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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 

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Written by THOMAS BEAUMONT, CATHERINE LUCEY, SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press

Published: 06 December 2015

 

Trump, Carson and Cruz still lead the pack in polls  

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Written by SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press

Published: 05 December 2015

 

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

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Written by KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press

Published: 05 December 2015

 

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

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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   

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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

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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   

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Written by Associated Press

Published: 02 December 2015

 

Shooters yet to be identified by law enforcement   

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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   

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Written by Juliet Linderman, Associated Press

Published: 30 November 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) 

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