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Joe Marusak / The Charlotte Observer:
Man shot by police at University City apartment complex — Police shot and killed a man in the parking lot of a University City apartment complex on Tuesday afternoon. — A large crowd of protesters gathered as word of the shooting spread and blocked off the road while chanting “Hands up …
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Joe Bruno / WSOC-TV:
Protest erupts in northeast Charlotte after deadly officer-involved shooting — CHARLOTTE - Police in Charlotte shot and killed a person carrying a gun Tuesday afternoon at a Charlotte apartment complex, officials said. — WATCH CHOPPER 9 Live over the scene of the protests.
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Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
12 officers injured, fires set, as protests break out in Charlotte after police fatally shoot man — Police in Charlotte, N.C., shot and killed a black man they said was armed outside an apartment complex on Tuesday, setting off violent protests that continued late into the night and left two dozen people injured.
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CNN:
Charlotte police shooting: Protests erupt after officer kills man
Charlotte police shooting: Protests erupt after officer kills man
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Nick Gass / Politico:
12 police officers injured during North Carolina protests
12 police officers injured during North Carolina protests
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The Right Scoop
Tegna / WCNC-TV:
Crowds gather after officer-involved shooting kills man
Crowds gather after officer-involved shooting kills man
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump brags about using 'other people's money' amid questions over charity use — Kenansville, North Carolina (CNN)Donald Trump bragged Tuesday there's “nothing like” using other people's money, hours after a report said he used more than $250,000 from his charitable organization to litigate lawsuits against his business interests.
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New York Times:
Mr. Trump's Stupid Excuses on Taxes — All major party nominees for president going back nearly 40 years have released their tax returns except Donald Trump. That leads to a simple question: What is he hiding? — Mr. Trump's principal argument for why he should lead the country …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Clinton's Samantha Bee Problem — When the histories of the Trump era are written from exile in Justin Trudeau's Canada, they will record that it was none other than Jimmy Fallon who brought down the republic. — Or so you might have thought, at least, listening the furious liberal reaction …
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Siraj Datoo / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Comparison Used to Be a Feminist Meme — The internet never forgets. It just remembers differently. — When Donald Trump Jr. compared refugees to a bowl of potentially poisonous Skittles, internet outrage ensued. Ben Grelle's anger was a little more personal.
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The Intercept:
Nazi Who Originated Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Analogy Was Hanged at Nuremberg
Nazi Who Originated Donald Trump Jr.'s Skittles Analogy Was Hanged at Nuremberg
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Kyle Feldscher / Washington Examiner:
GOP subpoenas FBI to turn over Clinton email docs — House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Chairman Lamar Smith, R-Texas, subpoenaed FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday for documents and information related to the security of the private email account and server Hillary Clinton used when she led the State Department.
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Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
Clinton gave State Department appointments to 194 donors
Clinton gave State Department appointments to 194 donors
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Washington Free Beacon
John Binder / The American Mirror:
MYSTERY: What was going on with Hillary's eyes during Philly speech? — During a speech in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton appeared to have something quite off about her appearance. — Check it out here:
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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml/rss.xml:
With Trump Regaining North Carolina Lead, Hillary Unexpectedly Postpones Local Fundraiser “Without Reason”
With Trump Regaining North Carolina Lead, Hillary Unexpectedly Postpones Local Fundraiser “Without Reason”
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WNCN, The Gateway Pundit and The American Mirror
CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
Small NC town prepares for Trump rally; Clinton postpones Chapel Hill event
Small NC town prepares for Trump rally; Clinton postpones Chapel Hill event
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The Gateway Pundit and Power Line
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
For Clinton, attacking Trump may not be enough — ORLANDO — Hillary Clinton has decided it's about time she do more talking about Hillary Clinton. — After a year and a half of running for president, the Democratic nominee has concluded that many Americans still do not have a clear understanding …
John McCormick / Bloomberg:
Top Earners Back Clinton in Bloomberg Poll After Decades With GOP — In 2012, this group backed Romney over Obama by 10 percentage points, exit polls show. — McCormickJohn — Higher-income voters are narrowly supporting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in another sign …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Preparing for North Korea's Inevitable Collapse — Let's be honest. The world would be a better place if a revolutionary tribunal in the near future sent North Korea's Kim Jong-un and his henchmen to the gallows. Kim's subjects are so malnourished that North Koreans are notably shorter than their South Korean cousins.
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CBS North Carolina / WNCN:
Fayetteville teacher suspended after flag-stomping lesson sparks outrage — FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) - A teacher's First Amendment lesson at a Fayetteville high school has sparked outrage and he has been place on leave by school officials. — Lee Francis, a teacher at Massey Hill Classical High School …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Clinton air war fails to sink Trump — 's campaign and its allies are outspending their Republican counterparts by a factor of about five to one, according to a new analysis released Tuesday. — But the former secretary of State has failed to put away Donald Trump
J.J. Gallagher / ABC News:
Trump Still Paying Fmr. Campaign Manager Lewandowski as Consultant — Donald Trump's presidential campaign paid former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski's company $20,000 in consulting fees in August, campaign filings show. — Lewandowski was fired as Trump's campaign manager on June 20 …
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Exec Sues ‘Erratic,’ ‘Reckless,’ ‘Paranoid’ Glenn Beck — The abrupt end of a beautiful friendship—nearly two decades of mutual admiration between struggling media entrepreneur Glenn Beck and his fired top executive, Christopher Balfe—has become a legal battle of ugly accusations that only promise to get uglier.
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Sean Teehan / BostonGlobe.com:
Satanic Temple headquarters to open quietly in Salem — When The Satanic Temple officially opens its doors on Friday, Salem will become home to the organization's international headquarters. — But pitchfork-wielding mobs protesting the move seem unlikely, as the fire-and-brimstone theology …
Zeninjor Enwemeka / WBUR:
Mass. High Court Says Black Men May Have Legitimate Reason To Flee Police — Black men who try to avoid an encounter with Boston police by fleeing may have a legitimate reason to do so — and should not be deemed suspicious — according to a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
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Raw Story
Economic Policy Institute:
Black-white wage gaps expand with rising wage inequality — What this report finds: Black-white wage gaps are larger today than they were in 1979, but the increase has not occurred along a straight line. During the early 1980s, rising unemployment, declining unionization …
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Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
My Plan for Helping America's Poor — The true measure of any society is how we take care of our children. With all of our country's resources, no child should ever have to grow up in poverty. Yet every single night, all across America, kids go to sleep hungry or without a place to call home.
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