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BREAKING
IOC sets up disciplinary commission for four U.S. swimmers
RIO DE JANEIRO - The International Olympic Committee has set up a disciplinary commission for United States swimmer Ryan Lochte and his three teammates after they were found to have lied about an armed robbery during the Rio Olympics, an IOC official told Reuters on Friday. (OLYMPICS-RIO/SWIMMERS-IOC (UPDATE 1), moved, 340 words)
OLYMPICS
Lochte apologizes, team mate pays fine for lying to Brazil police
MIAMI/RIO DE JANEIRO - U.S. Olympic gold medallist swimmer Ryan Lochte issued an apology on Friday and his teammate Jimmy Feigen agreed to pay 35,000 reais ($11,000) to a charity after Brazilian police said they lied about being robbed at gunpoint at the weekend. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LOCHTE (WRAPUP, PIX, TV), moved at 3:11 p.m., by Cassandra Garrison and Caroline Stauffer, 777 words)
U.S. women seek sixth gold with a win over Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States women's basketball team will be out to prove their credentials as one of the Olympics' great sporting dynasties on Saturday when they take on Spain in the gold-medal final. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL/ (PREVIEW, PIX), moved at 12:51 p.m., by Steve Keating, 388 words)
U.S. down Spain to reach men's gold medal final
RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States continued their reign over Spain with a grinding 82-76 win on Friday to put them through to the gold medal final of the men's basketball tournament for a third straight Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL/ (PIX), moved at 4:19 p.m., by Steve Keating, 134 words) See also: Pajon powers to BMX gold, Fields wins for U.S. (OLYMPICS-RIO-CYCLING-BMX/ (PIX), moved at 4:25 p.m., by Martyn Herman, 422 words)
Away from Olympic track, Bolt inspires a Rio favela
RIO DE JANEIRO - One year before millions watched him secure a record third 100 meter gold medal at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Usain Bolt lined up at a very different track in Rio. (OLYMPICS-RIO/BOLT-SLUM (PIX), moved at 3 p.m., by Ricardo Moraes, 300 words) See also: Soccer great Pele to play no role at closing ceremony (OLYMPICS-RIO/PELE (TV), moved at 11:43 a.m., 225 words); Brazil says foreign tourism met half-million forecast for Games (OLYMPICS-RIO/TOURISM (PIX), moved at 4:28 p.m., 425 words); Polish athlete puts Olympic medal up for sale to help boy with cancer (OLYMPICS-RIO/POLAND-MALACHOWSKI (PIX), moved at 1:21 p.m., 222 words)
Irish Olympic Council, government order ticket probes
RIO DE JANEIRO - The Olympic Council of Ireland and the country's government said on Friday they would commission separate independent probes into accusations of illegal ticket sales that led to the arrest of its longtime president Patrick Hickey in Rio de Janeiro. (OLYMPICS-RIO/HICKEY-TICKETS (UPDATE 2), moved at 2:55 p.m., 393 words)
U.S. women win water polo gold medal, defeating Italy
RIO DE JANEIRO - The U.S. women's water polo team won a gold medal and became the first ever to defend its Olympic title on Friday, defeating Italy by 12-5. (OLYMPICS-RIO-WATER POLO-W/USA (URGENT PIX), moved at 3:51 p.m., by Joshua Schneyer, 155 words) See also: Italian men oust U.S. and seek first gold (OLYMPICS-RIO-VOLLEYBALL-M/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 3:54 p.m., by Anthony Boadle, 408 words)
TOP STORIES
Trump tours flooded Louisiana, Obama to visit next week
BATON ROUGE - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate toured flood-damaged Louisiana on Friday, despite the Democratic state governor's urging not to make political stops in areas affected by recent deadly rains. (USA-WEATHER/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved at 4:12 p.m., will be led, by Bryn Stole, 635 words)
Trump campaign manager Manafort resigns after troubled stretch
Paul Manafort resigned as chairman of Donald Trump's U.S. presidential campaign on Friday, no longer enjoying the full confidence of a Republican candidate who is trying to boost his flagging White House bid. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 2:23 p.m., by Steve Holland and Emily Flitter, 773 words)
Zika spreads to Miami Beach, U.S. expands travel warning
MIAMI/CHICAGO - Federal health officials on Friday warned pregnant women not to travel to trendy Miami Beach after Florida confirmed that the mosquito-borne Zika virus was active in the popular tourist destination. (HEALTH-ZIKA/MIAMI (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 3:45 p.m., by Zachary Fagenson and Julie Steenhuysen, 755 words)
Southern California firefighters make progress; 100 homes destroyed
LOS ANGELES - Firefighters were gaining ground on Friday against a wildfire burning in a Southern California mountain pass that has forced tens of thousands of residents to flee their homes and destroyed about 100 houses, officials said. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 2:45 p.m., by Alex Dobuzinskis, 328 words)
Civilians flee Syrian city as Kurdish forces fight govt
BEIRUT - Civilians fled a city in northeastern Syria where government warplanes bombed Kurdish-held areas for a second day on Friday, as the Syrian army accused Kurdish forces of igniting the conflict by trying to take over the area. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HASAKA (UPDATE 3), moved at 4:06 p.m., by Tom Perry, 598 words)
CAMPAIGN
Trump team talks trade, labor with U.S. farm groups
CHICAGO - Advisers to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump pledged to U.S. agricultural groups that he will give growers and states a say on national farm policy should he be elected, two association leaders said on Friday. (USA-ELECTION/AGRICULTURE, moved at 2:53 p.m., by Tom Polansek, 399 words)
Clinton Foundation health project still mulling foreign donations
NEW YORK - The largest program of the Clinton Foundation, the family philanthropy of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is still weighing whether to continue accepting foreign donations should Clinton be elected, a spokeswoman said on Friday. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (GRAPHIC), moved at 4:38 p.m., by Jonathan Allen, 555 words)
Clinton leads Trump by 8 points -Reuters/Ipsos poll
NEW YORK - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton leads Republican rival Donald Trump by 8 percentage points among likely voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Friday. (USA-ELECTION/ (POLL), moved at 3:05 p.m., by Chris Kahn, 373 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Man whose death sparked Milwaukee riots was shot in chest and arm
MILWAUKEE - The African-American man whose shooting death by police over the weekend sparked riots in Milwaukee was shot once in the chest and once in the right arm, the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office said on Friday. (WISCONSIN-POLICE/, moved at 3:57 p.m., 192 words)
Death toll in Maryland apartment building fire rises to seven
Seven bodies have now been discovered in a Washington, D.C., suburb where a natural gas explosion and fire tore through an apartment complex just over two weeks ago, authorities said on Friday. (MARYLAND-FIRE/, moved at 3:20 p.m., 293 words)
NBA moves all-star game to New Orleans over transgender law
NEW YORK - The NBA awarded its 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans on Friday, a month after removing the game from Charlotte, North Carolina, to protest a state law forcing transgender people to use public restrooms matching their gender assigned at birth. (NORTH CAROLINA/LGBT-NBA (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:22 p.m., 382 words)
Massachusetts to tax ride-hailing apps, give the money to taxis
Massachusetts is preparing to levy a 5-cent fee per trip on ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft and spend the money on the traditional taxi industry, a subsidy that appears to be the first of its kind in the United States. (MASSACHUSETTS-UBER/, moved at 1:54 p.m., by David Ingram, 532 words)
Teen, two high school coaches dead in Oregon murder-suicide
Two volunteer high school wrestling coaches and a 14-year-old who was about to start high school were killed, and a woman was injured, in an apparent murder-suicide in the eastern Oregon town of Hermiston, the police chief said on Friday. (OREGON-CRIME/, moved at 2:59 p.m., 269 words)
Connecticut man fired for smoking marijuana at work wins appeal
Connecticut's highest court said on Friday a state employee who was fired for smoking marijuana at work deserves his job back, rejecting the state's argument that suspending the employee rather than firing him violated public policy. (CONNECTICUT-MARIJUANA/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:55 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 369 words)
Family of black golf legend Sifford sentenced for stealing over $1 mln
The son and former daughter-in-law of the first African-American golfer on the PGA Tour have been sentenced to prison for stealing more than $1 million belonging to the legend of the game, Charles Sifford, Ohio officials said on Friday. (GOLF-SIFFORD/OHIO, moved at 3:38 p.m., 254 words)
Starr leaves Baylor University faculty post after sex assault scandal
Kenneth Starr said on Friday he is leaving his law professor post at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, months after being removed as president at the large Christian university for not taking sufficient action against sexual assaults. (TEXAS-BAYLOR/, moved at 1:08 p.m., moved, 191 words)
FBI asked Macau billionaire if partner was Chinese agent: court records
NEW YORK - The FBI last year questioned a Macau billionaire charged with participating in a bribery scheme at the United Nations about whether one of his partners was involved with Chinese foreign intelligence, according to court records. (UN-CORRUPTION/, moved at 2:57 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 404 words)
Conservatives split over U.S. land transfers to Western states
ELLIOTT STATE FOREST, Ore. - Conservative outdoorsmen are joiniing liberal environmentalists in opposition to the transfer of federal lands to the states. (USA-POLITICS/LANDRIGHTS (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), exepct by 6 a.m. on Saturday, by Eric M. Johnson, 732 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Coalition jets scrambled to defend U.S. forces from Syrian bombing
WASHINGTON - A U.S.-led coalition sent aircraft into northeastern Syria on Thursday in a "very unusual" move to protect American special operation ground forces from attacks by Syrian government jets, a Pentagon official said on Friday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/USA-AIRCRAFT (UPDATE 2), moved at 2:32 p.m., by Idrees Ali, 344 words)
U.S. withdraws staff from Saudi Arabia dedicated to Yemen planning
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military has withdrawn from Saudi Arabia its personnel who were coordinating with the Saudi-led air campaign in Yemen, and sharply reduced the number of staff elsewhere who were assisting in that planning, U.S. officials told Reuters. (YEMEN-SECURITY/USA-SAUDIARABIA (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved at 2:09 p.m., by Phil Stewart, 561 words)
Incendiary bombs dropped on hospital, Syrian rebel group says
BEIRUT - A Syrian army helicopter dropped incendiary "barrel bombs" on the only hospital in besieged, opposition-held Daraya early on Friday, putting it out of action, rebels and a war monitor said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-HOSPITAL, moved at 4 p.m., 316 words)
Russian cruise missiles target Syria
BEIRUT/MOSCOW - Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea fired cruise missiles at targets near Aleppo on Friday, a further sign of Moscow's broadening military effort in Syria days after it began to fly bombing missions from an airbase in Iran. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA (WRAPUP 2), moved at 4:29 p.m., 977 words)
WORLD
U.N. chief: Moral responsibility to help Haiti cholera victims
UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon believes the world body has a moral responsibility to help Haiti's cholera victims and their families and is working to develop "material assistance" for them, his spokesman said on Friday. (HAITI-CHOLERA/UN (PIX, TV), moved at 1:37 p.m., by Michelle Nichols, 395 words)
Three Syrian children drown when boat sinks off Libyan coast
ROME - Three Syrian children drowned along with three adults when a wooden boat trying to carry war refugees to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, a humanitarian rescue group said on Friday. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/ITALY (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved at 1:04 p.m., 319 words)
Under Armour drops sponsorship of wife of hunter who speared bear
TORONTO - Under Armour Inc, the athletic clothing company, has ended its sponsorship of the wife and hunting companion of a U.S. hunter who sparked outrage over a video showing him killing a bear with a spear in the woods of Alberta in western Canada. (CANADA-BEAR/UNDERARMOUR, moved, 426 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
U.S. astronauts prepare station for commercial space taxis
Two NASA astronauts completed a six-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Friday to install a parking spot for upcoming commercial space taxis, which will end U.S. reliance on Russia for rides to the orbiting outpost. (SPACE-SPACEWALK/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 3:29 p.m., by Irene Klotz, 345 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Frank Ocean releases new music, finally
NEW YORK - After much anticipation, influential R&B artist Frank Ocean made waves with the unveiling of "Endless," a new visual album, his first in four years. (MUSIC-FRANKOCEAN/ (PIX), moved, by Melissa Fares, 233 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St dips as investors assess rate outlook
NEW YORK - U.S. stocks edged lower on Friday, led by declines in utility shares as investors weighed prospects for an interest rate increase in the coming months. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), moved, 460 words)
Oil posts strong weekly gains; analysts say rally unjustified
NEW YORK - Oil prices settled steady to higher on Friday, with U.S. crude posting its biggest weekly gain since March after surging nearly 25 percent in a little over two weeks, a rally analysts cautioned was not justified by fundamentals.(GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 8), moved, 522 words)
AT&T, Apple, Google to work on 'robocall' crackdown
WASHINGTON - More than 30 major technology and communication companies said on Friday they are joining the U.S. government to crack down on "robocalls," automated, prerecorded phone calls that regulators have labeled a "scourge." (USA-ROBOCALLS/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:01 p.m., by David Shepardson, 453 words)
Private prison operators shrug off U.S. policy shift
Shares of the two largest operators of U.S. private prisons rebounded on Friday on bets that an Obama administration move to phase out the use of some for-profit corrections facilities would not cascade across the country and decimate the industry. (USA-PRISONS/STOCKS (UPDATE 3), moved at 4 p.m., by Nick Carey and Mica Rosenberg, 680 words)
Exxon touts clean tech in Olympic ads as climate pressure grows
HOUSTON - Exxon Mobil Corp is running television advertisements at the Rio Olympics to showcase its work on clean energy, a high-profile blitz as the company faces pressure over global warming in an intense year of climate politics. (OLYMPICS-RIO-EXXONMOBIL/, moved at 4:38 p.m., by Terry Wade and Ernest Scheyder, 571 words)
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