Marissa Alexander, the Jacksonville, Fla., mother serving a 20-year prison sentence for firing what she says was a warning shot to scare off her abusive husband, is getting a new trial. State Attorney Angela Corey filed aggravated assaul
Published on Sep 28, 2013 PROVIDED BY HTTP://cnnnext.com Governor Jerry Brown and the leaders of the California state Legislature announced strong support Wednesday for a bill that would raise the state's minimum wage to $10 an hour.
Provided by http://cnnnext.com Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that the Justice Department will file suit against the state of North Carolina over changes to voting laws. Holder said the DOJ hopes to prove that the law would
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A video of two Philadelphia police officers racially abusing two pedestrians in a stop-and-frisk went viral Friday, drawing attention to problems with out of control cops. Cenk Uygur, Dave Rubin and Jimmy D
Published on Oct 15, 2013 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM President awards William Swenson, a former active duty Army Captain, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Captain Swenson received the Medal of Honor for his courageous a
Published on Oct 19, 2013 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM More than 60 officers will be disciplined over a police chase last year that left two people dead in a hail of 137 bullets, Cleveland police said Tuesday.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Boston police prepare for the first major event since the Boston Marathon bombing.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Power gradually returned to the Syrian capital after a blackout swept across parts of Damascus and other areas of the country on Wednesday. Syria's state news agency reported the government blamed the outage
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The former University of California, Davis police officer who pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters has reached a worker's compensation settlement with the university system. The Davis Enterprise reports (http://
Published on Mar 2, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Michigan police officers won't face federal charges in the fatal shooting of a homeless man during a confrontation over stolen coffee. Federal authorities, including the U.S. Dep
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, became the most senior member of the presidential administration to speak out about NSA intelligence gathering on Thursday, telling a conference in London that U.S. survei
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in an attempt
Published on September 10, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The U.S. President is to give a speech on Wednesday which will finally reveal his plan to fight the Islamic State militant group. RT talks to former Pentagon official Michael
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warns of significant differences between Iran and six world powers trying to fashion a nuclear agreement, as he and three European foreign ministers added their weight to tr
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM In the first-ever study of people serving life without parole for nonviolent offenses in the United States, the American Civil Liberties Union found that at least 3,278 prisoners fit this category in federal
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM What you are feeling right now is a modern day Depression. We will get through this, but like any major economic shock, the future is being altered dramatically due to the circumstances and actions by central
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US Secretary of State John Kerry rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's criticism of the nuclear talks with Iran. Kerry said no deal had been reached, so there was nothing for Netanyahu to criticize. (Nov. 11)
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PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM US Secretary of State, John Kerry is in damage control mode after some behind-closed-door comments. Kerry apparently warned Israel it was headed to an 'apartheid state'. He issu
Published on Apr 29, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM For the first time, the American Academy of Neurology said medical marijuana is an effective treatment for some symptoms of multiple sclerosis when given as an oral spray or a pill.
Published on May 1, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM President George W. Bush announces major combat has ended in Iraq; U2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union; Empire State Building dedicated. (May 1)
PUBLISHED ON JULY 2, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Hong Kong police arrested more than 500 people on Wednesday after tens of thousands in the former British colony joined a massive march to push for democracy. (July 2)
Published on May 4, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian think tank in DC, just released their annual report on the regulatory state of the US government. They called it the Ten Thousand
Published on May 7, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan was found guilty Monday of felony assault on a police officer. McMillan says a police officer forcefully grabbed one of her breasts, afte
Published on May 16, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A 34-year-old woman has been arrested after she pretended to be a 15-year-old high school student, police say.
Published on May 20, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Cecily McMillan's guilty verdict in Manhattan district court on Monday delivered a gut punch to the last vestiges of Occupy Wall Street. Above all, the decision highlights the wo
Published on May 19, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Angry citizens are vowing to march on the Thurston County courthouse to protest the arrest of a wealthy man who was sentenced for just a year of work-release after his seventh arre
Published on May 21, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A pregnant woman in Sudan is facing a death sentence for marrying a Christian and refusing to convert to Islam. CBS News State Department correspondent Margaret Brennan reports on c
Published on May 28, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Political activists are pressing for an audit of the New York City Police Department. Using as evidence documents uncovered by the Associated Press revealing widespread surveillance
Published on Aug 21, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A New York City police officer allegedly placed a 27-year-old pregnant woman in a chokehold Saturday after she was accused of illegally grilling in East New York, Brooklyn. The inci
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Six Philadelphia Police Department Narcotics Field Unit officers were arrested in early morning raids yesterday on charges alleging they beat, kidnapped, and stole more than $500,000 in drugs, cash, and prope
Published on Sep 16, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A group of anti-war protesters caused multiple interruptions as Sec. of Defense Chuck Hagel and Army Gen. Martin Dempsey appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee to defen
Published on Sep 18, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM On Tuesday, Gen. Martin Dempsey told Congress that US allies in the Middle East are funding and arming the Islamic State. Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are thought to be the main s
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Ring of Fire's Sam Seder and author Cliff Schecter discuss Georgia state Senator Fran Millar's comments regarding early voting in the state, and how he believes it makes it far too easy for minorities to vote
Published on Sep 22, 2014 President Barack Obama became the seventh president to sign the America's Promise Summit Declaration. He was joined by former Secretary of State Collin Powell, the founding chairman of the organization. (Sept. 2
Published on Sep 22, 2014 The Islamic State continues to cause suffering. Thousands of Syrians are fleeing their homes crossing into neighboring Turkey. Now, some of those border crossings are closing. With almost nothing but the shirts
Published on Sep 24, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM NYPD Police Officer Slams Pregnant Woman to Floor POLICE BRUTALITY Calls Her Bitch We now learn that the women's baby might be in danger. She has cuts in her stomach. No charges w
Published on Sep 25, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM United Nations member states are taking steps to prevent the recruitment and movement of would-be foreign fighters joining militant groups such as Islamic State. WSJ’s Mark Kelly
Published on Sep 26, 2014 People in the UK are saying “no” again - this time to the British Parliament’s bid to join the coalition against the Islamic State militants. Protesters gathered at Downing Street on Thursday, calling for the pr
Published on Sep 27, 2014 Pro-democracy demonstrators clash with police as they storm Hong Kong government headquarters in protest against the Chinese government's tightening grip on former British colony. Rough Cut (no reporter narratio
Published on Sep 29, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Nothing more than a junior sports team, that is how Barack Obama viewed ISIS just 8 months ago. Now America has been forced to deploy its huge arsenal, the US president has admitted
Published on Oct 1, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A police officer in Tallahassee, Florida has been placed on administrative leave after cell phone video was obtained showing him shooting a woman in the back with a stun gun, the o
Published on Oct 2, 2014 Highway Patrol Officer Sean Grobert pulled over Levar Edward Jones for a seat-belt violation in a parking lot, the crime also known as 'driving while black.' He asked Jones to produce his license, and when he com
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM American police have been stealing money and property if they believe it's connected to criminal activities, in accordance with civil forfeiture laws. However according to a U.S. media report - innocent
Published on Oct 3, 2014 Over 70 percent of active-duty US soldiers oppose the idea of deploying ground forces to Iraq, according to a new Military Times poll. Despite many politicians and top media figures calling for boots on the gro
Published on Oct 4, 2014 Palestinians have hailed a Swedish move to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state as courageous. Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat has expressed hope that all European countries will take the same de
Published on Oct 4, 2014 A US political commentator has said that Americans should know the United States is not a democracy, but instead “a very firmly entrenched oligarchy” that cannot be simply changed through elections. In a phone
Published on Oct 6, 2014 Provided by http://cnnnext.com We begin with signs of a potential thaw in inter-Korean relations... after a high-ranking North Korean delegation′s visit to Seoul over the weekend. And now... South Korea is callin
Published on Oct 7, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM An Indiana family is suing local police excessive force when officers broke a car window and used a stun gun acting like the KKK. During traffic stop last month. (Oct. 8)
Published on Oct 10, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Buzzfeed just broke a story about how the DEA arrested a woman, took photos off her confiscated cell phone, and used them to create a phony Facebook page where they impersonated her
Published on Oct 14, 2014 US police have arrested at least 50 activists in the latest demonstrations across St. Louis in Missouri. Protesters are stepping up their demands for justice - over the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Mic
Published on Oct 15, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A second Texas healthcare worker, who treated the first Ebola patient in the United States, has tested positive for the disease, said the Texas Department for State Health Services
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed concern about the viability of the Palestinian Authority with Israel refusing to unfreeze Palestinians’ tax money. Israel blocked more than 100 million dollars in
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The Clinton Foundation recently lifted its self-imposed ban on receiving money from foreign countries. It imposed the ban in 2009 when Hillary became the Secretary of State, but lifted the ban when she left th
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Fifteen municipalities in the Southern Tier of New York State are looking into seceding to become part of Pennsylvania because they would like to frack their land, and New York does not allow that. They are al
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM US and allied forces continue pummeling what they say are Islamic State complexes in the volatile northern region of Iraq, using airstrikes to obliterate their targets. Reportedly near Sinjar, just miles from
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Courtesy: Code Pink Capitol police arrested lawyer and activist Shahid Buttar after a Senate hearing featuring Director of National Intelligence James Clapper had ended, stopping him from asking question of t
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A court of appeals ruled Thursday that a New York Police Department officer who told his supervisors about an illegal quota system was protected by the First Amendment and may continue to sue the city for wha
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the US Congress has ignited a political storm in the US capital. US Secretary of State John Kerry said he hopes the speech does not turn...
provided by http://cnnnext.com Another case of police brutality in the United States. This time a homeless black man has been fatally shot by police officers in Los Angeles. The shocking incident caught on video and posted online shows an
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Courtesy: Thomas Donovan, Law Offices of Howard Friedman Recently released footage shows an Amherst, Mass. police officer assaulting a University of Massachusetts student after he recorded a group of officers
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Our Children Will Hate People, Because Of Donald Trump ABOUT HILLARY CLINTON Hillary Clinton has served as Secretary of State, Senator from New York, First Lady of the United States, First Lady of Arkansas, a
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COMrnThe man who fatally shot three police officers in Baton Rouge on Sunday before being killed has been identified as a former Marine sergeant.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM In the face of criticism against several police departments, New York City cops are revamping their controversial stop-and-frisk program. However, civil rights proponents and New Yorkers in general do not beli
PROVIDED BY HTTP:///CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 7, 2015 It's been 50 years since a major landmark in the struggle for racial equality in the United States. On March 7th, 1965, a demonstration by civil rights campaigners in the U.S. state o
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Uploaded on Mar 7, 2015 You are not protecting us, you are killing us . Reportedly this is what the grandmother of one of the latest victims of American police’ killing Black males. This time, the tragedy took
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 7, 2015 Where would this country be if Peter Cottontail got cottonmouth? Matt Fairbanks, an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration's marijuana eradication team in Utah, testified t
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Senator Inhofe has a flare for the theatric. This was shown earlier this year when he walked into the Senate with a snowball to 'disprove' global warming. This was widely regarded as a bad move and Inhofe has
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 8, 2015 A hallmark of American life — griping about work — has landed a Florida man in a Middle Eastern jail. Ryan Pate, a helicopter mechanic from Belleair Bluffs, Florida, took to Facebook
PROVIDED BY http://cnnnext.comrnKevin Durant Joins the Golden State Warriors! NBA 2K16 Park PS4rnSTEPHEN A.SMITH ON KEVIN DURANT AND NBA TRADErnStephen A. Smith rips Kevin Durant ditching Oklahoma City, And OKC Fans Burning Kevin Durant Jer
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Hillary Clinton spoke publicly for the first time about the controversy surrounding her use of a private email account while serving as secretary of state. What’s her explanation? WSJ’s Jason Bellini has #TheS
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Earlier this week forty-six United States Senators sent out a letter threatening Iran that despite what happens during current nuclear negotiations, the Senate will never ratify any treaty that they didn't li
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM One of the people who filmed Eric Garner being choked to death by New York City police says she has since been targeted by the NYPD, and that officers used excessive force on her. RT's Ben Swann speaks to Tais
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A recent report from the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting detailed how Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection barred its employees from using any phrase relating to climate change, includin
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 17, 2015 The Department of Justice has been investigating the actions and activities of the Ferguson police department following a Grand Jury’s decision to NOT indict officer Darren Wilson aft
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 18, 2015 Investigators say Los Angeles police officer Henry Solis is wanted in connection to a deadly shooting last week in Pomona. The 27-year-old is considered armed and dangerous. Carter Ev
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM On March 18, 2015, President Obama traveled to Cleveland, Ohio where he toured MAGNET’s Manufacturing Innovation Center at Cleveland State University, the Ohio Manufacturing Extension Partnership affiliate.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 19, 2015 The US administration has slammed Israeli prime minister’s political party for using anti-Arab rhetoric ahead of elections. A spokesman for the White House said Washington is deeply c
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 20, 2015 After being handed highly critical reports, at least nine police departments are being forced by Washington to institute reforms. The problems of race have been a big topic in the pas
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 20, 2015 A Bronx mom of two who called 911 to ask police to come talk to her young son about why stealing is bad was wrongfully arrested and told by an NYPD officer “you black b----es don’t k
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 21, 2015 At least six businesses in Austin, Texas, have been plastered with stickers reading “Exclusively For White People, drawing condemnation from the state’s residents, lawmakers and NAA
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 21, 2015 Authorities in the United Kingdom have charged over 240 people with sexual abuse of children. The National Crime Agency says police staff, teachers and civil servants are among thos
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jan 23, 2015 In a fresh rebuke to Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Barack Obama said the Israeli leader’s pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 22, 2015 Residents in a Charlotte neighborhood say they are fed up with a neighbor they say stands at the front door of his home naked, but police say he's not doing anything illegal. People
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 23, 2015 Researchers are revealing what's really in the Marijuana on the market in Colorado. Retailers in the state sold nearly $700 million of weed last year, after legalization took effect.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 23, 2015 Daniel Rosen, a former employee of the State Department, was just arrested again on porn-related charges. The Daily Beast did a report on the epidemic of child porn within the halls o
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 24, 2015 The United States has assured the Afghan President it will keep funding the country's military for at least two more years. Despite significant security challenges, Secretary of State
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 26, 2015 The “Empire” actress described her son’s experience with officers, telling Uptown magazine in an interview she wouldn’t have felt comfortable with him attending the school. Henson sa
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 27, 2015 United Nations has called for Israel to end settlement expansions in the occupied Palestinian territories. UN's Middle East envoy Robert Serry said Benjamin Netanyahu’s new cabinet
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 28, 2015 This is the first, and probably will be the last, time that I have publicly voiced an opinion on any of your editorials. Quite frankly, I believe many of your editorials avoid the ha
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 28, 2015 On Wednesday, the right-wing John Roberts Supreme Court did something really remarkable. It actually ruled in favor of minorities and the rights of democracy. This is almost unrecogni
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 30, 2015 People were stopped and not arrested more than 250,000 times by Chicago police officers from May 2014 to August 2014 — a rate much higher than New York City’s police department at th
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 30, 2015 The level of what police in Pittsburgh are calling an 'obsession' that a female teacher harbored for her 11-year-old student is clear. The teacher, Geraldine Alcorn, 28, allegedly e
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 30, 2015 Two senators in New York State are sponsoring a bill that would stiffen punishments for people resisting arrest. While the bill is getting praise from Mayor Bill de Blasio, critics ar
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PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 31, 2015 Wisconsin governor Scott Walker recently signed “right to work” legislation in his state as part of his continued assault on labor unions. This is just the latest in the Republicans’
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Mar 31, 2015 Iraqi forces have reportedly “liberated” the city of Tikrit, according to Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi. Long under the control of the Islamic State, a massive campaign that included
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PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Apr 6, 2015 When rappers rap, they do so because it’s a form of artistic expression -- but police and prosecutors have proven to have a skewed interpretation of their songs and their motives. Ins
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Apr 8, 2015 National Republicans are realistically going to do very little between now and November 2016. Subscribe to The Guardian ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Instead, says Jeb Lund, you hav
