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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

Details: Written by David Dishneau, Juliet Linderman, Associated Press; Published: 02 December 2015

William Porter, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, arrives at a courthouse for jury selection in his trial, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Baltimore. Porter faces charges of manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. (Rob Carr/Pool Photo via AP)

Prosecuter said William Porter could have saved Freddie Gray if he called for a medic

Details: Written by Juliet Linderman, Associated Press; Published: 30 November 2015

Jury selection for the first police officer to go to trial in Freddie Gray's death began Monday

Details: Written by OSH LEDERMAN, SETH BORENSTEIN, Associated Press; Published: 29 November 2015

Thousands pilgrimage to Paris for climate summit, but Congress keeps head in sand

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