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  • 61 Shot in Chicago Over Christmas Weekend 

    More than 60 people were shot in Chicago over the Christmas weekend, leaving 11 dead, the Chicago Tribune reports. Most of the violence took place on the city’s South and West sides. The holiday weekend started with five teenagers being shot within feet of one another in the city’s South Austin neighborhood. The Tribune reports…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • President Obama Says He Could Have Beaten Trump if He Had Run for 3rd Term

    In an interview released Monday, President Obama said that he could have beaten Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “if I had run again.” Former Obama adviser and longtime friend David Axelrod, a CNN analyst, interviewed the outgoing president for his podcast The Axe Files, CNN reports. In the interview, Obama says that Hillary Clinton’s campaign…

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    Monique Judge

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  • L.A.’s 1st Black District Attorney Under Pressure to Prosecute Police Shootings

    People in Los Angeles are calling for the county’s first black district attorney to take a tougher stance and prosecute police for the shootings of unarmed black men. Jackie Lacey is under pressure to make a decision in two cases of high-profile police shootings that resulted in the deaths of unarmed black men, the Los…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Church Accidentally Prints Lyrics to 2Pac’s ‘Hail Mary’ for Christmas Carol Service 

    OK, this one is pretty funny. A church in Sri Lanka intended to put the words to a popular Christian prayer in its Christmas carol bulletin but ended up sharing the lyrics to a popular Tupac Shakur song instead. Attendees at the Dec. 11 service thought they would see “Hail Mary, full of grace” in…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Israeli Prime Minister Attacks Obama Over UN Resolution

    For a second consecutive day on Sunday, the prime minister of Israel denounced President Barack Obama’s administration, publicly accusing it of having orchestrated Friday’s United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Jewish settlements in occupied territories, according to the New York Times. Despite denials from Washington, Benjamin Netanyahu publicly decried the fact that the United States refrained…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Watch: President Obama ‘Sings’ ‘All I Want for Christmas’ in Viral Video

    Alas, as we stare down the barrel of President Barack Obama’s last 25 days in office, BaracksDubs has gifted us a treat for Christmas. ​ Established four years ago, the popular YouTube channel, which has showcased videos of the president “singing” “Jumpman,” “Sexy and I Know It” and “Thriller,” has brought the heat once again by taking words…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Ebola Vaccine Is 100 Percent Effective: New Study

    In some really great news to end the year, an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus has proven 100 percent effective in trials, according to a new study reported in the Lancet medical journal Thursday. Since the end of 2013, Ebola, a highly infectious and deadly virus, has killed more than 11,300 West Africans, including many…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Ain’t Nobody Going to Trump’s Inauguration, Including Former US Presidents

    Although we have more than a few living U.S. presidents, only one is confirmed to attend the inauguration ceremony of Donald J. Trump. Jimmy Carter is, thus far, the only former POTUS who will be attending the inaugural on Jan. 20, 2016. Carter, 92, is probably the sweetest of the U.S. presidents and has been away…

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    The Root Staff

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  • LAPD Working to Identify 35 More Possible ‘Grim Sleeper’ Victims

    The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying 35 women who may have been killed by “Grim Sleeper” serial killer Lonnie Franklin, who earlier this year was sentenced to death for 10 murders in the South Los Angeles area. He reportedly got his nickname because he appeared to have taken…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Watch: The Obamas Deliver Their Final Christmas Address

    On Saturday, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama delivered their final Christmas message to the U.S. in their weekly address. President Obama spoke about how privileged he and Michelle have been to celebrate the holidays in the White House. “The greatest gift that Michelle and I have received over the last eight years…

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    Yesha Callahan

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