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TOP STORIES
Clinton criticizes Trump for comments on security briefing, Putin
WHITE PLAINS - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton slammed Republican rival Donald Trump on Thursday for talking about things he learned in classified intelligence briefings and praising Russia's Vladimir Putin as a better leader than U.S. President Barack Obama. (USA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 3, PIX, TV, GRAPHIC), moved at 3:54 p.m., by Jeff Mason, 868 words)
Trump says he was against Iraq war despite Howard Stern interview
CLEVELAND - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday said he was against the Iraq war all along despite telling radio interviewer Howard Stern in 2002 that he favored it. (USA-ELECTION/TRUMP (UPDATE 1), moved at 4:12 p.m., by Steve Holland, 280 words)
Kerry does not believe worthwhile to meet Lavrov on Syria now
WASHINGTON - The United States does not believe it is worthwhile for Secretary of State John Kerry to meet now with Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, about a ceasefire in Syria, the State Department said on Thursday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-RUSSIA-USA (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:54 p.m., 266 words)
Iraq gears up for late-year push to retake Mosul from Islamic State
QAYYARA AIRBASE - The U.S.-led war on Islamic State has depleted the group's funds, leadership and foreign fighters, but the biggest battle yet is expected later this year in Iraq's northern city of Mosul, where Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared his "caliphate" two years ago. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/IRAQ-MOSUL (INSIGHT, UPDATE 1, PIX, GRAPHIC), moved at 3:41 p.m., by Stephen Kalin, 1271 words)
Several arrested after car with gas cylinders found in Paris - sources
PARIS - French police investigating the abandonment of a car packed with gas cylinders near Paris's Notre Dame cathedral have arrested several suspects and also established that the vehicle contained 3 jerry cans of diesel fuel, judicial and police sources said. (EUROPE-ATTACKS/FRANCE-CAR (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:57 p.m., 434 words)
SpaceX could be grounded for 9-12 months - ULA chief
CAPE CANAVERAL - Elon Musk's SpaceX likely will be grounded for nine to 12 months while it investigates the cause of last week's launch pad accident and makes any repairs, the chief executive of SpaceX's prime U.S. competitor said on Thursday. (SPACEX-BLAST/ULA, moved at 4:10 p.m., by Irene Klotz, 454 words)
Airbnb revamps anti-discrimination policy
Online rental marketplace Airbnb will address reports of widespread racial discrimination against non-white guests by displaying user photos less prominently, promoting instant bookings and changing some of its technology, according to a report commissioned by the company. (AIRBNB-DISCRIMINATION/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:09 p.m., by Deborah M. Todd, 380 words)
CAMPAIGN
"What is Aleppo?" asks U.S. Libertarian Party candidate
WASHINGTON - Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson framed an embarrassing lapse on foreign affairs as simple human error on Thursday after he responded to a question about a flashpoint in the Syrian civil war by asking, "What is Aleppo?" (USA-ELECTION/JOHNSON (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 12:39 p.m., by Doina Chiacu, 425 words)
Obama says Trump unfit for presidency, has "outright wacky" ideas
VIENTIANE - President Barack Obama hit back at Donald Trump on Thursday for criticizing his foreign policy record, saying the Republican nominee was unfit to follow him into the Oval Office and the public should press him on his "outright wacky ideas." (LAOS-OBAMA/TRUMP (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 8:06 a.m., 286 words)
Pfizer CEO says Clinton plan to curb drug prices would hurt consumers
Pfizer Inc's chief executive on Thursday said recent proposals by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to curb "unjustified" U.S. drug prices would dampen investment in innovative new drugs and ultimately hurt consumers. (PFIZER-CEO/CLINTON (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:01 p.m., by Ransdell Pierson, 395 words)
WASHINGTON
U.S. coal miners hit Congress to rally for pension protection
WASHINGTON - About 10,000 retired coal miners and their families descended on the U.S. Congress on Thursday to pressure lawmakers to pass stalled legislation that would prevent 22,000 of them from losing their pension and health benefits as soon as early 2017. (USA-COAL/PENSIONS (UPDATE 1, PIX, TV), moved at 1:41 p.m., by Valerie Volcovici, 687 words)
Senators seek to block $1.15 billion U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON - Four U.S. senators introduced a joint resolution on Thursday seeking to block the U.S. sale of $1.15 billion of Abrams tanks and other military equipment to Saudi Arabia, citing issues including the conflict in Yemen. (USA-SAUDI/DEFENSE-CONGRESS (UPDATE 3), moved at 3:53 p.m., by Patricia Zengerle, 394 words)
Biden asks U.S. Congress to allow unencumbered Zika funding vote
WASHINGTON - Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday called on the Republican-led U.S. Congress to allow an up-or-down vote on funding to combat the Zika virus without other provisions attached, calling the health threat posed by the pathogen a national emergency. (HEALTH-ZIKA/USA-BIDEN (UPDATE 2), moved at 3:31 p.m., by David Morgan, 401 words)
Federal Reserve asks Congress to limit Wall Street merchant banking
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - The Federal Reserve Board recommended that Congress pare back Wall Street's ability to own physical commodities and engage in other aspects of merchant banking because of possible risks to the financial system, according to a report issued on Thursday. (USA-FED/BANKS (UPDATE 2), moved at 4:22 p.m., by Patrick Rucker and Olivia Oran, 389 words)
White House names retired Air Force general as first cyber security chief
WASHINGTON - The White House on Thursday named a retired U.S. Air Force general as the government's first federal cyber security chief, a position announced eight months ago that is intended to improve defenses against hackers. (USA-CYBER/WHITEHOUSE (UPDATE 1), moved at 3:46 p.m., by Dustin Volz, 224 words)
U.S. lawmakers to press AOL for Powell's State Dept emails
NEW YORK - U.S. lawmakers said Thursday they will seek to recover the missing emails of Colin Powell from his time as U.S. secretary of state by going directly to AOL Inc, whose email service he used for his work. (USA-ELECTION/POWELL (UPDATE 1, GRAPHIC), moved at 3:59 p.m., by Jonathan Allen, 429 words)
U.S. drops corruption charges against former Virginia governor, wife
WASHINGTON - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday dropped corruption charges against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell and his wife, bringing to a close a case that tarnished the once-rising star of the Republican Party. (USA-COURT/MCDONNELL (UPDATE 2, PIX), moved at 4:18 p.m., 400 words)
OTHER U.S. NEWS
Texas schoolgirl shoots fellow student then kills herself -sheriff
AUSTIN - A 14-year-old girl shot and wounded a fellow student at Alpine High School in rural West Texas on Thursday and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Brewster County sheriff told reporters. (TEXAS-SHOOTING/ (UPDATE 6, TV), moved at 3:54 p.m., by Jon Herskovitz, 397 words)
Police, FBI spend second day digging for clues to missing California student
LOS ANGELES - Police and FBI agents spent a second day on Thursday digging at the edge of a California university campus for the remains of a student who went missing 20 years ago while walking to her dormitory. (CALIFORNIA-MISSING/ (TV), moved at 4:16 p.m., by Dan Whitcomb, 417 words)
Lochte banned for 10 months by USOC
NEW YORK - American swimmer Ryan Lochte has been suspended for 10 months and will miss next year's world championships for his part in a scandal involving the U.S. athlete and three other swimmers at the Rio Olympics, the United States Olympic Committee said on Thursday. (PEOPLE-RYANLOCHTE/ (UPDATE 2, PIX, TV), moved at 2:24 p.m., 644 words)
U.S. charges former American Realty executives with inflating results
NEW YORK - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday announced criminal fraud charges against two former American Realty Capital Properties Inc executives stemming from a 2014 accounting scandal that wiped out roughly $4 billion of the real estate investment trust's market value. (SEC-AMERICANREALTY/ (UPDATE 4), moved at 3:42 p.m., by Jonathan Stempel, 435 words)
MIDDLE EAST
Kurdish role a sticking point as U.S., Turkey discuss Raqqa operation
LONDON - Turkey supports a planned operation to drive Islamic State out of its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa but U.S.-backed Kurdish militia fighters should not be at the core of it, Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik said on Thursday. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-TURKEY-USA (UPDATE 2, INTERVIEW, TV, PIX), moved at 1:35 p.m., by Phil Stewart, 623 words)
Syria ready to cooperate with U.N. watchdog on gas attack accusations
AMMAN - Syria said on Thursday it was ready to cooperate with the global chemical weapons watchdog over accusations it had used poison gas against insurgent held areas. (MIDEAST-CRISIS/SYRIA-CHEMICALS, moved at 4:39 p.m., 263 words) See also: At least five killed in explosion in Syria's Jarablus -Turkish security sources (TURKEY-SECURITY/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 2:31 p.m., 246 words)
WORLD
Duterte defends Philippines' human rights record
VIENTIANE - Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday defended his country's human rights record at a regional summit in Laos, urging East Asian leaders and the United States to help Manila eradicate the scourge of illicit drugs. (LAOS-OBAMA/DUTERTE (PIX, TV), moved at 9 a.m., 286 words)
South Sudan buys weapons as economy collapses-U.N. panel
UNITED NATIONS - South Sudanese government forces have acquired two jet fighters and truckloads of small arms ammunition and were seeking to manufacture bullets, while opposition troops have not received any significant arms shipments, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a confidential report seen by Reuters on Thursday. (SOUTHSUDAN-SECURITY/UN (EXCLUSIVE, PIX), moved at 2:13 p.m., by Michelle Nichols, 756 words)
ENVIRONMENT
Paradise lost: Study documents big decline in Earth's wilderness
WASHINGTON - Unspoiled lands are disappearing from the face of the Earth at an alarming pace, with about 10 percent of wilderness regions - an area double the size of Alaska - lost in the past two decades amid unrelenting human development, researchers said on Thursday. (ENVIRONMENT-WILDERNESS/ (PIX), moved at 1:19 p.m., by Will Dunham, 365 words)
HEALTH AND SCIENCE
New York to allow late-term abortions for health at-risk women
NEW YORK - New York will allow late-term abortions for women whose pregnancies endanger their health, a move that brings the state into federal compliance and ends decades of confusion faced by patients and providers of the procedure, state officials said. (NEW YORK-ABORTION/, moved at 3:44 p.m., by Laila Kearney, 401 words)
When an airport scanner sees a cyst as a security threat
A traveler with a bulge in their body from a cyst or hernia might get flagged for an invasive airport security screening to look for explosives, a case report suggests. (HEALTH-CYST/AIRPORT-SECURITY, moved at 4:10 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 534 words)
Pain scales often fail to capture what ER patients feel
Asking patients in the emergency room to rate their pain on a visual scale or to rank it from zero to 10 doesn't really convey what the patient is feeling, suggests a study from Sweden. (HEALTH-PAIN/RATING-SCALES, moved at 2:42 p.m., by Kathryn Doyle, 504 words)
More evidence gastric bypass surgery leads to sustained weight loss
Many people worry about regaining weight after getting gastric bypass surgery, a weight-loss procedure for very obese patients, but a new study suggests that most patients remain lighter 10 years later. (HEALTH-GASTRICBYPASS/LONG-TERM, moved at 3:24 p.m., by Madeline Kennedy, 667 words)
Even babies see social cues at mealtime
Parents may see mealtime with babies as little more than a chance for kids to toss sippy cups and yogurt puffs on the floor, but a new study suggests infants may actually be learning social cues from sitting at the table. (HEALTH-BABIES/SOCIAL-FOOD, moved at 3:46 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 677 words)
Regular exercise tied to lower health costs with heart disease
Need another reason to exercise? A new study suggests that routine workouts are associated with significantly lower health costs for heart disease patients. (HEALTH-FITNESS/HEART-COSTS, moved at 1:01 p.m., by Lisa Rapaport, 672 words)
ENTERTAINMENT AND LIFESTYLE
Western remake 'The Magnificent Seven' opens Toronto Film Festival
TORONTO - A merry band of outlaws and hired hands will kick off the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday in "The Magnificent Seven," leading a slew of big action films and intimate true stories vying for early buzz leading into Hollywood's annual awards season. (FILMFESTIVAL-TIFF/MAGNIFICENTSEVEN (PIX, TV), moved at 1:38 p.m., by Piya Sinha-Roy, 363 words)
French actor Belmondo says has done all he wanted in life
VENICE - Veteran French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo said on Thursday he had done everything he wanted in life as he accepted the Venice film festival's Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/BELMONDO (TV, PIX), moved at 1 p.m., 243 words)
New York Mets sign ex-NFL player Tim Tebow
Former National Football League quarterback Tim Tebow has been signed by the New York Mets to a minor league baseball contract, the team said on Thursday. (BASEBALL-TEBOW/ (UPDATE 2), moved at 1:58 p.m., 187 words)
India acid attack survivor redefines beauty at NY Fashion Week
NEW YORK - An Indian model scarred in an acid attack challenged perceptions of beauty as she strutted down the runway at New York Fashion Week to promote a ban on the sale of corrosive substances used to maim thousands of women and children each year. (FASHION-NEW YORK/ACIDSURVIVOR (PIX, TV), moved at 3:23 p.m., by Patricia Reaney, 506 words)
Nicholas K kicks off New York Fashion Week with 'Urban nomad' style
Luxury brand Nicholas K kicked off New York Fashion Week on Thursday, bringing its desert inspired style to the city with a display of long caftan style dresses and asymmetrical jackets.
(FASHION-NEW YORK/NICHOLAS K (PIX, TV), moved at 4:49 p.m., by Melissa Fares, 307 words)
Konchalovsky says "Rai" tackles evil done in the name of good
VENICE - Andrei Konchalovsky uses the Holocaust-theme in his drama "Rai" to explore how people back then and today commit evil acts all the while believing that what they do is right, the veteran Russian director said at the Venice film festival on Thursday. (FILMFESTIVAL-VENICE/RAI (TV, PIX), moved at 2:49 p.m., 295 words)
Tall tale: study reveals that giraffes are four species, not one
WASHINGTON - Genetic research on the world's tallest land animal has found that there are four distinct species of giraffe, not just one as long believed, with two of them at alarmingly low population levels. (SCIENCE-GIRAFFE/ (PIX), moved at 2:47 p.m., by Will Dunham, 393 words)
BUSINESS AND MARKETS
Apple weighs on Wall St; energy shares a boost
U.S. stocks dipped on Thursday, dragged down by Apple after its iPhone 7 failed to impress Wall Street, but gains in energy shares limited the decline. (USA-STOCKS/ (UPDATE 5), moved at 4:35 p.m., by Caroline Valetkevitch, 369 words) See also: GLOBAL-MARKETS/ (WRAPUP 8, GRAPHICS), moved at 4:14 p.m., 486 words
U.S. jobless claims fall as labor market remains strong
WASHINGTON - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength even as the pace of job growth is slowing. (USA-ECONOMY/ (WRAPUP 2, GRAPHICS), moved at 10:55 a.m., by Lucia Mutikani, 556 words)
Apple will not give first-weekend sales of iPhone 7
SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc will not release first-weekend sales of its new iPhone 7, the company said on Thursday, making it harder for analysts to get a read on the product's prospects amid questions over whether its popularity has peaked. (APPLE-IPHONE/ (UPDATE 4, PIX), moved at 1:02 p.m., by Julia Love, 427 words)
Wells Fargo will pay $190 mln to settle customer fraud case
WASHINGTON - Wells Fargo will pay $185 million in penalties and $5 million to customers that regulators say were pushed into fee-generating accounts that they never requested, officials said on Thursday. (WELLS FARGO-SETTLEMENT/ (UPDATE 1), moved at 1:16 p.m., by Patrick Rucker and Dan Freed, 344 words)
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