| What Philando Castile verdict says about path of police reform Posted: 19 Jun 2017 02:23 PM PDT ![What Philando Castile verdict says about path of police reform]( "What Philando Castile verdict says about path of police reform") For the families who have lost loved ones, it may seem that little has changed in how and when officers exercise lethal force, particularly against African-American men. "My son loved this city, and this city killed my son and let the murderer get away with it," a tearful Valerie Castile said last week, shortly after a jury acquitted St. Anthony, Minn., police officer Jeronimo Yanez of all charges relating to his fatal shooting of her son, Philando. "Let it be known that I believe in my heart that Betty Shelby got away with murder," said Joseph Crutcher last month, shortly after a jury acquitted Officer Shelby, of the Tulsa, Okla., police department, of all charges relating to her fatal shooting of his son, Terence.
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| Is America’s political atmosphere dangerously hot? Posted: 19 Jun 2017 01:11 PM PDT ![Is America's political atmosphere dangerously hot?]( "Is America's political atmosphere dangerously hot?") Is American political discourse today too harsh? Many pundits and officials are calling for more civility in the wake of last week's shooting of Rep. Steve Scalise (R) of Louisiana and several others at a GOP baseball team practice. Incumbent President John Adams labeled challenger Thomas Jefferson a weakling and a coward.
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| After second US policy flip in as many years, Cubans ask, 'What's next?' Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:58 PM PDT ![After second US policy flip in as many years, Cubans ask, 'What's next?']( "After second US policy flip in as many years, Cubans ask, 'What's next?'") Like most Cubans' apartments, Yanela Duran Noa's four-bedroom went nearly unchanged for almost six decades. She didn't have the income to upgrade the outdated fixtures or replace sagging furniture.
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| Beyond Carter verdict: Helping teens battle suicidal thoughts Posted: 19 Jun 2017 12:56 PM PDT ![Beyond Carter verdict: Helping teens battle suicidal thoughts]( "Beyond Carter verdict: Helping teens battle suicidal thoughts") When a juvenile court judge in Massachusetts on Friday found Michelle Carter guilty of involuntary manslaughter – a crime that included encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life, even as he began to have second thoughts – the judge zeroed in on a particular moment of hope, a moment that might have changed the tragic outcome. Ms. Carter's boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, had found an instinct to live at a critical moment, interrupting the suicide attempt he and Carter had been discussing for days.
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