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Mistrial declared in S.C. police chief’s murder case

A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial Tuesday after a jury said it was deadlocked in the case against a white former police chief accused in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed black man.

 
J.K. Rowling, Aziz Ansari slam Rupert Murdoch after Muslim tweets

Rupert Murdoch and his Fox News empire were on the receiving end of a massive Twitter counteroffensive this weekend. The billionaire media mogul ran into an online buzz saw after he offered his thoughts on radical Islam.

 
Amber Alerts will now show on Facebook

Facebook will begin sending Amber alerts in an effort to help find missing children.

 
26 measles cases linked to Disneyland outbreak

California has confirmed more cases of measles in people who visited Disneyland or its adjacent California Adventure park last month, health officials said on Monday, raising the number of infected people to 26.

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Police use pepper spray, tear gas on celebrating Ohio State fans

Police in Ohio used pepper spray and tear gas to break up crowds celebrating near the Ohio State University campus following the school’s football win over the University of Oregon on Monday night.

 
Children of Martin Luther King Jr. in court against each other

The children of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will be in an Atlanta court Tuesday. At issue: control over two precious items that belonged to their father, his Bible and his Nobel Peace Prize.

 
Veterans say legitimate claims routinely denied or ignored

Veterans have come forward with complaints about tactics employed by the Veterans Benefits Administration, which demands that veterans prove their injuries were service-related but can deny claims without proving anything.

 
Senate passes $1.1 trillion spending bill to head off shutdown

The U.S. Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Saturday night to avert a shutdown of the federal government. The bill now goes to President Barack Obama to be signed into law.

 
Officials meet about Hitler appearance in propaganda film

A senior Thai cabinet minister met Israel’s ambassador to Thailand on Thursday after the diplomat said he was “saddened” by a government propaganda film that includes an image of a Thai school child painting a portrait of Adolf Hitler.

 
‘Stand with Us’: Police killings prompt thousands to protest

Thousands of protesters marched across the country Saturday — past the White House in the nation’s capital, along iconic Fifth Avenue in New York and in front of Boston’s Statehouse — to call attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and urge lawmakers to take action.

 
Man linked to Oregon high school shooting arrested

Portland police say a 22-year-old man arrested in connection with a shooting outside an alternative high school was known to gang investigators.

 
Tornado touches down in Los Angeles

Californians got a lot of what they wanted and not too much of what they didn’t from a major storm that finally blew out of the state Friday.

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