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Details: Written by KARL RITTER, Associated Press; Published: 12 December 2015

Breakdown of the goals, the targets and the money

Details: Written by The Skanner News; Published: 12 December 2015

The pact aims to hold global warming to under 2 degrees Celsius

Details: Written by NOMAAN MERCHANT and SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press; Published: 11 December 2015

David Prater, Oklahoma County district attorney, speaks to the media after the verdicts were read in the trial of former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw at the Oklahoma County Courthouse in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015. Holtzclaw was convicted of raping and sexually victimizing eight women on his police beat in a minority, low-income neighborhood. (Nate Billings/The Oklahoman via AP)

Holtzclaw found guilty of 18 counts of rape, acquitted of 18 others

Details: Written by THOMAS BEAUMONT, CATHERINE LUCEY, SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press; Published: 06 December 2015

Trump, Carson and Cruz still lead the pack in polls

Details: Written by SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press; Published: 05 December 2015

Officers reported that Laquan McDonald was aggressive with knife; video shows him walking away

Details: Written by KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press; Published: 05 December 2015

President Obama appealed to Americans to come together as brothers and sisters

Details: Written by By Erika R. Whitehead, Howard University Journalism Program; Published: 05 December 2015

Descendants of enslaved Americans will be able to trace their ancestry

Details: Written by Steve Karnowski, Associated Press; Published: 04 December 2015

Black Lives Matter protesters marched from City Hall ended up at the Police Officers Federation in northeast Minneapolis, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, to demand answers in the death of Jamar Clark. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Star Tribune via AP)

Police say protesters won't be allowed to set up similar encampments or block streets

Details: Written by Amanda Lee Myers, Justin Pritchard, Associated Press; Published: 03 December 2015

FBI agents search outside a home in connection to the shootings in San Bernardino, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Redlands, Calif.. A heavily armed man and woman opened fire Wednesday on a holiday banquet, killing multiple people and seriously wounding others in a precision assault, authorities said. Hours later, they died in a shootout with police. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

Federal investigators Thursday were trying to learn why the couple left behind their 6-month-old daughter and went on the rampage

Details: Written by Associated Press; Published: 02 December 2015

Shooters yet to be identified by law enforcement

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