Officer in Freddie Gray Case Is Cleared of All Charges - The New York Times

Officer in Freddie Gray Case Is Cleared of All Charges - The New York Times:



"BALTIMORE — The Baltimore police officer who drove the van in which Freddie Gray sustained a fatal spinal injury was acquitted on Thursday of second-degree murder and six lesser charges, leaving prosecutors still without a conviction after three high-profile trials in a case that has shaken this city."



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A Tale of Two Parties - The New York Times

A Tale of Two Parties - The New York Times:



 "Do you remember what happened when the Berlin Wall fell? Until that moment, nobody realized just how decadent Communism had become. It had tanks, guns, and nukes, but nobody really believed in its ideology anymore; its officials and enforcers were mere careerists, who folded at the first shock."



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The Corrupt Zigzag, an Argentine Dance - The New York Times

The Corrupt Zigzag, an Argentine Dance - The New York Times:



"BUENOS AIRES — Argentina is changing political direction again, in a century-old zigzag from left to right and back. Traumatic though this obsessive ritual is, what is most amazing is that the language almost never changes: The powers that be are corrupt. Throw them out."



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Next for Bernie Sanders? Final Primary and a Talk With Hillary Clinton - The New York Times

Next for Bernie Sanders? Final Primary and a Talk With Hillary Clinton - The New York Times:



"WASHINGTON — The general election fever has been getting hotter as Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump have knocked each other around on national security, immigration and abortion in the past week. But for Democratic voters in Washington — and for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont — the primary election season goes on for one more day."



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A Party Agrift - The New York Times

A Party Agrift - The New York Times:



"This is not a column about Donald Trump."



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Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills 50, Police Say - The New York Times

Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills 50, Police Say - The New York Times:



 "ORLANDO, Fla. — A gunman killed 50 people and wounded 53 in a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando early Sunday, officials said, in the worst mass shooting slaughter in American history, and law enforcement officials said it was an act of terrorism."



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A Corruption Crusade in Guatemala - The New York Times

A Corruption Crusade in Guatemala - The New York Times:



 "Last year, Guatemalans watched in awe as their president, Otto Pérez Molina, and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, were charged in a kickback scheme and forced from power. This month brought a startling revelation from the country’s attorney general, Thelma Aldana: Investigators have determined that the case that brought down Mr. Pérez Molina was just a sliver of a sprawling criminal enterprise run by the state."



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