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DENHAM SPRINGS, La. (AP) — It's unclear how many southern Louisiana residents flooded out of their homes will need temporary housing. An estimated 40,000 homes have been damaged by deadly flooding. Some people are staying in shelters or sleeping in trailers on their front lawns. State officials are urging landlords to allow short-term leases and encouraging people to rent out any empty space available. And federal officials say they're looking into lining up rental properties and are considering using temporary housing units.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities plan today to talk to three teammates of U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte about their claims that they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Lochte originally said he and his teammates were robbed in a taxi by men with a police badge. Then Lochte told NBC that the robbery happened when the taxi stopped at a gas station, and although the gun was pointed at him, it wasn't placed to his head. Lochte is back in the U.S. after competing in the Olympics.
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have launched simultaneous raids in 18 cities against companies linked to U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen (FEH'-too-lah goo-LEN'). Turkey accuses Gulen of being the mastermind behind Turkey's failed July 15 coup attempt and has branded his movement a terror organization. Gulen denies involvement. The state-run Anadolu Agency says the raids were carried out today after warrants were issued for the detention of 187 businessmen.
BEIRUT (AP) — Amnesty International says more than 17,000 detainees have died in Syrian government detention facilities since the start of the 2011 uprising against President Bashar Assad. The international human rights group estimates that more than 17,700 people have died in custody in Syria between March 2011 and the end of 2015.
DETROIT (AP) — Ride-hailing service Uber says it will start hauling passengers with self-driving cars on the streets of Pittsburgh in next several weeks. The company says the autonomous Ford Fusions will have human backup drivers but will transport passengers just like normal Uber vehicles. Uber has a self-driving research lab in Pittsburgh and is working on autonomous technology.
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