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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities want to know more about claims by U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and three teammates that they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Lochte is back in the U.S. after competing in the Olympic Games, but teammates Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz were removed from their plane last night, so that they could talk with local authorities. Brazilian authorities say U.S. swimmer James Feigan is also expected to speak with them today.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Twenty-five gold medals are waiting to be won at the Rio Olympics today, with the marque event featuring Usain Bolt in his favorite race, the 200 meter sprint. The Jamaican superstar is aiming for his 8th gold medal. Other top track events include the women's 800 meters and 400 meter hurdles and the men's 400 meter hurdles, the decathlon and shot put.
DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) — Louisiana residents in Gueydan (GAY'-dawh) may be the next community that has to evacuate flooding. The local fire chief says about 60 to 70 homes are outside the levee system and he's suggested that those residents leave. Flooding in the Baton Rouge and Lafayette areas already has damaged some 40,000 homes and left at least 13 people dead.
LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — A transit bus crash in Lebanon, Pennsylvania has sent at least 17 people to the hospital. Authorities say the bus slammed into several cars, a bridge, a utility pole, the corner of a church and a trash bin, which was pushed into the porch of a home. All the injuries in last night's crash were on the bus.
MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Jan Brady knows how to invest in real estate. Eve Plumb, the actress who played Jan Brady on the 1970's sitcom "The Brady Bunch," has just sold a Malibu beach house for $3.9 million. The Los Angeles Times reports the Plumb bought the 850-square-foot cottage for $55,300 when she was 11 years old.
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