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TOP STORIES
Trump seeks a campaign reset with Detroit economic speech
DETROIT/WASHINGTON - Republican Donald Trump sought to regain momentum for his White House campaign on Monday by proposing sweeping tax breaks, cuts to federal regulations and a revival of the stalled Keystone XL oil pipeline project. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), by Steve Holland and Emily Stephenson, moved at 4:00 p.m., 938 words)
Power outage at Delta causes flight cancellations, delays
Delta Air Lines Inc canceled hundreds of flights and delayed many others on Monday after an outage hit its computer systems, grounding planes and stranding passengers of one of the world's largest carriers at airports around the globe. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/ (UPDATE 8, PIX, TV), moved at 4:56 p.m., by Jeffrey Dastin, 578 words) See also: DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/PASSENGERS (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 4:45 p.m., by Joseph Ax, 590 words
Suicide bomber kills at least 70 at Pakistan hospital
QUETTA - A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 70 people and wounded more than 100 on Monday in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta, according to officials in the southwestern province of Baluchistan. (PAKISTAN-BLAST/ (UPDATE 10, PIX, TV), moved at 3:39 p.m., 600 words)
CAMPAIGN
A disenchanted Republican, fearing Trump, launches 3rd-party run
WASHINGTON - A former CIA officer and congressional staffer on Monday launched a long-shot bid for president, a Republican billing himself as a conservative alternative to Donald Trump who disenchanted voters can rally around. (USA-ELECTION/REPUBLICANS-MCMULLIN (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 3:07 p.m., by Ginger Gibson, 544 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Social costs of Flint, Michigan, water crisis total $395 mln -study
The social costs stemming from dangerous levels of lead in the drinking water of Flint, Michigan, such as the effect on children's health, amount to $395 million, according to an analysis by a professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. (MICHIGAN-WATER/, moved, 352 words)
Muslim teen sues Texas school district after arrest over homemade clock
AUSTIN - The family of a Muslim boy, who was arrested last year after taking a homemade digital clock to a Dallas-area high school, sued the Texas school district and the city where he once lived on Monday, saying they violated the teenager's civil rights. (TEXAS-STUDENT/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:23 p.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 347 words)
Florida is investigating apparent new case of locally transmitted Zika
Florida health officials are investigating a new non-travel- related case of Zika virus in Palm Beach County, but it is not yet clear whether the person contracted the virus from local mosquitoes or from a recent trip to Miami. (HEALTH-ZIKA/FLORIDA (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:55 p.m, 253 words)
U.S. to auction $16 million worth of bitcoin from various cases
NEW YORK - The U.S. government said on Monday it plans to auction over 2,700 bitcoin that were forfeited during several cases, including the prosecution of the creator of the online black market known as Silk Road. (USA-BITCOIN/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 12:41 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 308 words)
Husband of Pennsylvania rock attack victim kills himself
The husband of a woman who was permanently disfigured when a group of teenagers dropped a rock onto her car from a Pennsylvania highway overpass has killed himself, medical examiner officials said on Monday. (PENNSYLVANIA-ROCKTHROWING/, moved at 1:27 p.m., by Laila Kearney, 322 words)
Kansas park closed as police probe boy's death on water slide
A water park in Kansas was closed on Monday as police investigated the death of a state lawmaker's 10-year-old son on the world's tallest water slide, which sends riders plunging down 17 stories at up to 50 miles an hour (80 km per hour). (KANSAS-SLIDE/ (PIX), moved at 2:34 p.m., By Alex Dobuzinskis, 400 words)
Hearing in civil claims stemming from the Chicago police killing of Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones
The families of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jones have sued the City of Chicago, claiming wrongful death after the two were killed by Police Officer Robert Rialmo on Dec. 26. On this date the city is expected to respond to the counter-claims and cross-claims. (On merit)
Ex-Illinois governor to be resentenced
A federal judge will re-sentence former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for his corruption convictions on Aug. 9. On March 28, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the flamboyant former two-term Democratic governor's appeal of charges, including attempted extortion from campaign contributors, wire fraud and other crimes. It left in place a ruling by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding most of the convictions. He began serving a 14-year prison sentence in 2012. (Slug, timing Tues., length TBD)
Opening arguments in Pennsylvania attorney general's trial
Opening arguments are expected in the trial of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane on charges that she illegally leaked grand jury information to embarrass a political rival and lied under oath about it. (Slug, timing Tues., length TBD)
Probable cause hearing for three charged in Flint water crisis
Probable cause hearing for three of six Michigan state employees charged on Friday in an investigation into dangerous lead levels in the city of Flint's drinking water. The accusations mark the third round of charges related to the investigation into the crisis. (On merit)
California mayor faces first council meeting since being charged
The mayor of Stockton, California, faces first City Council meeting after being accused of corrupting and serving alcohol to minors in a game of strip poker at his summer camp for underprivileged children. (On merit)
OLYMPICS
Brazilian fans boo foreign athletes in culture clash
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilians brought a football fan's raucous attitude to the Rio Games on Monday, wildly cheering their own athletes, booing and mocking opponents -- and creating uncomfortable moments for Olympic athletes unaccustomed to no-holds-barred partisanship. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ (WRAPUP, PIX, TV), moved at 3:40 p.m., by Andrew Downie and Drazen Jorgic, 509 words)
Olympic housing built on slave burial ground angers descendants
RIO DE JANEIRO - Looking out at the new concrete buildings housing international journalists covering the 2016 Olympics, Adilson Almeida cannot hide his anger: he says they were built on a burial ground of his ancestors - Brazil's former slaves. (OLYMPICS-RIO/LANDRIGHTS, moved, 609 words)
Phelps feels pain of aging and late-night races
RIO DE JANEIRO - A big round purple bruise on his right shoulder, U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps emerged from the pool in his qualifying heat for the 200-meter butterfly on Monday feeling the aches and the toll of late-night races in his fifth Olympics. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/PHELPS (PIX, TV), moved at 3:03 p.m., By Mary Milliken, 318 words)
Michael Phelps' purple blotches spotlight 'cupping' trend
NEW YORK - It wasn't just Michael Phelps' big win on Sunday that had people talking about the U.S. swimming star. It was also the dark purple circles on his shoulders. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING/PHELPS-CUPPING (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved, 516 words)
Cool temperatures, few mosquitoes make Games Zika-free, so far
RIO DE JANEIRO - So far, at the Olympics many feared would be the Zika Games, so good. With as many as one million people expected to attend the spectacle, half of them foreigners, Rio de Janeiro has not turned out to be the Zika hothouse some athletes and visitors feared as the virus wreaked havoc in Brazil earlier this year. (OLYMPICS-RIO/ZIKA (PIX), moved at 4:54 p.m., By Paulo Prada, 719 words)
Brazil police detain director of THG Sports for illegal ticket sales
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police said on Monday they had detained a director of international sports hospitality company THG Sports and a woman working as an interpreter at the Rio Olympics on charges of fraudulent marketing of tickets for the Games. (OLYMPICS-RIO/TICKETS-ARRESTS (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:39 p.m., By Daniel Flynn and Karolos Grohmann, 305 words)
WORLD
Brazilian priest cited in 'Spotlight' hangs himself in jail
BRASILIA - A Brazilian priest mentioned in the Catholic clergy sex abuse film "Spotlight" was found dead in a prison cell after he was arrested again for suspected pedophilia, authorities said on Monday. (BRAZIL-PRIEST/, moved, 224 words)
Chinese tourist mistakenly ends up as refugee in Germany
BERLIN - A Chinese tourist who tried to report a stolen wallet during a visit to Germany unwittingly signed an asylum application that got him stranded as a refugee for two weeks in the country's burgeoning asylum bureaucracy. (EUROPE-MIGRANTS/TOURIST, moved, 400 words)
Pokemon Go master says not done with game, hopes for more features
TOKYO - Nick Johnson, who claims to be the first person to capture all 145 creatures now available in the "Pokemon Go" mobile gaming phenomenon, says he is not ready to put away his smartphone just yet and hopes for new features. (NINTENDO-POKEMON/MASTER (TV, PIX), moved, 322 words)
Canadian zoo official says lion confined after attack on worker
MONTREAL - A Canadian zoo east of Montreal said it had confined a lion after it attacked an employee on Monday morning, leaving her hospitalized with serious back injuries. (CANADA-ANIMAL/LION, moved, 212 words)
Ataturk's revival a symbol of Turkey's fragile post-coup unity
ISTANBUL - After years of being gradually eclipsed as President Tayyip Erdogan forges a "new Turkey" with Islam firmly at its heart, the secular republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk has, for now at least, made a comeback in the wake of a failed coup. (TURKEY-SECURITY/ATATURK (ANALYSIS, PIX), moved at 12:52 p.m., by Asli Kandemir and Daren Butler, 1120 words)
Thailand, seeking stability, approves military constitution
BANGKOK - A democratically elected government will take power in Thailand at the earliest by December 2017, a senior Thai official says, after the country endorsed a military-backed constitution paving the way for a general election. (THAILAND-POLITICS/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHICS), moved at 3:55 p.m., by Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Panarat Thepgumpanat, 762 words).
Iran denies U.S. cash payment was related to nuclear deal
DUBAI - Iran said on Monday that $1.7 billion that the United States sent it in January was cash owned since before the 1979 revolution, confirming the White House's assertion that it was not related to nuclear talks or a prisoner release. (USA-IRAN/INSTALLMENT, moved, 264 words)
At least 90 protesters killed in Ethiopia - residents, opposition
ADDIS ABABA - More than 90 people were shot dead by security forces in protests across Ethiopia's Oromiya and Amhara regions at the weekend, residents and opposition officials said on Monday. (ETHIOPIA-VIOLENCE/ (UPDATE 1, PIX), moved at 12:23 p.m., by Aaron Maasho, 459 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Online marketplace offers cheaper CPAP machines without a prescription
There is a large market for unauthorized online sales of secondhand continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices, which treat obstructive sleep apnea, according to a new study. (HEALTH-CPAP/BLACKMARKET, moved at 3:23 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 594 words)
Websites often promote unproven stem cell therapies
Many websites marketing unproven stem cell therapies directly to consumers are popping up even in developed nations where laws have been passed to protect patients from false medical advertising, a new study suggests. (HEALTH-STEMCELLS/MARKETING, moved, By Lisa Rapaport, 552 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
'Game of Thrones' author's 'Wild Cards' to become sci-fi TV series
LOS ANGELES - As HBO's hit "Game of Thrones" heads towards its concluding seasons, George R. R. Martin, the author behind the medieval fantasy series, has already lined up his next TV project, a new anthology series called "Wild Cards." (TELEVISION-WILDCARDS/ (PIX), moved at 3:07 p.m., 282 words)
Too old to rap, Bow Wow announces retirement at age 29
NEW YORK - U.S. rapper Bow Wow has announced he is retiring from music, saying he has made over $20 million and doesn't see himself rapping as a 30-year-old. (MUSIC-BOWWOW/ (PIX), moved at 12:49 p.m., 184 words)
DJ Khaled ousts Drake for first No. 1 on Billboard 200 chart
LOS ANGELES - Music producer and social media star DJ Khaled scored his first chart-topping album on the weekly U.S. Billboard 200 album chart on Monday, ousting Canadian R&B artist Drake. (MUSIC-CHARTS/DJKHALED (PIX), moved at 4:20 p.m., by Piya Sinha-Roy, 203 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall Street takes tiny step back from record highs
Wall Street receded from record highs on Monday as a drop in healthcare stocks offset gains caused by higher oil prices and a strong jobs report. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), by Noel Randewich, 405 words)
Wal-Mart buying Jet.com to lift online sales, battle Amazon
Wal-Mart Stores Inc said on Monday it would buy online retailer Jet.com for about $3 billion, the largest-ever deal for an e-commerce startup, as it pushes to revive its underperforming Web business to compete with market leader Amazon.com Inc.(JET-M&A/WALMART (UPDATE 4), moved at 12:47 p.m., by Nandita Bose, 588 words)
Steakhouse chain Logan's Roadhouse files bankruptcy
Logan's Roadhouse Inc, a steakhouse chain with about 260 restaurants, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after struggling with falling sales, rising labor and food costs and competition from casual dining rivals. (LOGANSROADHOUSE-BANKRUPTCY/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:28 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 312 words)
Honeywell explores acquisition of JDA Software -sources
Honeywell International Inc is in talks to acquire JDA Software Group Inc, in a deal that could value the U.S. supply chain management software company at around $3 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. (JDASOFTWARE-M&A/HONEYWELL (EXCLUSIVE), moved at 4:02 p.m, by Lauren Hirsch and Greg Roumeliotis, 293 words)
U.S. FTC sues 1-800 Contacts over online search advertising
WASHINGTON - U.S. antitrust enforcers filed a complaint against 1-800 Contacts on Monday, alleging that the online contact lens seller reached agreements with 14 rivals to hamper consumers seeking to compare prices. (1800CONTACTS-FTC/LAWSUIT (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:20 p.m., 190 words)
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