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Society

In Fear of Public Scrutiny, Chicago Officer Didn’t Use Gun While She Was Beaten ktla v

While wrestling on the ground, the the man allegedly grabbed the officer's head and slammed her face into the pavement repeatedly until she lost consciousness, [the superintendent] said.

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War

Military Success in Syria Gives Putin Upper Hand in U.S. Proxy War nytimes v

For the first time since Afghanistan in the 1980s, the Russian military for the past year has been in direct combat with rebel forces trained and supplied by the C.I.A. The American-supplied Afghan fighters prevailed during that Cold War conflict. But this time the outcome — thus far — has been different.