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Latest Headlines  Brazilian police say Lochte, US swimmers were not robbedAugust 18, 20164:31 PM ET RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and U.S. teammates were not robbed after a night of partying, and that the intoxicated athletes instead vandalized a gas station bathroom and were questioned by guards before they paid for the damage and left.  Trump makes first battleground state ad buysAugust 18, 20164:02 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — A new brain trust in place, Donald Trump on Thursday moved to invest nearly $5 million in battleground state advertising as the Republican presidential contender took modest steps to address daunting challenges in the states that will make or break his White House ambitions.  Image of Aleppo boy shocks world; Russia offers cease-firesAugust 18, 20164:06 PM ET BEIRUT (AP) â The Russian military said Thursday it was ready to back a U.N. call for weekly cease-fires for Syria's contested city of Aleppo, as haunting footage of a young boy's rescue from the aftermath of an airstrike shook global media.  Baton Rouge's summer of pain: Shootings, unrest, now floodsAugust 18, 20164:39 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Anger. Sorrow. Vengeful glee. Guilt. Terrence Carter has experienced it all during Baton Rouge's summer of pain. And on Thursday, as he walked through the dirty water on the floor of his Baton Rouge home, Carter said he was experiencing, of all things, hope.
Latest Headlines  Brazilian police say Lochte, US swimmers were not robbedAugust 18, 20164:31 PM ET RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and U.S. teammates were not robbed after a night of partying, and that the intoxicated athletes instead vandalized a gas station bathroom and were questioned by guards before they paid for the damage and left.  Steelers' Harrison willing to talk PEDs after NFL's deadlineAugust 18, 20165:03 PM ET PITTSBURGH (AP) — A representative for James Harrison says the Pittsburgh linebacker is willing to meet with the NFL to discuss an alleged link to performance-enhancing drugs, but only after a deadline the league imposed while threatening him and three other players with indefinite suspensions.  Why all those empty seats at Rio Games? Plenty of reasonsAugust 18, 20164:50 PM ET RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The taekwondo competition at the Rio Games on Thursday morning was sold out. Not a single seat was left for grabs at the 10,000-capacity arena, where fans spent between $21 and $43 to gain access.
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