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DALLAS (AP) — Police in Dallas say they're in a standoff with a person in a downtown parking garage, and that there's been an exchange of gunfire. They believe the person is connected to the ambush of police officers during a protest over police shootings. Eleven officers were shot and four of them have died. Police Chief David Brown says the gunman in the garage has told them that 'the end is near' and there are bombs 'all over the place.' Three other suspects are in custody.
DALLAS (AP) — Before chaos erupted in downtown Dallas, there was a peaceful gathering of hundreds of people Thursday night, who were protesting this week's fatal police shootings of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and another near St. Paul, Minnesota. Video footage of the protest shows people marching along a street near City Hall, when shots erupt, sending the crowd scattering. Some people were seen carrying their children.
EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — Officials in Kansas say a tornado has caused widespread damage in the southeastern town of Eureka, but no injuries have been reported. Greenwood County Emergency Management Director Levi Vinson tells The Wichita Eagle some of the structural damage includes a local nursing home. Some residents are taking shelter at a local church.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia says it's extending its military mission in Afghanistan by six months to mid-2017. Australia's caretaker government says, "It is vital to continue to build the capacity of the Afghan security forces to defend the Afghan people against the Taliban and other terrorist groups." On Wednesday, President Barack Obama said the United States would scale back plans to draw down troop numbers, with 8,400 to remain in Afghanistan next year.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A judge is denying Bill Cosby's request to force the woman accusing him of sexual assault to testify before trial. The judge in Norristown, Pennsylvania, says prosecutors worked within the law by using police statements as a stand-in for her at his preliminary hearing. Cosby's lawyers say they should've been allowed to cross-examine accuser Andrea Constand because her decade-old statements about the 2004 encounter raised more questions than they answered.
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