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Vt. Sen. Sanders announces 2016 Democratic presidential bid

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, launched a long-shot bid for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday, a move likely to pressure Hillary Clinton from the left.

 
Woman jailed after posting threats to police on Facebook

A fake name on a Facebook post can still get you in real trouble, especially when you’re threatening to shoot every white cop you see.

 
New videos show BART cop slamming woman to ground

Newly released videos show a San Francisco transit officer slamming an intoxicated woman to the ground — an event she claims in a federal lawsuit broke bones teeth and bones in her face, and left her lying in a pool of blood.

 
Bakery fined $135,000 for refusing to make gay couple’s cake

An Oregon judge has ruled that the owners of a Portland-area bakery who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple should pay the couple $135,000 in damages, state officials said Tuesday.

 
IRS tells woman that she’s legally dead

Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Those famous words came to mind after I spoke with Sarah Jewell, 25, from Sparta. Like most hardworking Americans, the pharmacy technician filed her tax return in February. However, instead of a refund, the IRS sent her a letter that said she was dead.

 
San Francisco Uber passenger robbed, beaten by driver

A man who requested a late-night ride from the ridesharing service Uber in San Francisco over the weekend was robbed by a driver, who refused to let him leave, then chased and assaulted him before taking his cell phone and debit card, police said.

 
Nate Silver’s team predicts legalization of same-sex marriage

After 2-1/2 hours of arguments, The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided along ideological lines on whether the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage, but the “swing vote,” Justice Anthony Kennedy, appeared in favor of legalizing gay marriage nationwide.

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