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Details: Written by DAVID A. LIEB, Associated Press; Published: 06 July 2016

In this May 30, 2013 file photo, Texas state Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa looks at maps on display prior to a Senate Redistricting committee hearing in Austin, Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court handed Texas a victory Monday, April 4, 2016, upholding the state's system of drawing legislative voting districts based on everyone who lives there, not just registered voters. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Racial gerrymandering has resulted in underrepresentation of minorities in legislatures

Details: Written by MIKE KUNZELMAN, Associated Press; Published: 06 July 2016

Protestors gather at the intersection of N. Foster and Fairfields, near the Triple S Food Mart after Alton Sterling was shot and killed by Baton Rouge Police in the early hours of Tuesday morning, July 5, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. An autopsy shows Sterling, 37, of Baton Rouge, died Tuesday of multiple gunshot wounds to the chest and back, said East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. William Clark. Officers responded to the store about 12:35 a.m. Tuesday after an anonymous caller indicated a man selling music CDs and wearing a red shirt threatened him with a gun, said Cpl. L'Jean McKneely. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP)

Alton Sterling, 37, was shot and killed Tuesday by Baton Rouge police officers

Details: Written by ALAN FRAM, Associated Press; Published: 05 July 2016

The Republican convention in Cleveland is likely to be contentious

Details: Written by ERIC TUCKER, KEN THOMAS, Associated Press; Published: 05 July 2016

Comey says email handling was "extremely careless" but not criminal

Details: Written by MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press; Published: 04 July 2016

In hard hit housing markets, financial firms buy up homes for rentals

Details: Written by THOMAS BEAUMONT, Associated Press; Published: 03 July 2016

VIDEO: What Trump's recent staff changes mean for his campaign

Details: Written by ERIC TUCKER and KEN THOMAS, The Associated Press; Published: 03 July 2016

Clinton's use of a private email server raised security issues

Details: Written by ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press; Published: 02 July 2016

Three girls and boy all under 5 are found dead; boy, 7, escaped

Details: Written by DEB RIECHMANN and KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press; Published: 01 July 2016

A Predator drone; sometimes used in targeted killings. Photo by U.S. Air Force photo/Lt Col Leslie Pratt, Public Domain.

President Barack Obama will disclose the number of civilians killed in U.S. military and CIA drone strikes since he took office

Details: Written by Victoria Jones NNPA/DTU Journalism Fellow, The Washington Informer; Published: 30 June 2016

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a civil rights advocacy group and political lobbying organization for the LGBTQ community, posted photos of victims of the Orlando shooting in its national office. Photo courtesy of the Washington Informer.

‘We Are Orlando’ campaign shows the faces of shooting victims

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