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Many of us will spend Memorial Day weekend spending time with family, or even shopping the sales. Kevin Powers, an Army veteran and author of the critically acclaimed novel "The Yellow Birds," reminds us how many families and service members…

May 27

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When is it necessary for police to shoot a person?

After police in Sacramento shot and killed Stephon Clark in his grandmother’s yard, California lawmakers proposed legislation that only allows police to shoot people if there are no other reasonable options. But as Newshour Weekend’s Christopher Booker reports, law enforcement…