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BREAKING
Convicted spy Pollard loses challenge to U.S. parole conditions
NEW YORK - Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer convicted of spying for Israel, on Thursday lost a bid to overturn restrictive probation conditions imposed when he was released in November after serving 30 years in prison. (USA-ISRAEL/POLLARD (URGENT), moved at 4:40 p.m., 70 words)
OLYMPICS
With only one Russian in Rio, U.S. eyes bumper medals haul
RIO DE JANEIRO - The United States is expected to run away with the athletics competition in Rio, taking podium spots often the preserve of Russians such as double pole vault gold medallist Yelena Isinbayeva and 110m hurdles world champion Sergei Shubenkov. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/RUSSIA (PIX), moved at 3:06 p.m., by Jack Stubbs, 450 words)
Sprint superpowers Jamaica, U.S. face off in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO - By most measures, like economics, technology or military might, Jamaica does not rival the United States. Not so on the track, where they stand as the superpowers of sprint. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS/SPRINT-PREVIEW (PIX), moved at 1:45 p.m., by Scott Malone, 470 words)
Biles lights up Rio, Instagram and the Kardashians
RIO DE JANEIRO - She has ratcheted up a million Instagram followers, exchanged tweets with reality star Kim Kardashian and been splashed on the cover of major American magazines. (OLYMPICS-RIO-AGYMNASTICS-W-IND/BILES-FAME (PIX), moved at 12:51 p.m., by Alexandra Ulmer, 547 words)
Schooling makes life harder for Phelps
RIO DE JANEIRO - Singapore's Joseph Schooling made life harder for Michael Phelps after beating the master in their 100 meters butterfly heats on Thursday and going through to the semi-finals with the fastest time. (OLYMPICS-RIO-SWIMMING-M-100MBUTTERFLY/HEATS (GRAPHIC), moved at 3:01 p.m. by Alan Baldwin, 380 words)
Hurdler hopes U.S. dominate even without record holder
RIO DE JANEIRO - It is a measure of the U.S. dominance in the women's 100 meters hurdles that even with the world record holder absent the Americans are still favorites. (OLYMPICS-RIO-ATHLETICS-W-HURDLES100/USA-ROLLINS, moved at 3:30 p.m., by Andrew Downie, 302 words)
Harrison repeats as women's -78kg champion
RIO DE JANEIRO - American Kayla Harrison defeated France's Audrey Tcheumeo on Thursday to successfully defend her Olympic title and create a legacy as one of the all-time greats in judo. (OLYMPICS-RIO-JUDO-W-HALFHEAVY/MEDAL (PIX), moved at 4:31 p.m., by Chris Gallagher, 151 words)
OTHER TOP STORIES
Trump calls Obama, Clinton Islamic State 'co-founders,' draws rebuke
WASHINGTON/MIAMI BEACH - Republican Donald Trump called U.S. President Barack Obama and Democrat Hillary Clinton the "co-founders" of Islamic State, ratcheting up his assertion that they are responsible for the rise of the militant group and sparking renewed criticism of his leadership ability. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 5), by Ginger Gibson and Steve Holland, moved at 4:22 p.m., 940 words)
Clinton disparages Trump's economic plan, vows to help workers
WARREN, Mich. - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Thursday said rival Donald Trump had no real plans to help middle-class families, arguing that his agenda of tax cuts and tough trade talk would throw the economy into recession. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-ECONOMICS (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV,), moved at 5:14 p.m., 467 words)
U.S. government shifts $81 million to Zika vaccine research
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has shifted $81 million in funds from other projects to continue work on developing vaccines to fight Zika in the absence of any funding from U.S. lawmakers. (HEALTH-ZIKA/VACCINES (UPDATE 3), moved at 5:10 p.m., by Julie Steenhuysen and Toni Clarke, 639 words)
Two killed in Maryland explosion and fire, several missing
WASHINGTON - Two people were killed and several remained missing after an explosion and fire tore through an apartment complex overnight in a Washington suburb, authorities said on Thursday. (MARYLAND-FIRE/ (UPDATE 6, PIX, TV), moved at 1:23 p.m., 278 words)
Wall St. banks ask Fed for 5 more years to comply with Volcker rule
Big Wall Street banks are asking the U.S. Federal Reserve to grant them an additional five-year grace period to comply with a financial reform regulation known as the Volcker rule, people familiar with the matter said. (USA-FED/VOLCKER (EXCLUSIVE), moved at 4:47 p.m., by Olivia Oran, 798 words)
U.S. agency denies petition to reclassify marijuana
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday denied requests to stop classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use, leaving users and businesses in limbo after many states have legalized it for medical or recreational purposes. (USA-MARIJUANA/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 1:07 p.m., by Doina Chiacu and Bill Berkrot, 486 words) See also: CANADA-MARIJUANA/MEDICAL (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:57 p.m., 337 words
CAMPAIGN
Clinton will release 2015 tax returns within days -source
WASHINGTON - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton will release her 2015 tax returns and her running mate, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, will release the last 10 years of their tax returns within days, according to a source close to Clinton. (USA-ELECTION/CLINTON-TAXES (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 2:24 p.m., by Amanda Becker and Susan Heavey, 402 words)
Trump acknowledges tough fight in usually Republican Utah
ORLANDO - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump acknowledged on Thursday that his campaign was struggling in Utah, a usually rock-solid Republican state, in a sign that party loyalists were still divided over whether to support him. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-EVANGELICALS, moved at 4:34 p.m., by Steve Holland, 442 words)
Ex-Trump staffer sues campaign, alleges gun incident in North Carolina
A former North Carolina staffer is suing Donald Trump's presidential campaign, saying a top employee in the state working on the Republican's White House bid once pulled a gun on him and that after he reported it, the campaign took no action. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP-LAWSUIT (PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 12:53 p.m., 302 words)
Clinton would stick with Obama's nominee for Supreme Court -Reid
WASHINGTON - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said on Thursday he believed Hillary Clinton would stick with President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee if she won the Nov. 8 presidential election. (USA-COURT/GARLAND (UPDATE 2), moved, 437 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. House Democratic leader blames Russians for 'electronic Watergate'
WASHINGTON - U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said the recent cyber attack on Democratic politicians was "broad" and that Russians were clearly behind the breach, adding that the damage was still being investigated. (USA-CYBER/DEMOCRATS-PELOSI (UPDATE 2), moved at 11:41 a.m., by Susan Cornwell, 356 words)
Paperwork, rights concerns hold up U.S. aid for Central America
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Congress approved $750 million in aid last December to help El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras combat the violence and poverty that are driving migrants toward the U.S. border, but the money has yet to reach the struggling countries. (USA-CENTRALAMERICA/AID (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved at 2:15 p.m., 592 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Lawsuit calls New Jersey stun gun ban unconstitutional
NEW YORK - A gun rights group filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday challenging a New Jersey law that bans private individuals from owning stun guns, Tasers and other electronic weapons as unconstitutional. (USA-GUNCONTROL/, moved at 4:04 p.m., by Joseph Ax, 330 words)
Man gets 51 years in prison for Seattle-area shooting spree
A Seattle-area man was sentenced on Thursday to spend 51 years in prison after admitting to killing a 71-year-old man and spraying bullets at a woman during a shooting spree last year, prosecutors said. (USA-WASHINGTON/SHOOTING, moved at 4 p.m., moved, 229 words)
Colorado clinic shooter still mentally incompetent to stand trial -hospital
DENVER - A man accused of killing three people at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year who was ruled incompetent to stand trial remains mentally unfit, according to a report from a mental hospital, a court official said on Thursday. (COLORADO-SHOOTER/, moved at 3:04 p.m., by Keith Coffman, 403 words)
U.S. judges cannot expunge convictions despite job threats -court
NEW YORK - Federal judges cannot expunge convictions from people's criminal records even when it prevents those who have been rehabilitated from getting jobs, and Congress should consider granting the judiciary that power, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. (USA-CRIME/EXPUNGEMENT, moved at 12:32 p.m., by Nate Raymond, 395 words)
Boy injured on Pennsylvania roller coaster; week's third amusement park injury
A boy was injured while riding a roller coaster on Thursday and rushed to a Pittsburgh hospital, emergency services and park officials said, in the third accident this week involving children hurt on amusement park rides. (PENNSYLVANIA-ROLLERCOASTER/, moved, 275 words)
Mississippi woman gets 12 years for trying to aid Islamic State
A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced a Mississippi woman to 12 years in prison for providing material support to Islamic State after she and her husband conspired with an undercover FBI employee to travel to Syria and aid the group's media campaign. (MISSISSIPPI-ISLAMIC STATE/, moved at 4:07 p.m., 352 words)
Florida officer who killed retiree accused of prior excessive force
A Florida police officer who mistakenly killed a 73-year-old woman during a role-play exercise this week has been the subject of excessive force complaints in the past, according to a police official and media reports. (FLORIDA-SHOOTING/ (PIX), moved at 2 p.m., 380 words)
Lawyer calls accused shooter of black man "George Zimmerman 2.0"
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A lawyer for the family of a North Carolina man shot and killed on Sunday called his accused killer "George Zimmerman 2.0," as the dead man's mother pleaded on Thursday for an end to gun violence in the United States. (NORTH CAROLINA-SHOOTING/ (TV), moved, 400 words)
FEATURE-U.S. aims to restore water, return fish to long-diverted California river
California's San Joaquin River flows out of the mountains above Yosemite, clear and bubbling until it abruptly stops just north of Fresno, its water diverted to irrigate farms. (CALIFORNIA-RIVER/ (FEATURE, TV, PIX), expect by 6 a.m. Friday, 700 words)
Hearing to weigh new trial for Sandusky on child sex abuse charges
A hearing opens in Pennsylvania on Friday to consider whether former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky received a fair trial when he was convicted of multiple counts of child sex abuse. Sandusky, now serving a life sentence, is expected to take the stand during the proceedings. He contends he was given ineffective counsel during his 2012 trial, which also led to sanctions against the university and raised questions about the insular world of big-time collegiate sports. (PENNSYLVANIA-SANDUSKY/, expect by 6 a.m. Friday, by David DeKok, 400 words)
South Carolina officer charged in black motorist's death due in court
CHARLESTON, S.C. - Former North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager is due to make his first appearance in federal court since being arraigned in May on U.S. charges. Slager was indicted on charges of shooting black motorist Walter Scott without legal justification in April 2015 and lying to investigators afterward. Slager also faces a murder charge in state court. (SOUTH CAROLINA-SHOOTING/, on merit)
WORLD
Man in Ontario raid made "martyrdom video," planned attack -Canadian police
STRATHROY - The man killed during a Canadian police raid at his home in Ontario on Wednesday was a supporter of Islamic State who was in the final stages of attacking a major urban center with a homemade bomb, police said on Thursday. (CANADA-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at 4:09 p.m., by Robert MacMillan, 883 words)
Bombs in Thai resort kill one, injure 9, including foreigners -police
BANGKOK - Two bombs exploded in the Thai seaside resort of Hua Hin on Thursday, killing one woman and injuring 10 people, Thai police said. (THAILAND-SECURITY/BLAST (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:34 p.m., 291 words)
Late Toronto mayor smokes crack in infamous video released Thursday
TORONTO - The infamous video of late Toronto mayor Rob Ford smoking from what appears to be a crack pipe while slurring his words has been made public after a Toronto court lifted a publication ban on Thursday. (CANADA-MAYOR/FORD (PIX), moved, 277 words)
Italy raises security level at tourist ports - coastguard
ROME - Italy raised the security level at its tourist ports on Thursday, a coastguard spokesman said, meaning intensified controls of people and vehicles during the height of the summer tourist season. (ITALY-SECURITY/PORTS, moved, 185 words)
Forest fires ravage mainland Portugal, Madeira calmer after deaths
LISBON/FUNCHAL, Portugal - Thousands of Portuguese firefighters struggled on Thursday to control nearly 200 forest fires after flames killed at least four people on the mainland and the island of Madeira the previous day. (PORTUGAL-WILDFIRES/ (TV), moved, 409 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Required translators missing from many U.S. hospitals
Nearly one-third of U.S. hospitals fail to offer interpreters to patients who speak limited English, although federal law requires it, a new study shows. (HEALTH-TRANSLATORS/ (moved), moved at 3:42 p.m., by Ronnie Cohen, 696 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Rihanna to receive MTV's lifetime achievement award
NEW YORK - Rihanna will receive MTV's lifetime achievement award at the Aug. 28 Video Music Awards (VMA) show, MTV said on Thursday, joining the likes of Kanye West, Madonna and Beyonce. (AWARDS-MTVVMA/RIHANNA (PIX), moved at 12:13 p.m., 171 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Wall St hits record highs as investors buy department stores
Wall Street stocks ended at record highs on Thursday as surging oil prices and strong earnings from department stores Macy's and Kohl's buoyed investor sentiment. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 6), by Noel Randewich, 412 words) See also: (GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 7), moved at 4:21 p.m., by Lewis Krauskopf, 483 words)
Delta cancels 25 flights, some due to bad weather
Delta Air Lines Inc said it had canceled about 25 flights on Thursday as operations return to normal following a power outage on Monday that hit its computer systems, leading to cancellation of nearly 2,000 flights. (DELTA AIR-OUTAGES/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:23 p.m., 93 words)
Valeant stock falls as report of criminal probe adds to woes
NEW YORK - Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc shares fell about 11 percent on Thursday as new details about a criminal investigation into the drugmaker reignited investor concerns about the company's past business relationship with a mail-order pharmacy that sold its products. (VALEANT-INVESTIGATION/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:27 p.m., 612 words)
Twitter denies #SaveTwitter rumors of shutting down in 2017
NEW YORK - Twitter Inc denied on Thursday rumors that the social media messaging service will be shutting down in 2017, denouncing the claim as groundless. (TWITTER-RUMORS/, moved at 2:38 p.m., by Angela Moon, 177 words)
Lawyers in Volkswagen case seek up to $332.5 mln in fees, costs
Lawyers for Volkswagen AG vehicle owners will seek up to $332.5 million in fees and costs for their work in a $10 billion settlement over claims the automaker used software to cheat on emissions testing, according to a court filing. (VOLKSWAGEN-EMISSIONS/FEES (UPDATE 3), moved at 3:40 p.m., by Jessica Dye, 398 words)
Macy's to close another 100 stores; stock jumps
Macy's Inc said it plans to close another 100 stores, or 14 percent of the total, as it seeks to turn around its business after six quarters of falling sales, sending its shares soaring. (DEPARTMENTSTORES-RESULTS/ (UPDATE 3), moved at 11:58 a.m., by Sruthi Ramakrishnan, 545 words)
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