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San Francisco police chief quits amid racism row
San Francisco's Police Chief Greg Suhr has stepped down hours after a police officer shot and killed a young black woman.
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Zimmerman closes gun auction, doesn't identify winning bid
George Zimmerman says he's vetting bids after closing an auction for the pistol he used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin during an al-tercation.
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Trump, Clinton tied in New Hampshire poll
MassINC conducted the poll f-rom May 12-15, surveying 501 likely voters via landlines and cellphones. The margin of error is plus or minus 4.4 percentage points.
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Chicago officer who killed unarmed woman resigns f-rom force
A Chicago police officer whose fatal shooting of an unarmed woman was one of a series of killings of young black people that shattered the public's trust has opted to quit rather than fight to keep his job.
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Groups seek immediate halt to North Carolina transgender bathroom law
Groups supporting the rights of transgender people filed a motion on Monday asking a U.S. judge to block North Carolina f-rom enforcing a law that mandates bathroom access according to birth sex while the measure is being challenged.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders visits Puerto Rico amid debt crisis
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warned Monday of a humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico, calling on the U.S. government to support a debt restructure in the territory.
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Ben Carson spilled the beans on Donald Trump's possible vice-presidential picks
Ben Carson inadvertently revealed who was on Donald Trump's list of possible running mates on Sunday in an interview with The Washington Post.
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Democrats: Benghazi chairman ignores statement by GOP lawyer
The House Benghazi committee's Republican chairman is ignoring statements by his own former lawyer indicating that the U.S. military acted properly on the night of the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, attacks in Libya, the panel's Democrats said.
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Carson says Christie, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio and Palin are on Trump’s shortlist for VP
Ben Carson says Donald Trump’s list of possible running mates includes some awfully familiar names for anyone who’s followed the 2016 presidential race: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
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Bids in George Zimmerman gun auction top $65M
Zimmerman told the Orlando Sentinel that GunBroker.com was not "prepared for the traffic and publicity surrounding the auction of my firearm. It has now been placed with another auction house."
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Gun George Zimmerman Used to Kill Trayvon Pulled f-rom Auction Site
The gun that George Zimmerman used to kill black teen Trayvon Martin seems to have been pulled f-rom the auction site whe-re he listed it today, shortly after the shooter
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Governor Calls For Investigation After Police Beat Pursuit Suspect On Live TV
A high-speed chase that started in Massachusetts ended in New Hampshire with officers punching a suspect while he appeared to surrender. The N.H. governor called for a full investigation.
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Missouri to execute man who killed three, including deputy
The execution, set to take place between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 6 p.m. Thursday at the state prison in Bonne Terre
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Massachusetts stabbings: two dead in attack at shopping mall and home
Police say Arthur DaRosa was shot dead by a sheriff’s deputy after fatally stabbing a woman at a house, a man at a shopping mall and wounding others
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Obama to visit Hiroshima but White House offers no sign of A-bomb apology
Barack Obama will later this month become the first sitting US president to visit Hiroshima, the site of America’s devastating nuclear attack which killed 140,000 people.
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Republicans are losing the argument over Merrick Garland. And it’s only going to get worse.
Nevertheless, Republican unity hasn’t cracked — to date only two GOP senators, Susan Collins and Mark Kirk, have said they support granting Garland a hearing.
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Obama Administration Sues North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Bathroom Bill
The Justice Department says the law “stigmatizes and singles out” transgender people.
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Decision time for FBI on Clinton
The FBI investigation swirling around Hillary Clinton’s presidential run appears to have entered its final stages.
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