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TOP STORIES
U.S. woman killed in London knife attack, no evidence of terrorism link
LONDON - A U.S. woman was killed and five other people injured by a man with suspected mental health issues who went on a rampage with a knife in central London. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/LONDON (UPDATE 8, PIX, TV), moved at 4:13 p.m., by Costas Pitas and Michael Holden, 589 words)
U.S. charges nearly 50 suspected mobsters in multistate sweep
NEW YORK - "Tony the Cripple, "Muscles" and "Mustache Pat" were among dozens of suspected Mafia members arrested on Thursday in a massive multi-state bust. (USA-CRIME/MAFIA (UPDATE 3), moving shortly, 400 words)
CAMPAIGN
Clint Eastwood: Trump says 'dumb things' but people should 'get over it'
Clint Eastwood, the 86-year-old four-time Oscar winner, excoriated the current generation of Americans as weak and overly sensitive while backing Donald Trump even though the Republican presidential hopeful has "said a lot of dumb things." (USA-ELECTION/CLINTEASTWOOD (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 570 words)
Investor Wilbur Ross urges Trump not to let his behavior become the issue
NEW YORK - Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross stood behind Republican Donald Trump but urged him to stop engaging in exchanges that benefit the Democrats and make the real estate mogul's behavior the issue in the U.S. presidential campaign. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-ROSS, moved 3:02 p.m., by Jennifer Ablan, 223 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. Senate Democrats urge Zika funding vote, Republicans unmoved
WASHINGTON - Forty-one Democratic U.S. senators on Thursday urged Republican congressional leaders to summon lawmakers back from their summer recess to vote on emergency funding to combat the Zika virus, but Republicans blamed Democrats for the inaction in Congress. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA-CONGRESS (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:32 p.m., by David Morgan, 392 words)
U.S. FCC votes to limit inmate phone call rates
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to limit inmate phone call rates - but set the cap at a higher level than it proposed last year. (USA-INMATES/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:07 p.m., by David Shepardson, 254 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Baltimore officer convicted of shooting unarmed suspect
A Maryland jury convicted a Baltimore police officer on Thursday of first-degree assault in the 2014 shooting of an unarmed and already subdued burglary suspect, a court spokeswoman said. (BALTIMORE-POLICE/, moved at 1:12 p.m., 273 words)
Theories of cover-ups and police violence in black deaths rankle online community
WASHINGTON - "Black people do not hang themselves from trees." Weeks after a black man was found hanged in an Atlanta park, social media was rife with theories surrounding the circumstances of his death. Some people called it a lynching; authorities deemed it suicide. (USA-POLICE/RACE-CONSPIRACY, moved, 901 words)
NFL had authority to suspend Vikings' Peterson-appeals court
A U.S. appeals court on Thursday said the National Football League was within its rights to suspend Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson in a child assault case, handing the league a new legal victory in disciplining its star players. (NFL-PETERSON/ (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 2:48 p.m., 427 words)
N. Carolina man charged with trying to aid Islamic State -Justice Dept.
WASHINGTON - A North Carolina man was arrested on Thursday on a charge of conspiring to provide material support to Islamic State after he tried to buy an AK-47 assault rifle from an undercover officer and pledged allegiance to Islamic State on social media, the U.S. Justice Department said. (USA-SECURITY/NORTHCAROLINA (UPDATE 1), moved at 11:03 a.m., 164 words)
Judge in Chicago police officer's murder trial appoints special prosecutor
An Illinois judge on Thursday appointed a special prosecutor in the murder case against a white Chicago police officer in the shooting death of a black teenager, selecting a state's attorney from a neighboring county. (CHICAGO-POLICE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 1:57 p.m., 399 words)
Group sues Illinois over polling-place voter registration law
CHICAGO - A group aligned with a conservative Illinois think tank sued the state in federal court on Thursday, challenging a recent law allowing Election Day voter registration at polling places in the state's most populous counties. (USA-ELECTION/ILLINOIS (moved), moved at 2:41 p.m., by Dave McKinney, 400 words)
South Carolina church shooting suspect OK after jail attack
CHARLESTON - The white gunman accused of killing nine black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church last year was slightly injured in jail by another inmate early Thursday, Charleston County Sheriff Al Cannon said on Thursday. (SOUTH CAROLINA-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 3:19 p.m., by Harriet McLeod, 386 words)
Virginia police officer convicted in black teen's death
A jury convicted a former Portsmouth, Virginia, police officer of voluntary manslaughter on Thursday for the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager last year, a court spokeswoman said. (VIRGINIA-POLICE/, moved at 4:25 p.m., 212 words)
L.A. policemen who shot unarmed black man sue city for discrimination
Two Los Angeles police officers who shot dead an unarmed black man in 2014 have sued the city for alleged racial discrimination after not being allowed to return to the field. (USA-POLICE/LOSANGELES (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:34 p.m., 443 words)
South Dakota motorcycle rally gets back to normal after big 2015
Sturgis, South Dakota, is expecting its annual motorcycle rally to draw only about half of the 1 million people who came for the 75th anniversary last year, but the tiny city is viewing this as a return to normalcy. The 6,700 residents and hundreds of vendors expect the number of visitors and the amounts they spend at the event, which starts on Monday, to be as strong as in other years without special anniversaries. (SOUTH DAKOTA-MOTORCYCLING (PIX), expect by 6 a.m. Friday, 450 words)
Reagan's would-be assassin John Hinckley due to be released
John Hinckley Jr., who wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three other people in a 1981 assassination attempt prompted by his obsession with actress Jodie Foster, is due to be released on Friday from a psychiatric hospital to live with his mother, a federal judge has ruled. (USA-POLITICS/HINCKLEY, tentative for Friday, length TBD)
WORLD
German high court rejects "intersex" as third gender category
BERLIN - Germany's high court on Thursday said it rejected the creation of a third gender category of "inter" to describe people born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the typical definitions of female or male. (GERMANY-GENDER/, moved, 312 words)
Man dies from injuries three weeks after Nice attack - mayor
PARIS - A man died on Thursday from injuries suffered three weeks earlier in the truck attack on crowds in the Riviera city of Nice, bringing the death toll to 85, authorities said. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-NICE, moved, 132 words)
Russia accuses US of backing Syrian rebels who use poison gas on civilians
MOSCOW - Russia's foreign ministry sharply criticized U.S. behavior in Syria on Thursday, accusing Washington of backing rebels who use poison gas against civilians and of killing hundreds in air strikes. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RUSSIA, moved at 12:31 p.m., by Andrew Osborn, 543 words)
Egypt military says killed leader of Islamic State in Sinai
CAIRO - Egypt's military said on Thursday it had killed Abu Duaa al-Ansari, whom it identified as the leader of the Sinai branch of Islamic State. (EGYPT-ISLAMICSTATE/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:44 p.m., 256 words)
Tropical storm Earl lashes Belize with wind, rain, heads for Mexico
BELIZE CITY - Tropical storm Earl whipped Belize and Mexico's Caribbean coast with wind and heavy rain, battering cars, disrupting transportation and forcing hundreds of people into shelters as it moved through Guatemala toward southeastern Mexico on Thursday. (STORM-EARL/NHC (UPDATE 4), moved at 2:39 p.m., by Henry Romero and Manuel Carrillo, 397 words)
Kerry to deliver declassified papers on Argentina's 'Dirty War'
BUENOS AIRES - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said he will deliver on Thursday a first batch of declassified documents related to Argentina's 1976-83 "Dirty War," a seven-year period when a military dictatorship murdered thousands of left-wing opponents. (ARGENTINA-USA/DOCUMENTS (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 2:28 p.m., by Gram Slattery, 347 words)
Hundreds of stray dogs poisoned in Pakistani city of Karachi
KARACHI, Pakistan - Officials have poisoned hundreds of dogs in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi in the latest effort to curb a population of strays that attack thousands of people each year in the teeming mega-city of some 20 million. (PAKISTAN-DOGS/ (PIX), moved, 200 words)
Gang rape videos on sale in India amid rise in violent crimes against women
MUMBAI - Graphic mobile phone clips of gang rapes are being sold in shops in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, as a spate of rapes in one of the country's most violent states has sparked anger and calls for the chief minister to step down. (INDIA-WOMEN/RAPE, moved, 414 words)
OLYMPICS
Veteran shooters aiming for records at Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO - A formidable lineup of the world's best shooters, including veteran Olympians from the United States and Australia, will be gunning for gold when their events at the Summer Games at Rio de Janeiro get underway on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SHOOTING/, moved at 4:01 p.m., by Scott Malone, 401 words)
Torch alights on Rio shore ahead of Games' opening
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian sailors delivered the Olympic torch to Rio de Janeiro's mayor on Wednesday, two days before South America's first Olympic Games open under tight security. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 3:09 p.m., by Pedro Fonseca, 629 words)
It looks like the U.S. in basketball and then all the rest
RIO DE JANEIRO - With the United States' men's and women's basketball teams having dominated the Olympic tournament for more than two decades, the main battle should be for second on the hardwood when the first game tips off in Rio on Saturday. (OLYMPICS-RIO-BASKETBALL/ (PREVIEW), moved at 2:50 p.m., by Scott Malone, 380 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Scientists rehash evidence on sunscreen and skin cancer
There isn't much evidence to conclusively prove that daily sunscreen use can prevent most skin cancers, a research review concludes. (HEALTH-SUNSCREEN/, moved at 4:14 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 590 words)
Gender predicts how athletes interact after game
Male pro-athletes may linger on peaceful or even loving touches after a match, while female athletes don't tend to embrace as heartily, according to a study of four sports with players from 44 countries. (HEALTH-SPORTS/GENDER, moved at 3:01 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 519 words)
Yellow River yields clues to Chinese legend of ancient "Great Flood"
OSLO - The crushed skeletons of children point to an earthquake and catastrophic flood on China's Yellow River 4,000 years ago that could be the source of a legendary "Great Flood" at the dawn of Chinese civilisation, scientists say. (CHINA-HISTORY/ (PIX), moved at 2 p.m., by Alister Doyle, 400 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Comic actress Lily Tomlin to get Screen Actors Guild lifetime award
Lily Tomlin, one of America's most enduring comic actresses, will receive a lifetime achievement award in January from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the group announced on Thursday. (PEOPLE-LILYTOMLIN/ (PIX, TV), moved at 3:09 p.m., 164 words)
'The Great Wall' Director Addresses 'Racist' Matt Damon Casting Controversy
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-FILM/NEWS), moved at 4:04 p.m., by Lamarco McClendon, 311 words)
'Star Wars' TV Series Still a Possibility, Per ABC Boss: 'We Have Had Conversations'
(VARIETY/ (ENTERTAINMENT-TV/NEWS), moved at 4:06 p.m., by Laura Prudom, 248 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St flat as investors look to jobs data
NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks ended little changed on Thursday as investors kept to the sidelines ahead of Friday's U.S. payrolls report for July. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), moved, 413 words) See also: Stocks rise on BoE rate cut, pound feels the pain (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 8), moved, 563 words)
Wal-Mart installs new worker scheduling system in 650 U.S. stores
CHICAGO - Wal-Mart Stores Inc has implemented a new scheduling system for hourly employees at 650 U.S. stores, which lets the company focus on serving peak shopping times while allowing employees to exercise scheduling preferences, according to company sources and interviews with store workers. (WALMART-LABOR/ (UPDATE 1, EXCLUSIVE), moved at 3:08 p.m., by Nandita Bose, 232 words)
U.S. jobless claims rise marginally, factory orders decline
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week, while renewed job cuts in the energy sector boosted layoffs announced by U.S.-based employers in July. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 3, GRAPHIC), moved at 12:26 p.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 774 words)
Business groups sue over new U.S. limit on tax-driven foreign buyouts
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Two business groups sued the Obama administration on Thursday over a crackdown on U.S. companies that try to reduce their U.S. taxes by rebasing abroad in a process known as inversion. (USA-TAX/INVERSIONS (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:45 p.m., by David Ingram and David Morgan, 835 words)
Facebook's News Feed to show fewer 'clickbait' headlines
SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook Inc's News Feed will show fewer "clickbait" headlines over the next few weeks, the company announced Thursday, as it seeks to establish itself as the prime web destination for news and social updates. (FACEBOOK-NEWSFEED/CLICKBAIT, moved at 1 p.m., by Yasmeen Abutaleb, 287 words) *****************
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