Police Officer Matt Kenny: One career, two fatal shootings
201503.11
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Police Officer Matt Kenny: One career, two fatal shootings

For the second time in his career, Madison, Wisconsin, police Officer Matt Kenny is being investigated for using lethal force. But the cases and their circumstances are different, very different. Friday’s death of Tony Robinson, an unarmed biracial 19-year-old, has made Madison the latest epicenter of protests of black males killed by white officers. Eight…

‘Pot’ use legal in Alaska, but details lacking
201502.25
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‘Pot’ use legal in Alaska, but details lacking

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska on Tuesday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana for adults, but it was met with little fanfare. Unlike in Colorado and Washington state, there were no street parties and public smoking displays in Alaska’s biggest cities. But backers of legal marijuana said the mild reaction…

Texas judge’s immigration ruling is full of legal holes
201502.19
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Texas judge’s immigration ruling is full of legal holes

U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen’s decision to block the Obama plan to defer deportation for about 5 million immigrants here illegally ignores a basic principle of government: For better or worse, the executive branch of government always has discretion as to whether and how to enforce the law. The judge’s lengthy opinion is wrong…

St. Louis Puzzles Over Stubbornly High Murder Rate
201502.10
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St. Louis Puzzles Over Stubbornly High Murder Rate

St. LOUIS — Across from the Little Explorer’s Learning Center, diagonal to a crumbling house where heroin dealers and hangers-on often mill about, a garland of teddy bears adorns a telephone pole, a memorial to the latest victim to fall here at one of this city’s deadliest corners. The victim was a 27-year-old man shot…

US Attorney General Nominee Defends Obama on Immigration
201501.29
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US Attorney General Nominee Defends Obama on Immigration

WASHINGTON—President Obama’s pick for U.S. attorney general defended the administration’s executive actions on immigration during questioning at a Senate hearing Wednesday. Federal prosecutor Loretta Lynch pledged to be an independent legal voice as the nation’s top law enforcement officer if confirmed by the Republican-led body, many of whose members accuse the Justice Department of acting…