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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
Boosting Clinton, U.S. Democrats to flag Trump's 'dangerous' approach
PHILADELPHIA - Barack Obama will highlight Hillary Clinton's judgment and toughness on Wednesday as he seeks to boost her campaign to be the first woman elected U.S. president, hoping to hand off the White House to a trusted fellow Democrat and stop Republican Donald Trump. (USA-ELECTION/ (WRAPUP 8, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 4:56 p.m., by Amanda Becker and Luciana Lopez, 816 words)
TOP STORIES
Fed leaves rates unchanged, says risks to outlook reduced
WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but said near-term risks to the U.S. economic outlook had diminished, opening the door to a resumption of monetary policy tightening this year. (USA-FED/ (WRAPUP 3, PIX), moved at 4:18 p.m., by Lindsay Dunsmuir and Howard Schneider, 682 words)
Judge frees U.S. President Reagan's would-be killer Hinckley
John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by his obsession with Oscar-winning actress Jodie Foster, can be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live with his mother, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved at 1:02 p.m., by Joseph Ax, 788 words)
Baltimore prosecutor drops police charges in Freddie Gray case
WASHINGTON - Baltimore's top prosecutor on Wednesday dropped remaining charges against police officers tied to the death of black detainee Freddie Gray, after failing four times to secure convictions in a case that inflamed the U.S. debate on race and justice. (BALTIMORE-POLICE/ (UPDATE 5), moved at 3:39 p.m., by Ian Simpson, 646 words) See also: Baltimore prosecutor vows to fight on after Freddie Gray case defeat (BALTIMORE-POLICE/MOSBY (PIX), moved, 700 words)
CAMPAIGN
Trump urges Russia to find Clinton's 'missing' emails, drawing ire
MIAMI/WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump on Wednesday invited Russia to dig up tens of thousands of "missing" emails from Hillary Clinton's time at the U.S. State Department, prompting political foes to accuse him of dangerously urging a power abroad to spy on the United States. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-CYBER (UPDATE 3, PIX), moved at 3:34 p.m., by Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson, 763 words)
Activist Steyer expands agenda in bid to defeat 'dangerous' Trump
PHILADELPHIA - Billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer is expanding his political agenda beyond climate change to embrace issues ranging from immigration to income inequality, which he expects will be critical to mustering votes for Democrat Hillary Clinton in the November presidential election. (USA-ELECTION/STEYER (INTERVIEW, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 3:46 p.m., by Richard Valdmanis, 612 words)
Make Hillary Likable Again: Democrats seek to recast Clinton
PHILADELPHIA - When Hillary Clinton first ran for president in 2008 she was badly stung by a backhanded compliment from rival Barack Obama, who called her "likable enough" before going on to win the Democratic nomination and the White House. Eight years later, with her party's nomination to succeed Obama firmly in hand, the question of her likability, trustworthiness and honesty still hangs over her bid to become America's first woman president, this time in a Nov. 8 election against Republican Donald Trump. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-LIKABLE (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, 842 words)
WASHINGTON
Senior U.S. lawmakers want information on DNC hack declassified
WASHINGTON - The top Democrats on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives intelligence committees called on Wednesday for the White House to consider declassifying and releasing any intelligence community assessments of the hack into the Democratic National Committee email system. (USA-ELECTION/RUSSIA-CONGRESS, moved, 153 words)
U.S. Treasury expands scope of hunt for money laundering in real estate
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday expanded its hunt for international criminals who launder money through real-estate deals by ordering title insurance companies to report all-cash buyers' identities in parts of California and Texas, as well as greater swaths of New York and Florida. (USA-CORRUPTION/REALESTATE (UPDATE 1), moved at 4 p.m., 216 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Firefighters battle California wildfires, bulldozer operator dies
LOS ANGELES - Crews battling a deadly wildfire in rugged, drought-stricken terrain north of Los Angeles made steady progress in containing the blaze on Wednesday, after a bulldozer operator helping to fight a smaller wildfire in central California died overnight when his machine overturned. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX), moved at 3:37 p.m., by Alex Dobuzinskis, 398 words)
Teens in Slenderman case should be tried as adults -Wisconsin court
A Wisconsin appeals court ruled on Wednesday that two teenage girls should be tried as adults on charges they attempted to kill a classmate by stabbing her repeatedly to please a fictional Internet character named Slenderman. (WISCONSIN-CRIME/ (CORRECTED, UPDATE 1), moved at 3:23 p.m., 377 words)
Florida identifies two more Zika cases not related to travel
CHICAGO - The Florida health department said on Wednesday it is investigating another two cases of Zika not related to travel to a place where the virus is being transmitted, raising the possibility of local Zika transmission in the continental United States. (HEALTH-ZIKA/FLORIDA (UPDATE 1), moved at 5:06 p.m., by Julie Steenhuysen, 282 words)
Manslaughter charge tossed for Florida sheriff's deputy in shooting death
TAMPA - A manslaughter charge against a sheriff's deputy who shot and killed a black man carrying an air rifle was dismissed on Wednesday after the deputy argued that he acted in self-defense. (USA-POLICE/FLORIDA (UPDATE 3), moved at 3:55 p.m., by Letitia Stein, 409 words)
Calif. power operator urges conservation during heat wave
California's power grid operator issued an alert urging consumers to conserve electricity on Wednesday as a heat wave baked the state, especially in the north. (UTILITIES-CALIFORNIA-POWER/HEATWAVE (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:26 p.m., 391 words)
U.S. President Reagan's would-be killer Hinckley to call Williamsburg home
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. - A look at the Virginia town where John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by a deranged obsession with actress Jodie Foster, will call home for at least the next year after a judge ruled he can be freed from a psychiatric hospital to live with his mother. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY-WILLIAMSBURG, expect by 7 a.m. on Thursday, By Ian Simpson)
Biden, Lynch to attend vigil in Baton Rouge honoring fallen police officers
BATON ROUGE, La. - Vice President Joe Biden and Attorney General Loretta Lynch will attend a vigil on Thursday honoring the three law enforcement officers killed by a gunman on July 17. (USA-POLICE/LOUISIANA, event at 3 p.m., 400 words)
WORLD
U.S. looking into reports of Iranian-American detained in Iran
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department said on Wednesday it is looking into reports that Iran has detained a third U.S. citizen of Iranian descent but declined to provide details. (USA-IRAN/ARREST, moved at 3:42 p.m., 236 words)
German mall evacuated as police hunt Algerian suspect - police
BERLIN - Authorities evacuated a shopping center in Bremen, Germany, on Wednesday evening as police hunted for a 19-year-old Algerian suspect who had fled a psychiatric facility, police said, but they denied that it was an "anti-terror operation." (EUROPE-ATTACKS/GERMANY-BREMEN (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:28 p.m., 223 words)
Death of black man in Canada after arrest sparks race debate
OTTAWA - The death of a mentally ill black man following his arrest by police in Canada's capital has sparked calls for investigators to look into whether race was a factor in the incident as advocacy groups voice concerns over police violence against minorities. (CANADA-POLICE/DEATH (PIX), moved, 288 words)
Keep Rio bandits happy, France advises Olympic tourists
BRASILIA - Worried about surviving a mugging during the Rio Olympics? Have a banknote ready in your pocket to keep your attacker happy. That's the advice French visitors heading for the Games are getting from their government to minimize the risk of being hurt in the notoriously dangerous Brazilian city. (OLYMPICS-RIO/CRIME, moved, 281 words)
Islamic state posts video of men it says were French church attackers
CAIRO - Islamic State's news agency on Wednesday posted a video of two men it said were those who attacked a church in France in which they pledged allegiance to the group's leader. (FRANCE-HOSTAGES/ISIS (CORRECTED, UPDATE 1), moved at 3:28 p.m., 144 words)
Turkish authorities dismiss military personnel, shut media outlets
ANKARA/ISTANBUL - Turkey has dismissed nearly 1,700 military personnel and closed more than 130 media outlets, official sources said on Wednesday, amid a deepening crackdown that has stirred alarm among Ankara's NATO allies following this month's failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/MILITARY (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:19 p.m., 297 words)
Pope says Europe attacks show "world at war," religion not to blame
KRAKOW - Pope Francis, starting a trip to Poland overshadowed by the killing of an elderly priest in France by suspected Islamist militants, said on Wednesday this and a string of other attacks were proof the "world is at war." (POPE-POLAND/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 12:58 p.m., by Philip Pullella and Wiktor Szary, 552 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Scientists find potential new antibiotic, right under their noses
LONDON - Scientists in Germany have discovered a bacteria hiding out in peoples' noses that produces an antibiotic compound that can kill several dangerous pathogens, including the superbug MRSA. (SCIENCE-ANTIBIOTIC/, moved, 425 words)
Women with later start to periods, menopause more likely to reach age 90
Women whose periods start later and those who enter menopause later are more likely to reach age 90 than those whose reproductive milestones come at earlier ages, suggests a new study. (HEALTH-WOMEN/LONGEVITY, moved at 4:33 p.m., by Andrew M. Seaman, 440 words)
New crop of robots to vie for space in the operating room
Even though many doctors don't like them, surgical robots are expected to be used in one in three U.S. surgeries within five years, and companies developing new robots want to expand their use in India, China and other emerging markets. (HEALTH-ROBOTS/ (PIX), expect by 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Thursday, by Susan Kelly, 650 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
British 'donkey whisperer' translates 'ee-aws' using technology
A self-proclaimed "donkey whisperer" is encouraging people in London to use technology to help them understand donkeys' emotions and mannerisms. (BRITAIN-DONKEY/ (PIX, TV), moved, 264 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St ends lower after Fed keeps rates unchanged
Wall Street ended lower on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged but opened the door to a possible rate increase later this year. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 7), moved, 456 words)
Oil down 3 pct after surprise U.S. crude, gasoline builds
NEW YORK - Oil prices tumbled 3 percent on Wednesday, with U.S. crude futures hitting three-month lows, as U.S. crude and gasoline stocks surged on weak demand during the peak summer driving season. (GLOBAL-OIL/ (UPDATE 10), moved, 462 words)
As iPhone sales stagnate, services promise growth for Apple
Though Apple Inc is selling enough iPhones to keep investors happy for now, the world's most valuable publicly traded company is set increasingly to rely on its apps and services to drive growth. (APPLE-RESULTS/RESEARCH (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:01 p.m., by Tenzin Pema and Anya George Tharakan, 555 words)
Facebook trounces Wall St estimates with sharp ad sales growth
Facebook Inc's quarterly profit and revenue blew past Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, sending its shares to a record high, as the social media company's popular mobile app and push into video attracted new advertisers and encouraged existing ones to spend more. (FACEBOOK-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 2, GRAPHIC), moved at 5:16 p.m., 443 words)
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