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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians have been visiting the scene of today's terror attack in Jakarta, leaving flowers and messages calling for prayers and national unity. Indonesian police say five attackers and two other people were killed in explosions and gunfire in downtown Jakarta. Backers of the Islamic State group are circulating a claim of responsibility.
MIAMI (AP) — Defense Secretary Ash Carter says it appears a navigational error caused Navy boats to stray into Iranian waters in the Persian Gulf where they were detained Tuesday night by Iran. He told Univision today that the sailors were not on a covert mission and were simply making their way from Kuwait to Bahrain, both on the western coast of the Gulf. Defense officials say it remains unclear if the crew made a mistake or if the navigational equipment was to blame for the incident. The ten sailors are now back with their fleet.
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing broadly higher, led by gains in oil and gas companies as the price of crude turned higher. The gains came a day after the market had its worst drop since September. Chevron and Exxon Mobil each jumped 5 percent, by far the biggest gains in the Dow Jones industrial average. The Dow finished 227 points higher. The S&P gained 31 points. The Nasdaq added 88 points.
CHICAGO (AP) — Attorneys for the city of Chicago have released 2013 surveillance video showing a white police officer fatally shooting a 17-year-old black carjacking suspect. A federal judge today lifted an order blocking the release, after the city dropped its objections. The officer shot Cedrick Chatman during a foot chase. The officer says he fired after seeing Chatman turn toward officers with a dark object in his hand that he thought was a gun. Investigators later determined it was an iPhone box. Chatman's mother is suing the city and the two police officers who pursued the teen.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco judge is denying a woman's request that he require a Catholic hospital to perform a tubal ligation to prevent pregnancy. The judge today upheld his previous tentative ruling that Mercy Medical Center in Redding, California, was not engaging in sex discrimination by denying Rebecca Chamorro the procedure. The judge said the hospital's policy against sterilization also applies to men and that Chamorro could get the procedure at another hospital.
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