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Oct 06 2014
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Ferguson remains on edge as 4-day protest looms
Protesters in this small Midwest city measure time by counting the number of days Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson has remained free since killing Michael Brown.
Here, after 58 days, almost everyone is waiting for a grand jury to decide whether Wilson, who shot the unarmed black 18-year-old on Aug. 9, will face charges. Businesses have put off repairing looter damage and instead
USA TODAYAug 20 2014
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AG Eric Holder to Ferguson: We Will Learn What Happened
The Justice Department intends to determine exactly what happened in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, using the department's "full resources," says Attorney General Eric Holder in a newspaper op-ed published as a Missouri grand jury begins hearing evidence Wednesday.
"At a time when so much may seem uncertain, the people of Ferguson can have confidence that the Justice
Newsmax (News)Aug 19 2014
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Support spreads for officer in Ferguson shooting
In the days since police in Ferguson, Mo., named Darren Wilson as the officer who shot and killed unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, a small, quiet counter-protest, taking place mostly online, has arisen far from the angry, noisy nightly protests roiling Ferguson.
Two Facebook groups, both supporting Wilson, have appeared. Between them, they had more than 36,500 "Likes" as of early
USA TODAYAug 12 2014
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St. Louis Protestors Throw Blood Like Substances on Reporter's Car, Rocks at Police
On Monday evening, protesters in St. Louis who chaotically clashed with police over the shooting of an unarmed black resident jumped on a reporter's car and threw a "blood-like substance" on the hood. New York Times reporter Julie Bosman, who covers the region, said they apologized after realizing she "wasn't police." Confrontations between police and residents have intensified after Michael
Breitbart NewsMar 20 2024
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Would Texas’ New Immigration Law Address the Border Crisis?
Would Texas’ SB 4 immigration law help alleviate the border crisis or encourage racial profiling?
For Context: The law would grant state judges the power to order deportations. The Biden administration argues the law interferes with federal immigration law, while Texas Republicans argue the law is needed to make up for a purported deficiency in federal immigration enforcement. The law
The Nation Wall Street Journal (News) National Review (Opinion)Jun 08 2014
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Though Not Quietly, Kentucky Moves to Cut Reliance on Coal
The E. W. Brown power plant rides like an ocean liner on a rolling ridge in Kentucky, its smokestacks and plumes visible across fields of corn and cattle for miles around.
The coal-fired plant has lighted homes since Dwight D. Eisenhower was in office. But under the Obama administration’s plan to fight global warming, its days could be ticking down. Two of its three coal-fired
New York Times (News)Aug 08 2015
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Unrelenting Ferguson protests pushed year of national change
Unrelenting protests over the death of an unarmed black teen here last summer thrust this St. Louis suburb and it's 21,000 residents into an international spotlight and ushered in a year of national changes.
Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson, who is white, shot to death Michael Brown, Jr., a black 18-year-old on Aug. 9, 2014. The encounter lasted just two minutes, but the shooting
USA TODAYMar 18 2024
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Supreme Court Wary of Limiting Federal Contact With Social Media Companies
Supreme Court justices appeared wary of limiting the government’s ability to communicate with social media platforms in a major online speech case on Monday.
For Context: In July 2023, a federal judge ruled that the Biden administration violated the First Amendment by “coercing” or “significantly encouraging” certain content moderation decisions by social media companies, particularly
New York Times (News) Washington Examiner ReutersDec 28 2014
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Civil rights leaders at odds as Ferguson protests grow
Protests against police treatment of black people have laid bare growing tensions between long-standing civil rights groups that have battled discrimination for decades and new groups of leaders who want an edgier approach.
Activists who spurred demonstrations across the country after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black man in Ferguson, Mo
USA TODAYNov 25 2019
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Ex-White House Counsel McGahn Must Testify to Congress, Judge Rules
WASHINGTON — The former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II must testify before impeachment investigators about Mr. Trump’s efforts to obstruct the Mueller investigation, a judge ruled on Monday.
The 120-page decision by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia handed a victory to House Democrats in their fight to overcome President
New York Times (News)