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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain (yoo-SAYN') Bolt has completed his triple-triple at Rio. He anchored the Jamaica 4x100-meter relay to victory in the final to ensure three gold medals at three consecutive Olympics. Bolt waved the baton to the crowd after coasting across the finish in a winning time of 37.27 seconds for his ninth Olympic gold medal. The U.S. team was disqualified -- again. This time for exchanging the baton illegally outside the zone at the first change.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's still not clear why U.S. Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte (LAHK'-tee) embellished details of an encounter with armed security guards at a Rio de Janeiro gas station and called it a robbery. But he did apologize for his behavior. He says he should've been more "careful and candid" about how he described what happened after a night of partying with his teammates. Police say he and three other swimmers vandalized the gas station restroom.
MIAMI (AP) — There's more bad news for South Florida. Miami's South Beach has been identified as a second site of Zika transmission by mosquitoes on the U.S. mainland. Five cases of Zika have been connected to mosquitoes in Miami Beach, bringing the state's caseload to 36 infections not related to travel outside the U.S. Containing it will be difficult in Miami Beach. The high-rise buildings and strong winds there make it impractical to spray the area from the air.
PHELAN, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of residents chased by a wildfire from their mountain and desert homes in Southern California's San Bernardino National Forest are slowly beginning to return home and take stock of their losses. The huge blaze that erupted Tuesday in drought-parched canyons 60 miles east of Los Angeles destroyed at least 96 homes and 213 outbuildings. The fire charred nearly 58 square miles and is 40 percent contained.
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says FEMA will start paying for hotel rooms for flood victims staying in cars, hotels, shelters or their workplaces. A disaster food stamp program will begin Monday. And the state intends to start consolidating shelters this weekend as more of the displaced return home or find other places to stay. The flooding prompted more than 30,000 rescues and left an estimated 40,000 homes damaged.
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