syrian arrivals in U.S.

CHICAGO - The resettlement of refugees from Middle Eastern countries, particularly Syria, has been the center of a heated political debate after President Barack Obama last year pledged to resettle at least 10,000 refugees from the war-torn country in the United States. But refugees from Myanmar, whose leader Aung San Suu Kyi visited Washington last week, have quietly outpaced Syrian arrivals in recent years, even as Syria's civil war intensifies, with an increasing number coming from the marginalized Rohingya Muslim community, according to State Department figures. (USA-MYANMAR-REFUGEES/, moved, 653 words)

Sexual abuse lawsuit against Cosby takes backseat to criminal case

LOS ANGELES - The lawyer for a woman accusing Bill Cosby of sexual abuse in a California civil suit said on Tuesday she has canceled plans to take a sworn deposition from another woman listed as a potential witness against the comedian in a Pennsylvania criminal case. (PEOPLE-COSBY/ (TV, PIX), moved at 4:38 p.m., by Dana Feldman, 388 words)

City issues subpoena over sinking San Francisco luxury high-rise

San Francisco's City Attorney on Tuesday issued a subpoena to the developers of a luxury residential high-rise that is tilting and has sunk more than a foot to determine if its structural issues were appropriately conveyed to residents. (SANFRANCISCO-TOWER, expect by 6 p.m., 400 words)

Cousins sentenced in plan to attack Illinois National Guard base

CHICAGO - Two cousins, including a National Guard member, who pleaded guilty in a plot to attack Illinois base, were sentenced on Tuesday in a Chicago courtroom. (USA-JUSTICE/ISLAMICSTATE, moving shortly, 400 words)

WORLD

Congo death toll hits 44 in anti-Kabila unrest -rights group

KINSHASA - At least 44 people - including 37 demonstrators and six police officers - have been killed in protests over Congolese President Joseph Kabila's perceived bid to extend his rule, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday. (CONGO-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 5, TV), moved at 4:47 p.m., by Kenny Katombe and Benoit Nyemba, 651 words)

As peace nears, Colombia's FARC rebels reunite with lost families

YARI PLAINS, Colombia - Tatiana, her pregnant belly bulging beneath a T-shirt decorated with the FARC rebel group's logo, leans down to stroke her teenage son's hair, as if to reassure herself he is really beside her. The 36-year-old mother-to-be is a 19-year veteran of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) which will sign a peace deal with the government next week to end a 52-year war. As rebel delegates from across the country gather on the Yari Plains in southern Colombia for a meeting to ratify the accord, the rank and file are preparing to hand in their weapons and return to families many have not seen for decades. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/CONFERENCE-PREGNANT (TV, PIX), moved, 408 words)

Ivory trade debate resurfaces as southern Africa's elephants thrive

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa - South Africa's Kruger National Park is littered in places with the trunks of trees uprooted and stripped of bark by a surging population of elephants, a frequent sight in the reserve. Africa's elephants are still threatened by poachers seeking to kill them for their ivory tusks but in several southern states populations have rebounded, helped by conservation policies and the remote locations where many of the herds live. (WILDLIFE-CITES/ELEPHANTS (TV, PIX), moved, 1,176 words)

Jordan's rebranded Islamists seen staging election comeback

AMMAN - Jordan's moderate Islamist opposition could emerge from Tuesday's parliamentary election with renewed influence after surviving government attempts to ban it as part of a wider crackdown on political Islam. (JORDAN-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 4:40 p.m., by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, 926 words)

India backs off major retaliation over Kashmir raid, for now

SRINAGAR - For all the shrill rhetoric immediately following Sunday's attack on an Indian army camp in Kashmir, which New Delhi blamed on Pakistan, the threat of a sudden escalation in hostilities between the nuclear-armed rivals has receded for now. (INDIA-KASHMIR/RESPONSE (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 2:19 p.m., by Douglas Busvine and Sanjeev Miglani, 831 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

Are U.S. public schools prepared for an emergency?

More than a fifth U.S. school districts lack comprehensive plans to respond to natural disasters, epidemic diseases or other emergencies, a new report finds. (HEALTH-SCHOOLS/EMERGENCY-PREPAREDNESS, moved at 3:26 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 620 words)

Giving babies eggs and nuts early may avert allergies

Infants who get a taste of eggs and peanuts starting when they're as young as 4 months old may have a lower risk of developing allergies to those foods than babies who try them later, a research review suggests. (HEALTH-ALLERGY/FOOD-INTRODUCTION, moved at 2:51 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 728 words)

Wearable activity trackers may not boost weight loss

For young adults on a long-term healthy diet and exercise program, tracking activity with a wearable device may not lead to additional weight loss, according to a new study. (HEALTH-WEARABLES/WEIGHT-LOSS, moved at 12:11 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 598 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Film pays tribute to Lesbos islanders who saved drowning migrants

A short documentary by a Syrian filmmaker pays tribute to Greek islanders living in a fishing village on Lesbos who have helped rescue refugees and migrants making perilous journeys across the Aegean Sea. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/FILM (TV), moved at 12:27 p.m., 182 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Wall St ends flat with Fed, BOJ up next

Wall Street ended little changed on Tuesday as healthcare gains countered declines in energy shares, a day before highly anticipated outcomes of monetary policy meetings in the United States and Japan. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), by Lewis Krauskopf, 506 words)

SEC probes Exxon's climate, reserves accounting -report

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating how Exxon Mobil Corp has valued its reserves in the wake of low oil prices and potential curbs on carbon emissions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. (EXXON MOBIL-PROBE/SEC (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:09 p.m., 402 words)

U.S. housing starts tumble, flooding in the South blamed

WASHINGTON - U.S. housing starts fell more than expected in August, likely as bad weather disrupted building activity in the South, but a solid increase in permits for single-family dwellings suggested demand for housing remained intact. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2), moved at 11:41 a.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 660 words)

Canada union says Ford, Fiat on notice on investment after GM deal

A tentative labor deal with General Motors Co sends a clear signal to Ford Motor Co and Fiat Chrysler that Canada's autoworkers union is determined to secure new investment in local plants, the union's president said on Tuesday. (CANADA-AUTOS/ (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved at 4:56 p.m., by Allison Lampert, 501 words)

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