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BREAKING
Former L.A. county sheriff withdraws guilty plea in corruption probe
LOS ANGELES - Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca withdrew his guilty plea on Monday to a charge of lying to investigators in a corruption probe that clouded the final years of his tenure as the chief custodian of the country's largest county jail system. (CALIFORNIA-SHERIFF/PLEA (URGENT), moved at 4:48 p.m., 86 words)
TOP STORIES
Trump campaign asks Capitol Hill for backing in Khan controversy
WASHINGTON - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's presidential campaign appealed to Capitol Hill for support on Monday as his attacks on the Muslim parents of a decorated U.S. soldier killed in Iraq drew sharp rebukes from fellow party members. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved, by Richard Cowan and David Morgan, 1129 words)
U.S. health officials warn pregnant women on Zika in Florida
CHICAGO/NEW YORK - U.S. health officials on Monday recommended pregnant women avoid traveling to a 1-square-mile (2.6 square km) area of Miami with active Zika virus transmission after the state of Florida identified 10 more cases caused by local mosquitoes. (HEALTH-ZIKA/FLORIDA (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 3:35 p.m., 695 words)
U.S. general seeks to soothe Turkey ties strained by coup purge
ISTANBUL - America's highest-ranking military officer sought on Monday to soothe strained ties with NATO ally Turkey, which was angered by the West's response to a failed military coup and by an apparent U.S. reluctance to hand over the cleric it says was responsible. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (WRAPUP 4, TV, PIX), moving shortly, 1281 words)
Ohio man pleads guilty to plotting to attack U.S. Capitol
CINCINNATI - An Ohio man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges he plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol with guns and bombs and that he sympathized with Islamic State militants. (OHIO-CONGRESS/SUSPECT (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at 2:50 p.m., by Ginny McCabe, 355 words)
U.S. judge to weigh halt to North Carolina transgender bathroom law
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A U.S. judge weighing whether to halt a North Carolina law that restricts bathroom access for transgender people in government buildings and public schools asked at a hearing on Monday what problem the measure fixed and how it would make restrooms safer. (USA-LGBT/NORTH CAROLINA (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved, 391 words)
CAMPAIGN
Powerful Koch brothers rebuff big donors' calls to back Trump for White House
COLORADO SPRINGS - The billionaire industrialist Koch brothers rejected pressure over the weekend from dozens of big donors in their sprawling political network to back U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, saying that their money was better spent trying to influence congressional races. (USA-ELECTION/KOCH (PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 1:30 p.m., by Michelle Conlin, 582 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Lawsuit filed over videotaped police beating in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO - A man whose beating by two San Francisco-area sheriff's deputies was caught on videotape filed a federal lawsuit on Monday against the officers, claiming that after the assault officers stole his gold chain and took a "trophy" photo of him. (SANFRANCISCO-POLICE/, moved at 4:45 p.m., 391 words)
California crews battle Big Sur blaze for 11th day
Crews battling a deadly wildfire that has gutted dozens of homes near California's Big Sur coast looked forward to cooler weather to help them slow the flames on Monday as the blaze raged for an 11th day, burning most heavily in rugged, inaccessible terrain. (CALIFORNIA-FIRE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 2:39 p.m., 413 words)
Cuba says talks with U.S. over claims cannot be rushed
HAVANA - Cuba said on Monday it was not willing to rush talks with the United States over multibillion-dollar claims and counter-claims and would agree only to an accord that addressed the grievances of both sides. (CUBA-USA/ (PIX), moved at 4:15 p.m., by Sarah Marsh, 326 words)
Texas holds first memorial of 1966 rampage that left 16 dead
AUSTIN, Texas - The University of Texas held its first memorial of a shooting rampage half a century ago that left 16 people dead which started with a woman, then pregnant, shot by a sniper leading a procession across a killing field where she lay bleeding. (TEXAS-SHOOTING/ (PIX), moved, 400 words)
Florida nightclub backs off plans to reopen as memorial
TAMPA, Fla. - A gay nightclub in Florida that was the site in June of the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history on Monday cited an "inadvertent" social media post for reports that it was reopening as a memorial to the 49 people who were killed there. (USA-FLORIDA/SHOOTING (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:03 p.m., 307 words)
Pilot in Texas balloon crash had drunk driving, drug convictions
AUSTIN - The pilot killed along with 15 other people in the crash of a hot air balloon in central Texas on Saturday had numerous convictions for drunk driving and at least one drug-related charge dating back to 1990, according to online records. (TEXAS-BALLOON/CRASH (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 4:36 p.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 375 words)
Maryland town ravaged by deadly flood looks to rebuild
A quaint central Maryland town known for its antique shops and haunted mansions was beginning to clean up debris on Monday after weekend flooding killed at least two people and badly damaged dozens of buildings, government officials said. (USA-WEATHER/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:10 p.m., by Laila Kearney, 528 words)
FBI employee pleads guilty to acting as Chinese agent
NEW YORK - An FBI electronics technician pleaded guilty on Monday to having illegally acted as an agent of China, admitting that he on several occasions passed sensitive information to a Chinese official. (USA-CHINA/FBI (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:55 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 204 words)
U.S. wins ownership of rare 'double eagle' gold coins
A federal appeals court on Monday said a cache of exceptionally rare gold coins stolen from the U.S. Mint in the 1930s belongs to the U.S. government, not the Pennsylvania family that possessed it for decades. (USA-DOUBLEEAGLE/COINS, moved at 3:54 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 452 words)
MIDDLE EAST
U.S. warplanes launch bombing campaign on Islamic State in Libya
SIRTE - U.S. planes bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, responding to the U.N.-backed government's request to help push the militants from their former stronghold in the city of Sirte. (LIBYA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 4, PIX, TV), moved at 4:43 p.m., by Goran Tomasevic, 601 words) See also: LIBYA-SECURITY/USA (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:42 a.m., 168 words
Six killed in car bombing of Turkish police vehicle - security sources
DIYARBAKIR - Six police officers were killed and four others wounded when a car bomb exploded as a police vehicle passed in southeastern Turkey on Monday in an attack that security sources said appeared to have been carried out by Kurdish militants. (TURKEY-SECURITY/KURDS (UPDATE 2), moved at 2:39 p.m., 194 words)
WORLD
Russia must restrain itself, Assad from offensive Syria strikes -Kerry
WASHINGTON - The United States called on Russia and the Syrian government on Monday to refrain from offensive operations in Syria, as fighting continued on the day U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hoped a political transition could begin. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-KERRY (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:15 p.m., 235 words)
Europe must not be blackmailed by Turkey over visas-Merkel's deputy
ROSTOCK - Europe will not be blackmailed by Turkey in talks on visa liberalization, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday as relations with Ankara are strained in the aftermath of a failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/EU-GABRIEL (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:53 p.m., 211 words)
Dutch extend extra security measures at Amsterdam airport
AMSTERDAM - Dutch authorities said on Monday they will extend extra security measures around Amsterdam's Schiphol, due to a heightened threat level at one of Europe's largest airports. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/NETHERLANDS (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:34 p.m., 171 words)
Investigation of French cardinal for sex abuse cover-up is dropped
LYON, France - Prosecutors have dropped an investigation of allegations that the archbishop of Lyon, one of France's top Catholic clerics, covered up acts of pedophilia by a priest under his authority in the central French city. (FRANCE-RELIGION/PAEDOPHILIA, moved, 268 words)
India's low-caste Dalits rally to demand end to "unclean" jobs
MUMBAI - Members of India's low-caste Dalit community in Gujarat state have pledged to boycott the dirty jobs traditionally thrust upon them in protest over their treatment by upper-caste Hindus, said activists for the marginalized group. Thousands of Dalits rallied on Sunday in the state capital Ahmedabad, blocking roads and attacking buses, local media reported. (INDIA-PROTESTS/CASTE, moved, 545 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Omega-3 fatty acids may aid heart attack healing
Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may help the heart heal itself after a heart attack, according to a new study (HEALTH-HEARTATTACK/HEALING, moved at 4 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 729 words)
Experimental vaccine could provide rapid response to diseases
CAMBRIDGE - A type of experimental vaccine that can be made in just a week and has protected mice against influenza, Ebola and Zika viruses may offer promise for quick responses to disease outbreaks in people, according to Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers. (SCIENCE-VACCINES/ (TV), moved at 1:35 p.m., by Ben Gruber, 440 words)
Trampoline parks tied to jump in emergency room visits
As trampoline parks are becoming more common in the U.S., so are emergency room visits for injuries that happen at these recreational facilities, a new study suggests. (HEALTH-TRAMPOLINES/INJURIES, moved at 2:27 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 667 words)
Some fish tackle ocean global warming by pretending it's night
OSLO - Some fish may cope with the changing chemistry of the oceans linked to global warming by permanently setting their body defenses to night-time levels, the time of day when they find sea water least hospitable, a study said on Monday. (CLIMATECHANGE-FISH/, moved, 400 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St edges lower as energy sector weighs
The S&P 500 and the Dow closed slightly lower on Monday, as a drop in oil prices dragged down energy stocks, while tech names Apple and Alphabet helped lift the Nasdaq to its highest close in over a year. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), moved, 460 words) See also: Slump in oil prices gives pause to rally on global stock markets (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 8, GRAPHIC), moved, 573 words)
U.S. factory activity slips; construction spending hits 1-year low
WASHINGTON - U.S. manufacturing activity eased in July amid shrinking order backlogs and declining employment, while an unexpected drop in construction spending in June suggested second-quarter economic was probably even weaker than reported last week. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2), moved at 1:19 p.m., 691 words)
SolarCity accepts Tesla's $2.6 billion offer; both shares fall
SolarCity Corp agreed to Tesla Motors Inc's $2.6 billion offer to buy the solar panel installer, the companies said Monday, clearing one obstacle in the way of Elon Musk's ambitious plans for a carbon-free energy and transportation company. (SOLARCITY-M&A/TESLA (UPDATE 8, PIX, GRAPHIC, TV), moved at 4:45 p.m., 1111 words)
Gawker Media founder files for personal bankruptcy
Gawker Media Chief Executive Nick Denton filed for personal bankruptcy protection on Monday, according to court documents that named his largest creditor as Hulk Hogan, a former professional wrestler who won a $140 million court judgment against the website over a sex tape. (GAWKERMEDIA-FOUNDER/ (UPDATE 3), moved by 2:38 p.m., by Jessica DiNapoli, 421 words)
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