Warren at Black University: Criminal Justice System ‘Racist’
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Speaking Friday at a historically black university, potential Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren delivered what she called "the hard truth about our criminal justice system: It's racist ... I mean front to back." The Massachusetts senator identified some of the system's failures: disproportionate arrests of African-Americans for petty drug possession; an…
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Argentine Group IDs 128th Person Taken During ‘Dirty War’
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — DNA tests have determined the identity of a person taken from his mother as a baby by Argentina's former dictatorship, a human rights group said Friday, bringing the number of such cases to 128. The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo said that the person who was identified only by…
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Man Who Harassed Yellowstone Bison Arrested At Glacier Park
MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyo. (AP) — An Oregon man who was caught on video harassing a bison in Yellowstone National Park was arrested in Glacier National Park in the third disturbance in less than a week at a national park, officials said Friday. Rangers looking for Raymond Reinke of Pendleton, Oregon, found him causing a…
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Judge Who Heard Nassar Case Won’t Disqualify Herself
By ED WHITE , Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan judge who held an extraordinary hearing before sentencing sports doctor Larry Nassar to prison for sexually assaulting female athletes refused to disqualify herself from the case Friday if higher courts send it back to fix any errors. Ingham County Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said some…
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US Employers Add 157,000 Jobs, Jobless Rate Hits 3.9 Percent
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER , AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding 157,000 jobs, a solid gain but below the healthy pace in the first half of this year. The Labor Department said Friday the unemployment rate ticked down to 3.9 percent from 4 percent. That's near an 18-year…
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