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BREAKING

Biden says expects Guantanamo prison to close before Obama leaves office

STOCKHOLM - Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expected the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would close before President Barack Obama leaves office in January. "That is my hope and expectation," he told a news conference in Sweden. (USA-GUANTANAMO/BIDEN (PIX, TV), moved at 8:22 a.m., 62 words)

Mylan cuts patient cost of EpiPen

-- Mylan NV said on Thursday it would reduce the out-of-pocket cost of its severe allergy treatment EpiPen through a discount program, one day after Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton joined lawmakers in criticizing the drug's high price. (MYLAN NL-PRICING/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 8:33 a.m., 382 words)

TOP STORIES

Clinton to accuse Trump of embracing nativist political movement

PALO ALTO - Democrat Hillary Clinton will accuse Donald Trump of embracing a brand of U.S. political conservatism associated with white nationalism and nativism when she makes a Nevada campaign speech on Thursday. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 6 a.m., by Amanda Becker, 454 words, will be led from event)

Assange says WikiLeaks to release 'significant' Clinton campaign data

WASHINGTON - WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief Julian Assange says his organization plans to release "significant" information linked to the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton before the Nov. 8 election. (USA-ELECTION/WIKILEAKS, moved at 10:30 p.m., 246 words)

Trump adviser Carter Page's Russia credentials come under scrutiny

MOSCOW - When Donald Trump named a little-known U.S. energy consultant as part of his foreign policy team, the adviser's ex-boss was puzzled: how could the relatively junior banker he knew in Moscow a decade ago be qualified to brief a presidential candidate? (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ADVISER (PIX), moved at 2:25 a.m., by Alexander Winning and Olga Popova, 1,139 words)

Brexit leader Nigel Farage addresses Trump rally, bashes Clinton

JACKSON, Miss. - Nigel Farage, a key figure in the successful campaign to get Britain out of the European Union, lent his support to Donald Trump on Wednesday, saying Trump represented the same type of anti-establishment movement that he masterminded in his own country. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX, TV), moved at 9:46 a.m., 708 words)

Tornadoes slam central Indiana, demolishing homes

INDIANAPOLIS - Several tornadoes plowed through central Indiana on Wednesday, demolishing numerous homes and a Starbucks cafe in the town of Kokomo and cutting off power to thousands of Indianapolis-area residents, but no serious injuries were reported. (USA-WEATHER/INDIANA-TORNADO (UPDATE 7, TV), moved at 11:19 p.m., by Susan Guyett, 478 words)

Gun, bomb attack on American University in Kabul kills 12

KABUL - Twelve people, including seven students, are killed in an attack on the American University in Kabul that send hundreds of students fleeing in panic, police say early on Thursday, before the assault ends when two gunmen are shot dead. (AFGHANISTAN-UNIVERSITY/ATTACK (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 7 a.m., 667 words, will be led)

Italy quake death toll nears 250 as rescuers search demolished towns

AMATRICE, Italy - The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rises to at least 247 people early on Thursday after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns. (ITALY-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 7:40 a.m., 660 words)

Myanmar soldiers, police seal off ancient temples damaged by quake

BAGAN, Myanmar - Truckloads of soldiers and squadrons of police sealed off some of the centuries-old Buddhist pagodas around Myanmar's ancient capital of Bagan on Thursday, a day after at least 187 of the brick temples were damaged in a powerful earthquake. (MYANMAR-QUAKE/ (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX, GRAPHICS), moved at 7:54 a.m., 611 words)

CAMPAIGN

Clinton calls for lower price on allergy drug EpiPen

WASHINGTON - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton called on pharmaceutical company Mylan NV to drop the price of its severe allergy treatment drug EpiPen, which has increased in price by more than 400 percent in the past decade. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-MYLAN NL (UPDATE 3), moved at 7:40 p.m., 717 words)

Tech firms' encryption foe struggles for U.S. Senate re-election

WASHINGTON - A U.S. senator seen by Silicon Valley as one of the technology industry's main foes in Congress is fighting for his political life as Donald Trump's slumping poll numbers threaten to damage Republican candidates across the board. Senator Richard Burr from North Carolina, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is facing a strong and unexpected challenge from Democrat Deborah Ross. (USA-ELECTION/BURR (TV, PIX),moved at 6 a.m., by Dustin Volz, 846 words)

Donald Trump Slams Hillary Clinton's Celebrity Supporters: They 'Aren't Very Hot Anymore'

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-BIZ/NEWS), moved, 248 words)

WASHINGTON

Biden says Turks ready to stay as long as it takes in Syria

WASHINGTON - Turkey is prepared to stay in Syria for as long as it takes to destroy Islamic State, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said during a visit to Sweden a day after meeting Turkey's President. "I think the Turks are prepared to stay in an effort to take out ISIL as long as it takes," Biden told reporters "I think there has been a gradual mind shift ... in Turkey, with the realization that ISIL is an existential threat to Turkey." (USA-TURKEY/SYRIA (PIX, TV), moved at 8:30 a.m., 87 words, will be led)

Kerry tackles Yemen, Syrian conflicts in Saudi Arabia talks

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Secretary of State John Kerry met Saudi Arabia's King Salman and the country's powerful deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman on Thursday to discuss ways to end conflict in Yemen and resume peace talks between the warring sides. (USA-KERRY/SAUDI (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 7:30 a.m., 532 words)

Companies made deals that could run afoul of U.S. whistleblower rules

WASHINGTON - Wells Fargo, Advanced Micro Devices and Fifth Third Bank have in recent years agreed to settlement deals that seek to muzzle former employees in ways that some lawyers said could violate U.S. whistleblower protection laws. (SEC-WHISTLEBLOWER/SETTLEMENTS (EXCLUSIVE), moved, by Sarah N. Lynch, 1,035 words)

OTHER U.S. NEWS

Woman falls to her death from a zip line in Delaware

-- A woman fell to her death while riding on a zip line in a state park in northern Delaware on Wednesday, state police said. (DELAWARE-ZIPLINE/, moved at 12:45 a.m., 115 words)

Nine prison staffers in Nebraska injured in altercation with inmates

-- Nine staff members at a state prison in Nebraska were injured during an altercation with inmates on Wednesday, a state correctional services spokeswoman said. (NEBRASKA-CRIME/, move at 12:11 a.m., 85 words)

Florida governor complains U.S. not doing enough to fight Zika

MIAMI - Florida Governor Rick Scott said on Wednesday the federal government had so far not delivered all the Zika antibody tests and laboratory support he had requested as the state battles the spread of the virus. (HEALTH-ZIKA/FLORIDA (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 10:40 p.m., 668 words)

Colorado sheriff accused of sexually assaulting female prisoner

DENVER - An elected sheriff from a rural county in Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a developmentally disabled woman at his home before transporting her to jail, court documents showed on Wednesday. (COLORADO-SHERIFF/ (PIX), moved at 10:52 p.m., by Keith Coffman, 401 words)

California legislature passes climate change bills

-- California lawmakers voted to extend the state's climate change fighting efforts out to 2030 on Wednesday, giving a new lease on life to the most ambitious greenhouse gas reduction program in the country. (CALIFORNIA-CLIMATE/LAW (UPDATE 2), moved at 7:55 p.m., 400 words)

New York City hospitals settle Medicaid repayment fraud charges

NEW YORK - Three hospitals in New York's Mount Sinai Health System will pay $2.95 million to settle Medicaid fraud charges for taking two years to repay more than $844,000 of improper billings that had been flagged by a whistleblower, authorities said on Wednesday. (NEW YORK-HOSPITALS/SETTLEMENT, moved, 300 words)

MIDDLE EAST

More Turkish tanks enter Syria in push against Islamic State, Kurdish militia

KARKAMIS, Turkey - At least nine more Turkish tanks entered northern Syria as part of an operation aimed at driving Islamic State out of the border area around Jarablus and stopping Kurdish militia fighters from seizing territory, Reuters witnesses said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY (UPDATE 1, TV, PIX), moved, 415 words)

UN says Saudi coalition air strikes responsible for most civilian deaths in Yemen

GENEVA - Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen are responsible for the largest part of the 3,799 civilians killed so far and it has committed other violations that may contravene international law, the U.N. human rights office say. (YEMEN-SECURITY/UN (UPDATE 1), moved, 350 words)

WORLD

Brazil Senate opens Rousseff's impeachment trial

BRASILIA - Brazil's Senate opened the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday and will hear witnesses for and against the leftist leader who is expected to be removed from office next week on charges of breaking budget laws. (BRAZIL-IMPEACHMENT/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 9:17 a.m., by Anthony Boadle, 555 words)

North Korea's Kim declares sub missile launch 'greatest success'

SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises the test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and declared it "the greatest success" which puts the country in the "front rank" of nuclear military powers. (NORTHKOREA-MISSILES/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX), moved, 560 words)

Colombia, FARC rebels reach deal to end half-century of bloodshed

BOGOTA/HAVANA - Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels reach a final peace deal to end a five-decade war which once took the resource-rich country to the brink of collapse. (COLOMBIA-REBELS/ (UPDATE 5, PIX, TV), moved, 750 words)

Putin calls ban on Russian Paralympic team "immoral"

MOSCOW - A ban on Russia's Paralympic team competing in Rio next month is cynical and immoral, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, but he said that Moscow acknowledged mistakes it had made in tackling sports doping. (OLYMPICS-RIO/PUTIN (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 7:30 a.m., 355 words)

Duterte turns anger on Philippine senator investigating drug killings

MANILA - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte steps up a war of words against a senator heading an inquiry into extra-judicial drug killings, accusing her of heading a network of corrupt officials taking bribes from jailed drug lords. (PHILIPPINES-DUTERTE/DRUGS, moved, 527 words)

Cabinet missteps test Canadian PM Trudeau's teflon image

OTTAWA - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was knocked off message as he marshaled his cabinet back to work this week, distracted by recent spending miscues involving top ministers in the first major wobble of his Liberal government. (CANADA-TRUDEAU/ (CORRECTED, PIX), moved at 7:50 a.m., 530 words)

Hong Kong activists claim harassment from pro-China media

(HONGKONG-INDEPENDENCE/MEDIA (PIX), moved, 730 words)

Burundi president's commission says people want term limits removed

(BURUNDI-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, 385 words)

HEALTH AND SCIENCE

How much should we tell kids about their own health?

-- When it comes to deciding whether and how to talk to children about their own health, there's no one-size-fits-all formula, some doctors argue. (HEALTH-PEDIATRICS/PROGNOSIS-DISCLOSURE, moved at 9:11 a.m., 612 words)

Regular nibbling on nuts linked to low inflammation

-- Eating a handful of nuts five times per week may reduce inflammation, a condition that contributes to heart disease, diabetes and many other chronic illnesses, say the authors of a recent U.S. study. (HEALTH-INFLAMMATION/NUTS, moved, 600 words)

Abusing prescription pain meds tied to heroin use for veterans

-- Like many others, most military veterans who use heroin first began to abuse prescription opioid painkillers, according to a new U.S. study. (HEALTH-VETERANS/OPIOIDS-HEROIN, moved, 630 words)

GMO mustard clears hurdle in India but more remain

NEW DELHI - A government panel has cleared commercial use of what would be India's first genetically modified (GMO) food crop but politicians still have to give final approvals amid wide-spread public opposition. (INDIA-GMO/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 8:22 a.m., 460 words)

ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE

Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go kills pedestrian

TOKYO - A Japanese truck driver playing Pokemon Go while driving hit two women, killing one and injuring the other, in Japan's first death related to the Nintendo craze. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/DEATH (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 2:14 a.m., 350 words)

Actress Leslie Jones' website hacked, nude photos posted

NEW YORK - "Ghostbusters" actress and comedian Leslie Jones' website was hacked on Wednesday and nude photos and personal information including her passport and driver's license were posted. (PEOPLE-LESLIEJONES/ (PIX), moved at 6 p.m., 304 words)

Home, studio of late U.S. rocker Prince to be opened to public

MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota estate and studio of late U.S. rock musician Prince will be opened for public tours starting on Oct. 6, the administrator of the singer's estate said. (PEOPLE-PRINCE/ (PIX), moved at 9:12 a.m., 249 words)

Dwayne Johnson dethrones Robert Downey Jr. as highest paid actor

NEW YORK - Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson - aka "The Rock" -- on Thursday topped a Forbes magazine list of the world's highest paid actors with an estimated 2016 payday of $64.5 million. (PEOPLE-ACTORS/HIGHESTPAID (TV, PIX), moved at 8:48 a.m., 346 words)

Netflix drug drama "Narcos" returns for second series

LOS ANGELES - Netflix drama "Narcos" returns for a second season next week, continuing the real life story of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and his reign over the Medellin cartel. (TELEVISION-NARCOS/PREMIERE (TV), moved at 5:25 a.m., 106 words)

Courteney Cox regrets her 'horrible' attempts in past to fight aging

-- "Friends" star Courteney Cox says she is now reconciled to looking older and regrets some procedures she had in the past to keep the wrinkles at bay. (PEOPLE-COURTENEYCOX/ (TV,PIX), moved, 317 words)

Britney Spears TV Movie in the Works at Lifetime

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 240 words)

Better Call Saul' Star Bob Odenkirk Publishing Memoir

(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved, 256 words)

CONSUMER TECH

Amazon launches Amazon Vehicles to help car buyers

-- Amazon.com on Thursday launched Amazon Vehicles, an online platform for users to research on cars, auto parts and accessories. (AMAZON.COM-VEHICLES/, moved at 9 a.m., 64 words, will be led)

Facebook to start using WhatsApp data for targeted advertising

-- WhatsApp, Facebook Inc's popular messaging service, will start sharing users' phone numbers with its parent, allowing for more relevant advertisements and friend recommendations on the social network. (FACEBOOK-WHATSAPP/PRIVACY (UPDATE 1), moving shortly, 280 words)

BUSINESS TRENDS

U.S. core capital goods orders surge, jobless claims fall again

WASHINGTON - New orders for U.S. manufactured capital goods rose for a second straight month in July as demand for machinery and a range of other products picked up, offering a tentative sign that a business spending downturn was starting to ease. The economy also got a boost from another report on Thursday showing an unexpected drop in the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits last week. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 1, GRAPHICS), moved at 9:06 a.m., 514 words, will be led)

Central bankers eye public spending to plug $1 trillion investment gap

JACKSON HOLE - While markets wait for Janet Yellen's latest message about the direction of monetary policy, the Federal Reserve chief and her colleagues already have one for politicians: the U.S. economy needs more public spending to shift into higher gear. (USA-FED/FISCAL (PIX), moved at 7 a.m., by Howard Schneider, 1,014 words)

BUSINESS AND MARKETS

Fed should hike rates gradually, George says in Jackson Hole

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. - It is time for the Federal Reserve to raise U.S. interest rates gradually, given progress on employment and inflation, Kansas City Fed President Esther George said in television interviews, kicking off a high-profile conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, with a cautiously hawkish view. (USA-FED/GEORGE (UPDATE 1), moved at 9 a.m., 266 words)

Tiffany's profit unexpectedly rises on lower costs, higher prices

-- Upscale jeweler Tiffany & Co reported an unexpected rise in second-quarter profit, driven by lower raw material costs, price hikes and the sale of more high-margin jewelry. (TIFFANY-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 8:52 a.m., 368 words)

Berry Plastics to buy AEP Industries to expand in North America

-- Berry Plastics Group said it would buy AEP Industries, which makes stretch wraps and can liners, in a deal valued at $765 million, including debt, to expand its presence in North America. (AEPINDUSTRIES-M&A/BERRY PLSTCS GRP (UPDATE 1), moved at 8 a.m., 256 words)

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