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Video released shows officers shooting 6-year-old

September 30, 2016 in International

(CNN)A Louisiana judge released body cam video Wednesday showing officers firing multiple rounds into a car, unknowingly striking and killing a 6-year-old boy. The incident, which happened in September 2015, resulted in the indictments of two marshals on second degree murder and second degree attempted murder...

Trump fundraising record not all it appears

September 30, 2016 in International

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Donald Trump’s campaign was desperate to change the subject after his shaky debate performance on Monday, and it found just the story to do it — a record fundraising surge that Trump says was powered by small donors, proving he actually got...

PAHO says Caribbean, rest of Americas now measles-free

September 29, 2016 in International

[caption id="attachment_14332" align="alignleft" width="300"] Measles dangers linger for years after infection[/caption] WASHINGTON, USA (CMC) — The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) says the Americas, including the Caribbean, is the first in the world to have eliminated measles, a viral disease that can cause severe health problems,...

US owes blacks reparations over slavery: UN experts

September 29, 2016 in International

[caption id="attachment_14329" align="alignleft" width="300"] A pair of slave shackles on display in the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture[/caption] GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The United States should give African Americans reparations for slavery, UN experts said yesterday, warning that the country had not...