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CHARLEROI, Belgium (AP) — Belgium's prime minister says "preliminary indications" suggest today's attack outside a police station was an act of terrorism, but that authorities are still collecting information. Authorities say two female officers were wounded by a man wielding a machete and shouting "Allahu Akhbar." The attacker was shot dead. The prime minister has cut short his vacation in the south of France and will return to Belgium for a meeting tomorrow of the National Security Council.
CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of people are gathered on Chicago's southwest side to protest police brutality and the latest killing of a black 18-year-old by the city's police force. They're carrying signs with slogans like "Stop racist police terror" and the name of Paul O'Neal, who was killed July 28. Nine videos from police dashcams and body cameras were released yesterday in what the police superintendent says is the beginning of a more transparent process in the city.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — There's been a scare at the Olympic Equestrian Center in Rio, as a military bullet pierced the roof of the media tent and landed on the floor. The bullet landed inches from one of the media tables at the end of the room where the press conferences are held, leaving a clear hole in the roof. The arena is located near a military compound. The incident occurred during the lunch break at the dressage (dreh-SAHZH') event today. The competition wasn't disrupted and nobody was hurt.
CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — Promoters say upcoming concerts will go on as scheduled at a New Jersey amphitheater where a railing collapsed during a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert last night. Forty-two people were hurt at Camden's BB&T Pavilion when the railing gave way, sending people plunging onto concrete 10 feet below.
CELORON, N.Y. (AP) — A new statue of Lucille Ball has been unveiled in the late actress' hometown to replace one that critics dubbed "Scary Lucy." Hundreds of fans gathered today at Lucille Ball Memorial Park in the western New York village of Celoron (SEHL'-ur-ahn) as the tarp was removed from the new statue, made by sculptor Carolyn Palmer. The previous statue, derided in a Facebook campaign, isn't going away, though. The mayor says it will be given another spot in the park.
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