| By Bethel Habte (@bethel_habte)
Jamaica’s Usain Bolt won the 100 meter dash for the third time, becoming the first man to pull off three consecutive wins on the straightaway. He cleared the finish line in 9.81 seconds. Let’s break that down in Americanspeak: Digits of the day 328 feet in 9.81 seconds or 33 feet per second Yeah. 
Usain Bolt of Jamaica celebrates victory in the men's 100m final. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez Bolt’s not really immune to hyperbole: "Somebody said I can become immortal. Two more medals to go and I can sign off. Immortal." Is that what immortality means? Hmm. But what else did he say? "This is what we train for. I told you guys I was going to do it," Bolt, 29, told reporters. "Stay tuned, two more to go.” That’s better. Bolt’s female counterpart, Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson, took gold in her 100 meter dash, spoiling hopes for a third-straight title for her teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. (Jamaicans are really good at this). Bolt’s American counterpart Justin Gatlin, on the other hand, was booed by the crowd. During career, he’s been suspended twice for doping - once for amphetamines contained in his ADHD medicine and once for artificially high levels of testosterone. In other Olympics news: - U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three of his teammates were robbed at gunpoint in a taxi in Rio de Janeiro Sunday night. They left the scene shaken, but unharmed.
- The internet trolls are really getting to U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas. Her mother isn’t having it.
- It wasn’t pretty, but Great Britain’s Andy Murray took the gold in tennis. His compatriot, Mo Farah tripped and was injured by the cleats of fellow 10,000 meter runners, but wound up winning the race for the second time in a row anyway.
- Russian long jumper Darya Klishina won an appeal to compete in Rio after Russia’s track and field team was banned from the Games after a blanket suspension on Russia following revelations of state-backed doping.
Follow all of Reuters’ coverage from Rio.
Around the country - New York City police are searching for a gunman who’s suspected of killing a Muslim cleric and his associate in Queens in broad daylight. The deaths sowed sadness and fear in the borough’s Bangladeshi community.
- The fatal shooting of a black man in Milwaukee by a police officer has prompted peaceful protests as well as rioting. Police Chief Edward Flynn said video from the officer's body camera showed Sylville K. Smith, 23, had turned toward the officer with a gun in his hand. Tensions flared up again last night - one person was killed and a police officer was injured.
- In a rally in Connecticut (a very blue state), Donald Trump doubled down on his erroneous claim that President Obama founded Islamic State, and railed against the media because of reports that his campaign is failing.
Quote of the day "It's asinine that he would be in Connecticut holding a public rally less than 90 days before the election," said Republican strategist Matt Mackowiak. "You don't see Hillary publicly campaigning in Idaho and Mississippi. I have to think this proves the candidate is running the campaign, which explains why it's such a disaster of biblical proportions."
Around the world - Kurdish forces have launched a fresh campaign to retake Mosul from Islamic State. The advance began after heavy shelling and airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition, a Reuters correspondent reported.
- Taliban insurgents captured a key region in northern Afghanistan in an effort to force the NATO-led coalition out of the country and bring in Islamic law. Despite air support from U.S. and Afghan warplanes, Afghan troops are struggling against the group.
- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says the European Union should grant Turks visa-free travel in October or forget about a deal that involves Turkey choking the flow of migrants into Europe.
Around Wall Street
- Tesla removed the word "autopilot" and a Chinese term for "self-driving" from its Chinese website after a driver in Beijing crashed in "autopilot" mode and complained that Tesla oversold the feature and misled buyers.
- Nissan has developed a new hyper-efficient gas engine that it says could make today's advanced diesel engines obsolete. The technology allows for high power and fuel efficiency - carmakers usually have to trade one for the other.
- Japan's economic growth ground to a halt last quarter. Weak exports and shaky domestic demand prompted companies to cut spending. The pressure’s on premier Shinzo Abe to come up with new stimulus ideas.
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