Monday, November 30, 2015

Cover-Up in Chicago - The New York Times

Cover-Up in Chicago - The New York Times:



"THERE’S been a cover-up in Chicago. The city’s leaders have now brought charges against a police officer, Jason Van Dyke, for the first-degree murder of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. But for more than a year, Chicago officials delayed the criminal process, and might well have postponed prosecution indefinitely, had it not been for a state court forcing their hand."



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Saturday, November 28, 2015

During Planned Parenthood Shooting, a Scene of Fear and Chaos at Nearby Shopping Center - The New York Times

During Planned Parenthood Shooting, a Scene of Fear and Chaos at Nearby Shopping Center - The New York Times:



 "COLORADO SPRINGS — The injured man staggered into the grocery store, his face and chest bloodied. Customers stopped and stared. “He lifted his shirt up and he had holes in his chest,” said Miranda Schilter, 17, who had been waiting for a drink at an in-store coffee shop."



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News Article Appears to Contradict Trump's Claim About Reporter - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times

News Article Appears to Contradict Trump's Claim About Reporter - First Draft. Political News, Now. - The New York Times:



"The New York Daily News released an archived news article on Friday that seemed to contradict a claim by Donald J. Trump that he knew nothing about a reporter whose disability Mr. Trump appeared to mock at a rally earlier this week."



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Thursday, November 26, 2015

4 Arrested in Shooting at Black Lives Matter Protest Are Identified - The New York Times

4 Arrested in Shooting at Black Lives Matter Protest Are Identified - The New York Times:



"MINNEAPOLIS — The police on Wednesday released the names of four men arrested in connection with a shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest outside a police station that injured five protesters."



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Bernie Sanders Gets Immigration Policy Right - The New York Times

Bernie Sanders Gets Immigration Policy Right - The New York Times:



"Senator Bernie Sanders released his immigration plan on Tuesday. To read it — and every citizen should — is to be yanked back in time, to an America that not so long ago was having a reasonable immigration discussion and a time when major reform had strong bipartisan support and a shot at becoming law."



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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Black Leaders in Chicago Push for Investigation of Police Department - The New York Times

Black Leaders in Chicago Push for Investigation of Police Department - The New York Times:



"CHICAGO — A day after city officials released graphic video of a white police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times, some of the city’s most prominent black leaders called on Wednesday for investigations into the Chicago Police Department and its handling of the shooting. They expressed anger and dismay toward the department’s leadership, and some demanded the resignation of the police superintendent."



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Letter From Saudi Arabia - The New York Times

Letter From Saudi Arabia - The New York Times:



"RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Arabia is a country that is easier to write about from afar, where you can just tee off on the place as a source of the most austere, antipluralistic version of Islam — the most extreme versions of which have been embraced by the Islamic State, or ISIS. What messes me up is when I go there and meet people I really like and I see intriguing countertrends."



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Reporter Who Forced Release of Laquan McDonald Video Is Barred From News Event - The New York Times

Reporter Who Forced Release of Laquan McDonald Video Is Barred From News Event - The New York Times:



"The freelance journalist whose lawsuit forced the Chicago Police Department to release video of a fatal police shooting of a black teenager says he was barred from attending a news conference with the mayor and police superintendent on Tuesday."



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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Chicago Officer Charged in Death of Black Teenager - The New York Times

Chicago Officer Charged in Death of Black Teenager - The New York Times:



"CHICAGO — As this city prepared to make public a video from the fatal shooting of a black 17-year-old by a white Chicago police officer, a state prosecutor charged the officer with first-degree murder on Tuesday."



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Gunmen Shoot 5 at Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protest - The New York Times

Gunmen Shoot 5 at Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protest - The New York Times:



"Five people were shot and wounded Monday night near a police precinct in Minneapolis where demonstrators have been protesting the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man, the police said."



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U.S. Economy Grew at 2.1 Percent Rate in Third Quarter - The New York Times

U.S. Economy Grew at 2.1 Percent Rate in Third Quarter - The New York Times:



 "The American economy turned in a better performance last quarter than first thought, expanding at a 2.1 percent rate, the government said on Tuesday."



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Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane Near Syria Border - The New York Times

Turkey Shoots Down Russian Warplane Near Syria Border - The New York Times:



"ISTANBUL — Turkish fighter jets on patrol near the Syrian border on Tuesday shot down a Russian warplane that Turkey said had violated its airspace, a long-feared escalation that could further strain relations between Russia and the West."



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Saturday, November 21, 2015

Argentina Considers Shift as Upstart Rises in Presidential Race - The New York Times

Argentina Considers Shift as Upstart Rises in Presidential Race - The New York Times:



"HUMAHUACA, Argentina — Winding down a presidential campaign that is upending this country’s politics, Mauricio Macri dutifully chewed on coca leaves, a symbol of the resilience of indigenous culture in this remote corner of northern Argentina. Raising his voice barely above a murmur, he asked Mother Earth for the wisdom to guide Argentina down the “righteous path.”"



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Friday, November 20, 2015

More Mexican Immigrants Leaving U.S. Than Entering, Report Finds - The New York Times

More Mexican Immigrants Leaving U.S. Than Entering, Report Finds - The New York Times:



 "More immigrants from Mexico are leaving the United States than coming into the country, according to a report published Thursday by the Pew Research Center, a finding that indicates the end of the largest wave of immigration from a single country in American history."



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Saturday, November 14, 2015

France Confronts ‘Absolute Barbarity’ - The New York Times

France Confronts ‘Absolute Barbarity’ - The New York Times:



"PARIS — François Granier, a wine consultant and rock music fan, thought the Friday night concert he was attending had simply taken a particularly raucous turn."



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Friday, November 13, 2015

Republicans’ Lust for Gold - The New York Times

Republicans’ Lust for Gold - The New York Times:



 "It’s not too hard to understand why everyone seeking the Republican presidential nomination is proposing huge tax cuts for the rich. Just follow the money: Candidates in the G.O.P. primary draw the bulk of their financial support from a few dozen extremely wealthy families. Furthermore, decades of indoctrination have made an essentially religious faith in the virtues of high-end tax cuts — a faith impervious to evidence — a central part of Republican identity."



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Thursday, November 12, 2015

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Deadly Blasts in Southern Beirut - The New York Times

ISIS Claims Responsibility for Deadly Blasts in Southern Beirut - The New York Times:



 "BEIRUT, Lebanon — Two suicide bombers carried out a coordinated attack Thursday in a crowded area of southern Beirut controlled by the Hezbollah militia, and the Lebanese Red Cross said the blasts killed more than three dozen people and wounded nearly 200."



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A Lost Generation of Democrats - The New York Times

A Lost Generation of Democrats - The New York Times:



"As Republicans never tire of pointing out, the Democratic candidates for president are old."



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Greece Disrupted by First General Strike Under Syriza-Led Government - The New York Times

Greece Disrupted by First General Strike Under Syriza-Led Government - The New York Times:



"General strikes have been common in Greece in recent years, as the country has struggled with the privations of recession, high unemployment and the belt tightening the country’s foreign creditors have demanded. But Thursday’s general strike was the first under the Syriza-led government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras."



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Waiting for the Republican Shakeout - The New York Times

Waiting for the Republican Shakeout - The New York Times:



"Watching Tuesday’s Republican presidential debate, with the eight prime-time contenders talking over and past one another, the question arises: Should the party show a few of these candidates the door?"



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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Mexico’s Governing Party Vows to Stop Using Neuromarketing to Study Voters - The New York Times

Mexico’s Governing Party Vows to Stop Using Neuromarketing to Study Voters - The New York Times:



 "MEXICO CITY — The leader of Mexico’s governing party has said it will stop hiring neuroscience consultants to register voters’ brain waves and read their facial expressions, responding to a political outcry over its use of the tools of neuromarketing to shape its campaign and governing messages."



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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

René Girard, French Theorist of the Social Sciences, Dies at 91 - The New York Times

René Girard, French Theorist of the Social Sciences, Dies at 91 - The New York Times:



"René Girard, whose explorations of literature and myth helped establish influential theories about how people are motivated to want things, died on Nov. 4 at his home in Stanford, Calif. He was 91."



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University of Missouri Reviews Ties to Professor Who Ordered Journalist to Leave Protest - The New York Times

University of Missouri Reviews Ties to Professor Who Ordered Journalist to Leave Protest - The New York Times:



"After a University of Missouri professor was seen on video calling for “some muscle” to remove a journalist from a public demonstration, the university’s journalism school said on Tuesday that it was reviewing its ties to the professor as protest organizers — and the professor herself — joined college officials in stating that journalists had a right to be present."



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Monday, November 9, 2015

University of Missouri System President Resigns - The New York Times

University of Missouri System President Resigns - The New York Times:



 "COLUMBIA, Mo. — Amid a wave of student and faculty protests, primarily over racial tensions, that all but paralyzed its flagship campus here, the president of the University of Missouri system resigned Monday, urging everyone involved to “use my resignation to heal and start talking again.”"



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Thursday, November 5, 2015

Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides - The New York Times

Elder Bush Says His Son Was Served Badly by Aides - The New York Times:



"WASHINGTON — After years of holding back, former President George Bush has finally broken his public silence about some of the key figures in his son’s administration, issuing scathing critiques of Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld."



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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Bitcoin Surges, Emerging From a Lull in Interest - The New York Times

Bitcoin Surges, Emerging From a Lull in Interest - The New York Times:



"After a long period of quiet, the price of the virtual currency Bitcoin is surging again as signs of interest from China and Wall Street have helped kick off a new speculative frenzy."



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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Houston Voters Repeal Anti-Bias Measure - The New York Times

Houston Voters Repeal Anti-Bias Measure - The New York Times:



"HOUSTON — A yearlong battle over gay and transgender rights that turned into a costly, ugly war of words between this city’s lesbian mayor and social conservatives ended Tuesday in a defeat for supporters of gay rights, as voters repealed an anti-discrimination ordinance that had attracted attention from the White House, sports figures and Hollywood celebrities."



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Latino Groups Call on ‘SNL’ to Drop Donald Trump - The New York Times

Latino Groups Call on ‘SNL’ to Drop Donald Trump - The New York Times:



 "The decision by “Saturday Night Live” to invite Donald J. Trump as its host this week is no laughing matter — at least for the Hispanic and pro-immigration groups that have intensified their calls for Lorne Michaels, the show’s producer, to rescind the invitation."



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Small Donors Are Clicking More With Democrats Than Republicans - The New York Times

Small Donors Are Clicking More With Democrats Than Republicans - The New York Times:



 "SOMERVILLE, Mass. — In an office here with all the trappings of a Silicon Valley tech firm, a band of mostly 20-something political junkies has built a formidable Democratic fund-raising machine that is fueling the insurgent presidential campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders against Hillary Rodham Clinton and leaving even Republican rivals envious."



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Leaders of China and Taiwan to Meet for First Time Since 1949 - The New York Times

Leaders of China and Taiwan to Meet for First Time Since 1949 - The New York Times:



"HONG KONG — The presidents of China and Taiwan will meet on Saturday in Singapore, a spokesman for Taiwan’s president said early Wednesday. It would be the first such meeting since the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949 that divided the two, in a prolonged and sometimes hostile conflict that has helped shape Asia politics for more than a half-century."



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Neuropolitics, Where Campaigns Try to Read Your Mind - The New York Times

Neuropolitics, Where Campaigns Try to Read Your Mind - The New York Times:



"In the lobby of a Mexico City office building, people scurrying to and fro gazed briefly at the digital billboard backing a candidate for Congress in June."



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Sunday, November 1, 2015

Thousands Start Life Anew With Early Prison Releases - The New York Times

Thousands Start Life Anew With Early Prison Releases - The New York Times:



 "Michael Keating’s 11-year prison sentence for methamphetamine production was supposed to end next June. But he is one of thousands of federal prisoners who are benefiting from a reduction in drug sentences, and on Friday he became an ex-prisoner more than seven months earlier than he ever had reason to expect."



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