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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (AP) - CHARLOTTESVILLE RESIDENTS ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO TALK WITH CITY OFFICIALS ABOUT A WHITE NATIONALIST RALLY EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT DEVOLVED INTO DEADLY VIOLENCE. THE CITY IS HOSTING WHAT IT CALLS A "COMMUNITY RECOVERY TOWN HALL" THURSDAY EVENING, IN COLLABORATION WITH A DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

JERUSALEM (AP) - WHITE HOUSE ENVOY JARED KUSHNER HAS BEGUN A ROUND OF TALKS WITH ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN LEADERS AS HE RESUMES EFFORTS TO RESTART PEACE TALKS. KUSHNER, WHO IS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S SON IN LAW, ARRIVED AT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S OFFICE IN JERUSALEM ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS (AP) - THE TICKET THAT WON THE $758.7 MILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT WAS SOLD IN CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, NOT ACROSS THE STATE WATERTOWN AS MASSACHUSETTS LOTTERY OFFICIALS ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED. THE MASSACHUSETTS STATE LOTTERY SAID THURSDAY IT MADE A MISTAKE, AND THAT THE WINNING TICKET WAS SOLD AT THE PRIDE STATION & STORE IN CHICOPEE, IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS. THE LOTTERY DID NOT SAY HOW IT HAD MADE THE ERROR.

ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS (AP) - A POLICE SPOKESMAN IN POLAND'S CAPITAL SAYS AUTHORITIES WILL DEPLOY UNIFORMED AND PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS AT AMERICAN ROCK BAND ALLAH-LAS' CONCERT IN WARSAW A DAY AFTER THE GROUP'S GIG WAS CANCELED IN THE NETHERLANDS BECAUSE OF A TERROR THREAT. THE POLICE SPOKESMAN ROBERT SZUMIATA HAS TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THEY HAD NO INFORMATION OF ANY THREAT TO THE CONCERT OF THE LOS ANGELES BAND TO BE HELD AT A DOWNTOWN CLUB.
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CASPER RESIDENTS SAID DURING A FORUM WEDNESDAY THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COULD HELP ITS IMAGE BY SHOWING ITSELF MORE SUCH AS ITS OFFICERS DID DURING THE ECLIPSEFEST.

THIS WAS AMONG THE RECOMMENDATIONS RESIDENTS MADE TO CONSULTANTS FOR THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGEMENT, WHICH WAS HIRED BY THE CASPER CITY COUNCIL TO CONDUCT A THOROUGH, INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

CENTER CONSULTANT AND FORMER PASEDENA, CALIFORNIA, INTERIM POLICE CHIEF WAYNE HILTZ HAS BEEN REVIEWING DATA ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S WORK LOAD, STAFFING, DEPLOYMENT, OPERATIONS, AND SUPPORT SERVICES.

HILTZ SAID WEDNESDAY'S FORUM IS PART OF THE RESEARCH.

A COUPLE OF THE WOMEN IN THE AUDIENCE REFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT'S PERCEIVED DISINTEREST IN INVESTIGATING SEXUAL ASSAULT CASES.

SEVERAL PEOPLE SAID THE DEPARTMENT IS RESPECTED, BUT IT COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITHIN ITSELF AND WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE POLICE PRESENCE WITH OFFICERS WALKING AND BIKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

HILTZ SAID HE AND THE OTHER CONSULTANTS WILL ISSUE A REPORT BY OCTOBER.

HE SAID WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE CENTER ISSUES THE REPORT IS UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
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TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND OTHERS, INCLUDING AN INFANT, WERE INJURED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN A HEAD-ON CRASH ON WYOMING HIGHWAY 220 NEAR THE CARBON COUNTY LINE.

THE NAMES AND AGES OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.

SHORTLY BEFORE 4 P.M. WEDNESDAY, WYOMING HIGHWAY PATROL SGT. KYLE MCKAY SAID THE INJURED INFANT WAS STILL ALIVE TO HIS KNOWLEDGE.

THE CRASH OCCURRED AT ROUGHLY 1:30 P.M. WEDNESDAY WHEN TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED HEAD-ON.

SCANNER TRAFFIC INDICATED LIFE FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO THE SCENE AT 1:45 P.M.

TROOPERS WERE STILL INVESTIGATING AT THE SCENE AS OF 4 P.M. WEDNESDAY. FURTHER DETAILS WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.

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