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TOP STORIES
Suspects sought in Florida shooting that killed two teens
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Florida police had three people in custody and were searching for additional suspects in a shooting outside a nightclub that left two teenagers dead and more than a dozen people wounded early on Monday. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 10, PIX, TV), moved at 5:05 p.m., 700 words)
Democratic Party email leak points to Russia -cyber experts, US officials
WASHINGTON - Cyber security experts and U.S. officials said on Monday there was evidence that Russia engineered the release of sensitive Democratic Party emails in order to influence the U.S. presidential election. (USA-ELECTION/RUSSIA-FBI (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 4:33 p.m., by Dustin Volz and Mark Hosenball, 712 words)
Wildfire threatens 10,000 homes near Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES - A fierce California wildfire drove thousands more residents from their homes on Monday as flames raged for a fourth day through drought-parched canyons and foothills north of Los Angeles. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV), moved at 4 p.m., by Steve Gorman, 442 words)
Bavarian bomber pledged allegiance to Islamic State - minister
ANSBACH - The Syrian who blew himself up in southern Germany, wounding 15 people, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State on a video found on his mobile phone, the Bavarian interior minister said on Monday. (GERMANY-BLAST/ (UPDATE 11, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 1:28 p.m., by Andreas Burger, 748 words)
CAMPAIGN
Rocky start to U.S. Democratic convention as Sanders backers resist Clinton
PHILADELPHIA - U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders on Monday urged his supporters to back former rival Hillary Clinton's White House bid, but drew jeers from his supporters as dissent enveloped the opening day of the Democratic Party's convention. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 4:12 p.m., by Jonathan Allen and John Whitesides, 790 words)
Trump back to freewheeling style on swing with Pence
ROANOKE, Va. - Donald Trump eagerly injected himself into the Democratic Party's email controversy on Monday, calling the revelations that the party apparatus backed Democrat Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders proved his charges that the system is rigged. Trump, kicking off a three-day campaign swing with his vice presidential running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, returned to his freewheeling style after giving a scripted speech on Thursday accepting the Republican presidential nomination. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (PIX, TV), moved, 363 words)
Trump-Putin mutual admiration not completely mutual
WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has often praised Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a "strong leader." While Trump frequently has said that Putin called him a "genius," the Russian president has only said that Trump is "flamboyant" and "very talented." (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-PUTIN (FACTBOX, GRAPHIC), moved, 714 words)
Email leak may hurt U.S. Democratic Party chair's re-election bid
WASHINGTON - An email leak that led to the resignation of Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz could plague her bid for re-election to Congress, after a challenger said on Monday he would file a complaint alleging she had broken election rules. (USA-ELECTION/FLORIDA (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 464 words)
Reuters-Ipsos to amend poll after finding undercount of Trump support
The Reuters/Ipsos poll is amending the wording of its U.S. presidential poll after an internal review of the methodology turned up an interesting anomaly: Republican voters are especially averse to choosing Donald Trump if offered the choice of picking "Neither" candidate. The poll's inclusion of a "Neither/Other" option, unique among major polls, appears to be behind a four-to-five percentage point gap in Trump support on the Reuters/Ipsos survey, compared with other major polls. The finding appears to reflect deep voter ambivalence among Trump's candidacy. Reuters/Ipsos is tweaking the poll's wording; the first results with the new wording come out Tuesday July 25. (USA-ELECTION/POLL-REUTERSIPSOS, expect Tues. a.m., 900 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. trade chief: Too soon to start bilateral UK trade talks
WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman told his new British counterpart on Monday the two countries cannot launch negotiations on any bilateral trade and investment deals until more is known about Britain's future relationship with the European Union. (BRITAIN-EU/USA-TRADE (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:55 p.m., 270 words)
U.S. Air Force gives up efforts to recover weather satellite
CAPE CANAVERAL - An Air Force weather satellite that failed two years into its planned five-year lifetime cannot be recovered, leaving an aged network of spacecraft in orbit to collect key meteorological data for global military operations, officials said on Monday. (SPACE-MILITARY/SATELLITE, moved at 1:08 p.m., by Irene Klotz, 254 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Florida man admits helping funnel 2012 foreign political contribution
A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to working with another man to illegally funnel $80,000 in foreign contributions to U.S. President Barack Obama's joint fundraising committee in 2012 so that a foreign national could attend a campaign event. (FLORIDA-CRIME/ELECTION, moved at 3:42 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 341 words)
Michael Jordan speaks against both police killings, targeting of police
CHICAGO - Basketball legend Michael Jordan spoke out on police violence on Monday and announced two $1 million grants, to civil rights group NAACP's Legal Defense Fund and to a group that works on improving police relations with communities. (USA-POLICE/MICHAELJORDAN, moved at 3:25 p.m., by Fiona Ortiz, 351 words)
Star Wars may propel US toy industry to best year since '99 - NPD
The Force is with the U.S. toy industry this year. Demand for Star Wars merchandise is set to propel toy sales growth to a 17 year-high, according to industry research firm The NPD Group. (TOYS-SALES/NPD, moved 2:49 p.m., by Subrat Patnaik, 383 words)
U.S. judge faults Uber, bans background check in NY lawsuit
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Monday banned Uber Technologies Inc and Chief Executive Travis Kalanick from using information from a background check on a passenger bringing a price-fixing lawsuit, saying the investigative firm conducting the probe may have engaged in criminal conduct. (UBER-DECISION/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 1:06 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 423 words)
Illinois Republican lawmaker resigns, cites Facebook, Twitter hacks
CHICAGO - A prominent Illinois Republican has resigned from the state legislature, citing multiple incidents of fake Facebook and Twitter accounts set up in his name in recent weeks. (ILLINOIS-POLITICS/CYBER (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 2 p.m., 304 words)
Busy subway line to shut down between Manhattan and Brooklyn
NEW YORK - One of New York City's busiest subway lines will cease running between Manhattan and Brooklyn for 18 months starting in 2019, transit officials said on Monday. (NEW YORK-TRANSPORTATION/ (moving shortly), by Gina Cherelus, 400 words)
TV newswoman plunges 125 feet to death at North Carolina waterfall
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A television news anchor from Georgia fell 125 feet to her death in North Carolina after getting swept over a waterfall, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forest Service said on Monday. (NORTH CAROLINA-DEATH/, moved at 1:42 p.m., 208 words)
Body of missing skydiver found in Oklahoma - reports
The body of a 26-year-old woman skydiver who went missing on Sunday during a jump in Oklahoma has been found in a wooded area near the town of Cushing, local media reported on Monday. (OKLAHOMA-SKYDIVER/, moved at 12:45 p.m., 173 words)
New York City police upgrade gear after Texas, Louisiana shootings
(USA-POLICE/NEW YORK (PIX), moved at 12:59 a.m., by Gina Cherelus, 261 words)
WORLD
Israel says aircraft strikes in Syria after errant Syrian fire
JERUSALEM/AMMAN - Israeli aircraft attacked a target in Syria on Monday after errant fire from fighting among factions in Syria struck inside Israel, Israel's military said. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-ISRAEL (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:50 p.m., 241 words)
Canadian woman fires pellet gun at Pokemon GO players
TORONTO - A Canadian woman has been charged after she allegedly fired a pellet gun at Pokemon GO players from the rooftop of a Toronto-area home, local police said on Monday. (CANADA-POKEMON/SHOOTING, moved at 2:59 p.m., 327 words)
Civilian casualties increase as Afghan troops battle Taliban - U.N.
KABUL - Civilians are being killed and wounded in record numbers in Afghanistan, the United Nations reported on Monday, just days after one of the deadliest attacks ever in Kabul. (AFGHANISTAN-CASUALTIES/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 4:23 p.m., by Josh Smith, 767 words)
Olympic plotters saw 'opportunity to reach paradise' -prosecutor
CURITIBA - Twelve Brazilian suspects arrested for discussing a potential attack during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro were "no joke," the prosecutor for the case told Reuters on Monday. (OLYMPICS-RIO/INVESTIGATION (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV), moved at 4:38 p.m., by Stephen Eisenhammer, 438 words)
Italy party head under fire for likening Chamber speaker to sex doll
ROME - The outspoken leader of Italy's anti-immigrant Northern League party drew a chorus of criticism on Monday for comparing the woman speaker of the lower house of parliament to an inflatable sex doll. (ITALY-POLITICS/SEXDOLL, moved, 313 words)
INSIGHT-Regional armies struggle in last push against Boko Haram
DIFFA, Niger - "You'll all be able to go home soon. Boko Haram is nearly finished," Niger's Interior Minister Mohamed Bazoum told a crowd of refugees seated quietly on dusty, sun-baked flats. His words of optimism were belied by the dozens-strong security detail required to protect him as he toured his country's southern border. Seven years into an insurgency that spread from Nigeria into Chad, Niger and Cameroon, regional armies are now in a final push to defeat Boko Haram, a once obscure Islamist sect turned deadly militant group. But lingering divisions in the countries' multi-national joint task force (MNJTF) are complicating that mission. (NIGERIA-SECURITY/NIGER (INSIGHT, TV, PIX), moved, 1,224 words)
SPECIAL REPORT-Students, teachers detail cheating in program owned by test giant ACT
SHANGHAI/SEOUL/IOWA CITY - For many Chinese high school students hoping to get into a U.S. university, the pitch is hard to resist. Take English-language courses in China in a program recognized by admissions offices at more than 60 colleges in the United States - including state universities in New York, Michigan, Iowa and Missouri. Prepare for the ACT, America's most popular college entrance exam. And take it in mainland China, instead of traveling elsewhere as other Chinese students must. The program, known as the Global Assessment Certificate, also offers some students an advantage that isn't advertised: At three different GAC centers, school officials and proctors ignored and were sometimes complicit in student cheating on the ACT, according to seven students interviewed by Reuters. (COLLEGE-CHEATING/ACT (SPECIAL REPORT), moved, 3,022 words)
Ukraine, after war, becomes a trove for black market arms trade
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine/MOSCOW - The fighting in eastern Ukraine between the Moscow-backed separatists and Ukraine's pro-Western government killed hundreds of people, displaced thousands of residents and created a Cold War-style stand off between Moscow in the West. It also had another consequence that is less visible but could in time prove equally dangerous: the conflict took huge amounts of arms out of government arsenals and put them in the hands of irregular units unable to properly control them. Now the fighting has subsided, according to security officials and experts on the arms trade, the weapons are getting into the hands of criminals and being spirited to buyers well beyond the conflict zone. (UKRAINE-CRISIS/ARMS (INSIGHT, PIX, TV), moved, 1,359 words)
Venezuelan schoolchildren express hunger in drawings
CARACAS - When children at a Catholic-run school in a poor neighborhood of Venezuela's Caracas capital began fainting from hunger, teachers asked them to draw or describe their most recent meals and what they expected to eat next. The responses were shocking. (VENEZUELA-SCHOOLCHILDREN/ (WIDER IMAGE, PIX), moved, 400 words)
Weather disasters raise conflict risk in multi-ethnic nations - study
OSLO - Multi-ethnic nations are vulnerable to armed conflicts after weather disasters such as heatwaves and droughts in a trend that could worsen with global warming, scientists said on Monday. (CLIMATECHANGE-CONFLICT/ (PIX), moved, 466 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Harry Potter's 'Cursed Child' story already a U.S. best-seller
NEW YORK - Harry Potter is casting a spell, again, over the publishing industry. (BOOKS-HARRYPOTTER/ (PIX, TV), moved at 12:54 p.m., by Jill Serjeant, 404 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Colombia declares end to Zika epidemic inside country
BOGOTA - Colombian health officials declared on Monday that the worst of a Zika outbreak in the Andean nation had passed just 10 months after its arrival, raising questions about how the virus is affecting parts of Latin America differently. (HEALTH-ZIKA/COLOMBIA (UPDATE 3), moved at 4:34 p.m., by Julia Symmes Cobb, 537 words)
Up to 1.65 million women of childbearing age at risk for Zika
(HEALTH-ZIKA/RISK, moved at 11 a.m., by Julie Steenhuysen, 401 words)
Flu vaccine may help keep diabetics out of the hospital
(HEALTH-DIABETES/FLU-SHOT, moved at 12 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 434 words)
CONSUMER TECH
Verizon to buy Yahoo's core business for $4.83 bln in digital ad push
Verizon Communications said on Monday it will buy Yahoo's core internet properties for $4.83 billion in cash to expand its digital advertising and media business in a deal that ends a lengthy sale process for the fading Web pioneer. (YAHOO-M&A/VERIZON (UPDATE 5, PIX), moved at 1:08 p.m., 804 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St declines as earnings take center stage
U.S. stocks receded from record highs on Monday as oil weighed on energy shares and investors awaited an avalanche of quarterly reports. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), moved, 412 words)
Oil falls on oversupply, demand concerns; U.S. crude hits 3-month low
NEW YORK - Oil prices fell more than 2 percent on Monday, with U.S. crude hitting a three-month low, on rising concerns that a global glut of crude and refined products would pressure markets, delaying a long-anticipated rebalance in the market. (GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 10), moved , 437 words)
Deutsche Bank must face US lawsuit over subprime disclosures
NEW YORK - A U.S. judge on Monday said Deutsche Bank AG must face part of a lawsuit claiming it deceived investors who bought more than $5.4 billion of preferred securities by concealing its exposure to the fast-deteriorating subprime mortgage market. (DEUTSCHEBANK-DECISION/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:42 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 361 words) *****************
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