What robbery?  Brazilian police say Ryan Lochte's wallet was detected in X-ray scan AFTER he claims it was seized at gunpoint as officers launch probe into star's dramatic hold-up story  — Police arrived to the Olympic Village on Wednesday to seize the passports of Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen

Steve Bannon's Plan to Free Donald Trump and Save His Campaign  —  Along with campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, Bannon will encourage Trump to cast aside political niceties and aggressively go with his gut.  —  JoshuaGreen  —  “I am who I am,” Donald Trump declared …

Uber's First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month  —  Near the end of 2014, Uber co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick flew to Pittsburgh on a mission: to hire dozens of the world's experts in autonomous vehicles.  The city is home to Carnegie Mellon University's …

Donald Trump aide on awkward exchange with CNN anchor: ‘I think I unraveled her’  —  An interview between a CNN anchor and a top aide to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump devolved into a palpably uncomfortable debate over polls on Wednesday evening.

Clinton Rises to 348 Electoral Votes, Trump Drops to 190  —  Clinton now above 270 Safe or Likely Democratic electoral votes for the first time  —  New Hampshire may just have four electoral votes, but it's important.  If you doubt it, just ask any Granite State citizens, and they'll tell you about their first-in-the-nation primary.

Trump on Clinton campaign: 'She doesn't really do that much'  —  is questioning the amount of work Hillary Clinton  —  is putting into her campaign and said that her schedule is unfair.  —  “She doesn't really do that much.  She'll give a speech on teleprompter, and then she'll disappear.

Election Update: Why Clinton Doesn't Have This Race Locked Up  —  Want these election updates emailed to you right when they're published?  Sign up here.  —  Hillary Clinton's chances of winning the presidency have held fairly steady in the FiveThirtyEight models over the past 10 days.

WIRED Endorses Optimism  —  BEEN NEUTRAL.  —  For nearly a quarter of a century, this organization has championed a specific way of thinking about tomorrow.  If it's true, as the writer William Gibson once had it, that the future is already here, just unevenly distributed …

Why Blacks Loathe Trump  —  So now Donald Trump is campaigning for the black vote.  (Long, awkward pause.)  —  Like so much of what Trump has said and done, this new outreach forces writers like me to conduct scatological studies, framing Trump's actions in their historical and intellectual absurdity.

Clinton Foundation hired cyber firm after suspected hacking: sources  —  Bill and Hillary Clinton's charitable foundation hired the security firm FireEye to examine its data systems after seeing indications they might have been hacked, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Jan Brewer Clarifies Clinton “Lying Killer” Remark: It Was A “Stumble Of The Tongue”  —  Former Arizona Governor Jan Brewer says she suffered a “stumble of the tongue” on Tuesday when she seemed to call Hillary Clinton a “lying killer” during a radio interview.  —  “People want a fighter.

Omaha dad finds pot brownies, eats 4 of them, says mean things to cat  —  An Omaha dad who mistakenly ate some marijuana brownies didn't enjoy the experience.  —  Omaha police officers were called to a house near 90th and Maple Streets about 9:45 p.m. Tuesday to investigate an accidental overdose.

Early Voting Dictates a New Clinton Campaign Structure  —  Campaigns in the past were structured around the map, but Clinton's campaign is built around the calendar.  —  For years, presidential campaigns seeking to divide the country into manageable chunks have turned to geography.

Fox News postpones Trump town hall  —  Fox News announced Tuesday night that it was postponing the airing of a town hall interview with Donald Trump  —  that was recored earlier in the evening.  —  Network anchor Sean Hannity was scheduled to moderate the event in Milwaukee …

Is Putin playing Trump like he did Berlusconi?  —  U.S. officials see parallels between Putin's courtships of Trump and the former Italian leader.  —  In January 2009, the U.S. ambassador in Rome cabled Washington to raise an alarm.  Russian President Vladimir Putin, the diplomat wrote …

U.S. Held Cash Until Iran Freed Prisoners  —  An Iranian cargo plane left Geneva with $400 million in cash after a flight with Americans aboard took off from Tehran in January  —  WASHINGTON—New details of the $400 million U.S. payment to Iran earlier this year depict a tightly scripted …

Clinton sends Kaine into red territory  —  When Tim Kaine lands in Jackson for a pair of closed-door fundraisers on Thursday, it won't be because Hillary Clinton's running mate is desperate for Wyoming's three electoral votes.  —  The vice presidential contender's trip west to raise cash …

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NPR Website To Get Rid Of Comments  —  NPR is making an announcement today that is sure to upset a loyal core of its audience, those who comment online at NPR.org (including those who comment on this blog).  As of Aug. 23, online comments, a feature of the site since 2008, will be disabled.