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Sacramento protesters shut down admission to NBA game over police shooting; team owner says ‘it’s not just business as usual’

August 22, 2019 at 3:15 a.m.

Demonstrators protesting the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man blocked entrances to Golden 1 Center Thursday night amid chants of "black lives matter," prompting police to shut down...

Video shows Arizona man sobbing, begging for his life before fatal police shooting

August 22, 2019 at 1:56 a.m.

After the officer involved was acquitted of second-degree murder charges, officials in Arizona released graphic video showing Daniel Shaver crawling on his hands and knees and begging for his life...

In this Oct. 9, 2017, photo, former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks during a television interview in New York. Bannon vowed war against the Republican establishment Saturday during the Values Voters Summit in Washington.

‘It’s not my war; this is our war’: Bannon threatens McConnell, Corker and GOP incumbents

August 22, 2019 at 1:17 a.m.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon implored conservative voters to join his vowed "war against the (Republican) establishment" and Senate leadership, threatening that massive campaign war chests will not...

Sessions orders Justice Department review of all police reform agreements

August 21, 2019 at 10:50 p.m.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered Justice Department officials to review reform agreements with troubled police forces nationwide, saying it was necessary to ensure these pacts do not work against the...

Charlotte officer did not activate body camera until after Keith Scott had been shot

August 21, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

Crucial evidence in the police shooting death of Keith Scott is not available because one of the officers failed to activate his body camera as soon as he responded to...

U.S. Route 395 is blocked at Seneca between the communities of John Day and Burns, Ore., by Oregon State Police officers the evening of Jan. 26, 2016. Authorities say shots were fired during the arrest of members of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge in Oregon for more than three weeks.

Armed militia, Bundy brothers take over federal building in rural Oregon

August 21, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.

An unpredictable new chapter in the wars over federal land use in the West unfolded on Sunday after a group of armed activists split off from an earlier protest march...

Protesters march through Macy's on State Street in the Loop during a Justice for Laquan rally Dec. 9, 2015.

On policing, the national mood turns toward reform

June 21, 2019 at 6:47 a.m.

In Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel fired his police chief and faces a growing clamor for his resignation. In Baltimore, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake fired her police chief and abandoned plans to...

Ben Carson speaks to the media during a stop to sign his book at a Barnes and Noble store in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Nov. 5, 2015.

Ben Carson says it’s ‘time really to move on’ from questions about his biography

June 23, 2019 at 3:49 p.m.

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said Sunday that he is receiving more scrutiny than others who have run for president, just days after media reports raised new questions about the...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at the 2015 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015 in Springfield, Mass.

Elizabeth Warren just gave the speech that Black Lives Matter activists have been waiting for

May 17, 2019 at 6:42 p.m.

In a Sunday speech on racial inequality, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called for broad policing reform - including de-escalation training and body cameras for all police officers - and likened...

Demonstrators participate in a protest march on August 9, 2015 on West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson, Missouri, marking the one year anniversary of an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by a white police officer, throwing America's troubled race relations into harsh relief.

Police gunfire: Unarmed black men 7 times more likely to die than whites

June 22, 2019 at 9:04 p.m.

It begins with a relatively minor incident: A traffic stop. A burglary. A disturbance. Police arrive and tensions escalate. It ends with an unarmed black man shot dead. That pattern...

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