The popular Vice President's decision not to run has serious implications for Election 2016
READ MOREAs the GOP looks for leadership, extreme right candidates woo voters looking to stall Obama
READ MOREStates' "compelling interest in crime prevention" cited in rulings
READ MORESeventh graders Sarah Reusser, second from left, and Jayden Witter, right, discuss a recent conflict which they resolved through restorative justice, which included teachers and students gathering in circles for discussions, at Ed White Middle School, Friday, Oct. 16, 2015, in San Antonio. Philip Carney said that three years after starting a restorative discipline program as principal of Ed White Middle School in San Antonio, out-of-school suspensions have dropped by 72 percent. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Like Portland, Denver is treating students mistakes as learning opportunities for all
READ MOREDecision will likely reduce future drilling in the region
READ MORETrump has infuriated many Latinos by characterizing immigrants as murderers and rapists
READ MOREIn this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, Kenneth Evans holds a composite of photographs of his son Tuan Evans, as he poses for a photograph at his home in Temple Hills, Md. Drug criminals once described by prosecutors as unrepentant repeat offenders are among those poised to benefit from new sentencing guidelines that are shrinking punishments for thousands of federal prisoners, according to an Associated Press review of court records. Tuan Evans is scheduled for early release from prison, the result of new sentencing guideline ranges that trim punishment lengths for convicted drug criminals. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Federal officials say roughly 40,000 inmates could be eligible for reduced sentences in coming years
READ MOREProtesters are placed into a van by police early Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in Baltimore. Police officers have converged on Baltimore's City Hall where protesters could be seen being led away to vans and vehicles after an hourslong occupation of the building to protest moves to make permanent the appointment of the city's interim police commissioner. (AP Photo/Juliet Linderman)
As many as 50 protesters disrupted a meeting Wednesday night over the hiring of a police chief
READ MORESen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont, speaks to the media after the CNN Democratic presidential debate Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker)
Sanders and Clinton emerged as the winners of the first Democratic presidential debate
READ MOREYoung and old descend upon the nation’s capital for “Justice or Else” gathering
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