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Details: Written by Michael Graczyk, Associated Press; Published: 23 December 2015

Sharon Cooper, sister of Sandra Bland, left, and her mother, Geneva Reed-Veal, listen to family attorney Cannon Lambert during an interview with the Associated Press on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, in Chicago. A Texas grand jury decided that neither sheriff's officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of Bland, a black woman who died in a Texas county jail last summer. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

A grand jury declined to indict Sandra Bland's jailers, the state trooper who arrested her may face charges

Details: Written by LISA LERER, Associated Press; Published: 20 December 2015

Data dispute highlights apparent disconnect between Sanders and his staff

Details: Written by RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and JOSH BOAK, Associated Press; Published: 20 December 2015

The Associated Press looks at the political claims that shortchange the facts or don't tell the full story

Details: Written by Juliet Linderman, Associated Press; Published: 17 December 2015

Demonstrators protest outside of the courthouse in response to a hung jury and mistrial for Officer William Porter, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015, in Baltimore Md. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The mistrial left Baltimore in suspense and confusion, with no immediate understanding of what happens next

Details: Written by JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press; Published: 15 December 2015

Will O'Malley change US anti-terror strategy?

Details: Written by ALAN FRAM, Associated Press; Published: 14 December 2015

Tax breaks, security spending, energy: here's what's at stake in the budget negotiations

Details: Written by MICHAEL R. SISAK, Associated Press; Published: 14 December 2015

Anti-Muslim prejudice is having a negative impact on children

Details: Written by JULIET LINDERMAN, BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press; Published: 14 December 2015

Officer William Porter was accused of denying Gray medical care

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

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