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- The Independent
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Bodycam footage shows police beating black man for littering
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- The Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene calls AOC a ‘scared little girl’ as she badgers her to debate Green New Deal
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- The Independent
What happened to the other officers arrested over George Floyd death?
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- Time
Russia Is Murdering the Kremlin's Biggest Critic in Plain Sight. Who Will Save Alexei Navalny?
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- The Independent
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- INSIDER
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- The Independent
Sotomayor gives blistering dissent to Trump SCOTUS appointees who find juvenile not worthy of parole
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- The Independent
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- Kansas City Star
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- The Independent
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- The Independent
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- The Independent
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- The Independent
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- Associated Press
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