Golden State downs Cleveland, wins NBA championship
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New York appeals court hears arguments over grand jury records in chokehold death
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New York state appeals court heard arguments on Tuesday over unsealing
minutes of a grand jury that declined to indict a white New York police
officer in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man. A coalition of
groups seeking release of the transcripts told the four-judge panel that
grand jury secrecy undermined confidence in the justice system and
hampered debate among state lawmakers weighing grand jury reforms. The
groups, which included the Legal Aid Society, want the appeals court to
overturn a Staten Island justice's decision in March to bar release of
records of the grand jury that probed the death of Eric Garner, 43, last
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U.S. arrests New York man for Islamic State-inspired bomb plot
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U.S. hotel heir Conrad Hilton gets fine, community service for disrupting flight
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Official: California balcony collapse kills at least 6 people
BERKELEY,
Calif. (AP) — A 21st-birthday party thrown by a group of visiting Irish
college students turned tragic early Tuesday when the fifth-floor
balcony they were crammed onto collapsed with a sharp crack, spilling
them about 50 feet onto the pavement. Six people were killed and seven
seriously injured.Read More ...
Ex-NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal: 'I identify as black'
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With barbs and bluster, Trump barges into 2016 White House race
By Alana Wise NEW YORK (Reuters) - Real estate mogul and TV personality Donald Trump barged his way into the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Tuesday in a blitz of boasts, inflammatory comments and attacks on both fellow Republicans and President Barack Obama's administration. Trump wallowed in political incorrectness as he insulted everyone from Mexican immigrants to Jeb Bush and U.S. ally Saudi Arabia in announcing his bid for the Republican nomination. "I will be the greatest jobs president that God ever created," Trump predicted in a long, combative speech in the atrium of Trump Tower on Manhattan's Fifth Avenue.
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Rachel Dolezal: ‘I identify as black’
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Prosecutors outline case against Phoenix man in Texas attack
PHOENIX
(AP) — Calling him "off-the-charts dangerous," authorities outlined the
evidence Tuesday against a Phoenix man who they say helped orchestrate a
shootout on an anti-Islam event in Texas and had aspirations to join
the Islamic State terrorist organization and attack the Super Bowl.Read More ...
Al-Qaida says U.S. strike killed leader of Yemen branch
The group confirms the death of its No. 2 figure and head of its powerful Yemeni affiliate.Read More ...
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