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#NoDAPL: Water Protectors Participate in 3 Demonstrations Sunday
Water protectors who have been protesting against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota participated in three different nonviolent protests Sunday. Independent news site Unicorn Riot was live at the scene when a group of several dozen water protectors drove into Bismarck, N.D., on Sunday morning and held a demonstration at Fairview…
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Justice Department Will Monitor Polls in 28 States on Election Day
The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday that its Civil Rights Division will deploy more than 500 personnel to 67 jurisdictions in 28 states to monitor the polls on Election Day, Nov. 8. Although states and local governments have the primary responsibility of administering elections, the Civil Rights Division enforces the federal voting rights laws that…
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Baton Rouge, La., Police Officer Sues DeRay Mckesson for Protest Injury
A Baton Rouge, La., police officer who says that he was injured during a protest of a deadly police shooting filed a lawsuit against prominent activist and Campaign Zero co-founder DeRay Mckesson on Monday. According to the Associated Press, the officer, who is identified only as John Doe in the lawsuit, says he was struck…
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NYC Woman Dies After Being Thrown in Front of Subway Train
A 46-year-old Queens, N.Y., woman is dead after being pushed in front of a subway train in Times Square on Monday, the New York City Police Department said. Assistant Chief William Aubry, the commander of Manhattan detectives, told the New York Times that witnesses on the train and the subway platform pointed out the suspect…
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Assemblywoman Charged With Beating 12-Year-Old Son With Broomstick
A New York state assemblywoman, Diana Richardson, is facing charges for allegedly beating her 12-year-old son with a broomstick, CBS News reports. Richardson, who represents Brooklyn, N.Y.’s 43rd Assembly District, was arrested Saturday after her son told police that she caused an abrasion on his arm during an argument they were having at home. According…
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Jury Selection Postponed in Trial of Accused Charleston, SC, Shooter Dylann Roof
Jury selection in the trial of accused Charleston, S.C., church shooter Dylann Roof was postposed by a federal judge Monday, USA Today reports. According to the report, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel needed to privately hear a motion filed by Roof’s attorneys earlier that morning. The move came just moments after Roof entered the courtroom.…
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Denver Broncos Linebacker Brandon Marshall Ends Anthem Protest
Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, arguably the second-most-visible NFL protester aside from Colin Kaepernick, has decided to stand during the national anthem. Marshall explained on his Instagram account that while he won’t be kneeling during the national anthem, he won’t stop fighting for social and racial justice. For the 1st half of the season, I’ve…
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FBI Says There’s Nothing in Clinton’s Emails, but That Doesn’t Stop Trump
Remember those new emails found by the FBI while it was investigating someone not named Hillary Clinton? Remember how the FBI director broke a respected long-standing agreement between the federal agency and the Department of Justice not to leak information regarding an ongoing investigation? Now it turns out that emails found on a computer used…
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Homicides Up 55 Percent in Chicago This Year
Over the weekend, nine people were killed and 42 others were wounded in Chicago, the Chicago Tribune reports. This is the second weekend in a row in Chicago during which more than 50 people were shot. The number of homicides so far this year is now 55 percent above the number at the same point last year.…
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Janet Reno, 1st Female US Attorney General, Dead at 78
Janet Reno, who during the Bill Clinton administration became the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 78. Reno died early Monday morning surrounded by family and friends, her niece Daphne Webb told NBC News. Reno served nearly eight years as attorney general under President…