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RIO DE JANIERO (AP) — The jinx continues for the U.S. men 4x100 team at the Olympics. For the ninth time since 1995, they've been disqualified or failed to get the baton around at an Olympics or world championships. The U.S. crossed the finish line in third place behind Japan but an improper baton exchange cost them the bronze. Jamaica's Usain Bolt turned a close race into a runaway on the anchor leg. It was Bolt's ninth gold medal in spring events in the past three Games. The U.S. women won gold in the 4x100.
RIO DE JANIERO (AP) — American swimmer Gunnar Bentz is back home, and he says he never lied about being robbed while out with teammates on the final night of Olympic swimming. In a statement released late Friday, he says he never saw anyone break down restroom door at a gas station, and that the swimmers relieved themselves on nearby bushes after a night out. He says teammate Ryan Lochte tore a sign down from the building. He says they were confronted by armed guards about paying for damage. Lochte has apologized for saying the group was robbed.
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters have made major gains on a huge wildfire in Southern California and another wave of evacuees is being allowed home. Containment on the blaze in San Bernardino County jumped from 22 percent to 40 percent on Friday. Officials say the blaze, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, destroyed 96 homes and more than 200 out buildings since it broke out on Tuesday.
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards says short-term housing and food assistance is on the way to victims of the catastrophic flooding in south Louisiana. The governor says FEMA will pay for hotel rooms on a rolling, 30-day basis. Storm victims who are staying in cars, hotels, shelters or their workplace are eligible. Nearly 4,000 people remain in shelters. Donald Trump visited a flood area. President Barack Obama will visit on Tuesday.
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge wants another judge to decide whether metro Phoenix's sheriff and his top aide should be held in criminal contempt-of-court for ignoring court orders in a racial profiling case. Judge Murray Snow said in a ruling Friday that the judge in question will decide whether Sheriff Joe Arpaio (ahr-PY'-oh) should be held in criminal contempt for prolonging his immigration patrols months after Snow had ordered them stopped. The judge said there was also probable cause to believe Arpaio intentionally failed to turn over records that he had promised, under oath, to give to a court official.
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