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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Groups of college students are coming to the condominium complex parking lot where a black man was shot and killed by a black Charlotte, North Carolina, police officer. One group of students came from colleges in the Greensboro-area, some 90 miles away. Before nightfall, a memorial was set up at the site where Scott was shot. People prayed and held candles, and flowers were placed beneath a table.
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The father of a man who was fatally shot by a police officer in Tulsa, Oklahoma, says his son had his hands up "just like I told him to do." The Rev. Joey Crutcher says his son Terence knew to put his hands up when approached by police. Forty-year-old Terence Crutcher, who was black and unarmed, was fatally shot Friday by a white police officer. His twin sister says the family wants charges to be brought against the officers involved.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump says he acknowledged the fact that President Barack Obama was born in the U.S. because he "wanted to get on with the campaign." He didn't explain at the time why he reversed five years of promoting the story that Obama was born somewhere other than Hawaii. But he tells ABC6 in Toledo, Ohio that "A lot of people were asking me questions" and he wanted to talk about jobs, the military and "how to get rid of" the Islamic State group.
DATELINE (AP) — The FBI is looking for two men who took a suitcase holding a bomb that didn't explode in New York City. Federal prosecutors have charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with setting a bomb in New Jersey and two in New York City. The FBI issued a poster today showing "two unidentified individuals" who investigators want to talk to. Investigators have said the two men are being sought as witnesses, not suspects.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Ricans are without power tonight after a big fire erupted at an electricity plant that powers most of the island. The blaze today caused a blackout that swept across the U.S. territory of 3.5 million people. The Electric Power Authority says two transmission lines failed. An agency official says he expects most power to be restored by morning, adding that airports, hospitals, police stations and water plants would get priority.
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