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Trump campaign manager Manafort resigns after troubled stretch

Paul Manafort resigns as chairman of Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign, no longer enjoying full confidence of Republican candidate who is trying to boost his flagging White House bid. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moving shortly, by Steve Holland and Emily Flitter, 800 words)

+ See also:

- USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-LAWSUIT (UPDATE 1), moved, by Jonathan Allen, 336 words

EXCLUSIVE-U.S. withdraws staff from Saudi Arabia dedicated to Yemen planning

WASHINGTON - U.S. military withdraws from Saudi Arabia its personnel who were coordinating with Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen, and sharply reduces number of staff elsewhere who were assisting in that planning, U.S. officials tell Reuters. (YEMEN-SECURITY/USA-SAUDIARABIA (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved, by Phil Stewart, 561 words)

Turkey takes aim at bank inspectors, financing in latest purge

ISTANBUL - Turkish authorities detain dozens of bank inspectors and academics, and government vows to cut off financing to companies suspected of having ties to failed military coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Ebru Tuncay and Tuvan Gumrukcu, 535 words)

Russian cruise missiles target Syria

BEIRUT/MOSCOW - Russian warships in Mediterranean Sea fire cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo, further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it begins to fly bombing missions from air base in Iran. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moved, 977 words)

RIO OLYMPICS

EXCLUSIVE-Aboard AA990: A curtain comes down on U.S. swimmers' gold medal glory

ABOARD FLIGHT AA990 - Standing on podium in Rio last week with gold medals draped around their necks, swimmers Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were pride of America as they sang along to "Star Spangled Banner." On Friday, both swimmers arrive back on American soil aboard Flight AA990 to Miami, curtain draped around them with "Do not disturb" label on it, attempt by airline staff to shield them from controversy that embarrasses Team USA and engulfs Rio Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE-FLIGHT (EXCLUSIVE, PIX, TV), moved, by Cassandra Garrison, 548 words)

Lochte apologizes, teammate pays fine for lying to Brazil police

MIAMI/RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Olympic gold medalist swimmer Ryan Lochte issues apology and teammate Jimmy Feigen agrees to pay 35,000 reais ($11,000) to charity after Brazilian police say they lied about being robbed at gunpoint. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (WRAPUP 2, PIX, TV), moving shortly, by Cassandra Garrison and Caroline Stauffer, 700 words)

U.S. swimmers' tall tale touches a raw nerve in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO - When angry crowd of Brazilians jeers U.S. Olympic gold medal swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, calling them 'liars' and giving one of them tug on ear, young Americans look shocked by ferocity of their reaction. What they appear not to realize is that fabricated story about how they and two teammates are robbed at gunpoint - allegedly told to cover up act of vandalism at gasoline station - hits raw nerve in Brazil. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE-BRAZIL (PIX), moved, by Daniel Flynn and Brad Brooks, 784 words)

+ See also:

- OLYMPICS-RIO/SWIMMERS-IOC (UPDATE 1), moved, by Karolos Grohmann, 320 words

Mossely celebrates boxing birthday gold for France

RIO DE JANEIRO - France's Estelle Mossely celebrates her 24th birthday in style after coming from behind to win women's Olympic lightweight gold medal. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BOXING-W-LIGHT/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved, by Alan Baldwin, 446 words)

Pajon powers to cycling BMX gold, Fields wins for U.S.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Peerless Colombian Mariana Pajon retains her women's BMX title and Connor Fields becomes first American to win Olympic gold in cycling's most spectacular discipline. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING-BMX/ (PIX), moved, by Martyn Herman, 422 words)

Britain's Skelton wins show-jumping gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - Britain's Nick Skelton wins gold in individual show jumping at Rio Olympics after fast and penalty-free jumpoff that none of five riders who follow can match. (OLYMPICS-RIO-EQUESTRIAN-JUMPINGIND/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, by Caroline Stauffer, 406 words)

China's Liu Hong wins women's 20-kilometer walk gold

RIO DE JANEIRO - China's Liu Hong wins women's 20-kilometer walk final, fending off Mexico's Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez in thrilling final kilometer dash to finish line to snatch gold. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-W-WALK20/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 231 words)

U.S. women win water polo gold medal, defeating Italy

RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. women's water polo team wins gold medal and becomes first ever to defend its Olympic title, defeating Italy 12-5. (OLYMPICS-RIO-WATER POLO-W/USA (PIX), moved, by Joshua Schneyer, 155 words)

Flamenco queen Marin dances on Indian badminton dreams

RIO DE JANEIRO - Trained flamenco dancer Carolina Marin is groomed to perform in front of captive audiences and on biggest stage of all, Spain's badminton queen stomps all over India's dreams of maiden gold medal at Rio Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BADMINTON-W-SINGLES/MARIN (PIX), moved, by Ian Ransom, 504 words)

+ See also:

- OLYMPICS-RIO/HIGHLIGHTS (HIGHLIGHTS, PIX), moved, 1,607 words

UNITED STATES

Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning

MIAMI/CHICAGO - Federal health officials warn pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirms that mosquito-borne Zika virus is active in popular tourist destination. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MIAMI (UPDATE 4, PIX), expect by 2300 GMT/7 PM ET, by Zachary Fagenson and Julie Steenhuysen, 700 words)

U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds

NEW YORK - U.S. Army's finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create illusion that its books are balanced. (USA-AUDIT/ARMY, moved, by Scot J. Paltrow, 784 words)

NBA moves all-star game to New Orleans over transgender law

NEW YORK - National Basketball Association awards its 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans, month after removing game from Charlotte, N.C., to protest state law forcing transgender people to use public restrooms matching their gender assigned at birth. (NORTH CAROLINA/LGBT-NBA (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 382 words)

EUROPE

Putin flies into Crimea amid war games and tension

BELBEK AIR BASE, Crimea/MOSCOW - Vladimir Putin flies into annexed Crimea day after staging war games there and says he hopes Ukraine will see "common sense" when it comes to resolving diplomatic crisis over peninsula. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/PUTIN (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, by Olesya Astakhova and Andrew Osborn, 559 words)

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