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Ambushes in Dallas and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and other shootings around the country led to a sharp increase in the number of police killed in the line of duty this year. From Jan. 1 through Wednesday, 135 officers lost their lives. Some died in traffic accidents, but nearly half were ...
... to solve, said Thomas Harvey, co-founder and executive director of ArchCity Defenders, a nonprofit advocacy group that provides legal services for indigent people in Ferguson and the rest of St. Louis County, Missouri. “Why do we as the public keep expecting police officers to fill the role of nurses ...
... without any form of healthcare. And he ushered the most deportations of any president in American history. It is also under President Obama that the Ferguson and Baltimore uprisings occurred. The Black Lives Matter movement rose in the midst of his silence and inaction. And, very personal for me as ...
re are no plans to expand the curriculum. “We’re just trying to make ends meet with what we’ve got.” Still, he noted the cuts to state funding weren’t as bad as expected. “There are some positive things, even in the negative world,” Ferguson said. He said he ...
... be shot down by a police officer. WILLIAM BRANGHAM: And for LeGrier's mother, the question was why lethal force was used against her son. JANET COOKSEY, Mother of Quintonio LeGrier: What happened to Tasers? Seven times, my son was shot. Something just needs to be done. I used to ...
... the United States grapples with concerns over policing in minority communities following the deaths of Martin, 17, in Florida three years ago, Brown, 18, in Ferguson, Missouri, last year and Gray, 25, in Baltimore earlier this year. Their deaths, as well as those of other black men and women, have ...
In the year following the death of Michael Brown, America has seen its share of racial disquiet. The Aug. 9, 2014, shooting death of the black teenager at the hands of a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked weeks of protest, and drew attention to a brand new civil ...
In our news wrap Thursday, a former State Department staffer who helped set up Hillary Clinton's private email server plans to cite his right against self-incrimination before a House committee investigating the Benghazi attack. Also, presidential candidate Donald Trump ruled out a third party candidacy if he doesn’t win the Republican nomination.
After a string of sunny seasons gripped by controversy, crises and plummeting popularity, the summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency.
In our news wrap Thursday, three firefighters were killed in Washington state after their vehicle crashed and was overcome by flames. Also, the NOAA reported that July was the hottest month ever in recorded history.
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