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BRUSSELS (AP) — The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for yesterday's machete attack in Belgium. A statement posted on a Twitter account linked to the militant group describes the attacker as one of the Islamic State's "soldiers." Belgian prosecutors say he was a 33-year-old Algerian who was known to police for criminal offenses but not for terrorist acts. He was fatally shot after slashing two policewomen outside the main police station in the city of Charleroi (shahr-lur-WAH').
ISTANBUL (AP) — Hundreds of thousands have gathered in Istanbul for a giant rally to mark the end of the nightly demonstrations that followed Turkey's failed coup. The gathering, called the "Democracy and Martyrs' Rally," aims to represent Turkish unity, and is being billed as a cross-party event. Religious leaders and two of Turkey's three opposition parties are attending, but the pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party wasn't invited.
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Workers are building a stone wall around a Walt Disney World lake where an alligator killed a toddler earlier this summer. Disney officials told the Orlando Sentinel that the barrier wall is part of the new security plan following the death of 2-year-old Lane Graves of Omaha, Nebraska. The boulder wall is going up along the beaches of the Seven Seas Lagoon where several resorts are located. Disney also put up warning signs and ropes after the boy was dragged into the lake in June.
WASHINGTON (AP) — John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) says he has no idea how he'll vote in November because he doesn't support Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. The Ohio governor also tells CNN's "State of the Union" that he isn't sure whether Trump can win Ohio if he remains so divisive. Kasich says any candidate who wants to win his support has to "operate in the light," and not on the "dark side of the street."
EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's "not a hack" at golf, but he's not quitting his day job. Obama tells the Golf Channel's "Morning Drive" that he needs some help with his sand shots. The president should get a chance to work on that over the next two weeks. He's scheduled to hit the links several times during his Martha's Vineyard vacation that began yesterday.
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