Chicago’s maximum mayor Rahm Emmanuel fires police superintendent for failed coverup of videotaped police shooting of teenager Laquan McDonald….--Cook County sheriff loses federal appeal for using illegal means to shut down web site with adult ads, Glenn Greenwald comments
--for killings by cops, Kern County, California is the deadliest place in America, reports The Guardian
--new report says 56 Americans have been arrested this year on charges related to IS
--in latest in-depth interview, NY Times reporter Scott Shane talks about his book Objective Troy, about drones and the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki; in this excerpt, Shane talks about secrecy and lack of accountability from Congress and courts
--lawyers for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev demand new trial, challenge half of the counts he was convicted on, under Supreme Court ruling
--at Vice, Jason Leopold reviews the latest release of Hillary’s emails, where Clinton shows a little compassion for former Gitmo teen prisoner, Omar Khadr
--2 Israeli teenagers convicted for beating and burning to death Palestinian teen in 2014
--after 20 year prison stretch in Peru, American Lori Berenson is coming home
--on the sidelines at Paris climate meeting, Obama sides with Turkey on shoot-down of Russian fighter jet over Syria
--Turkey rounds up 1300 refugees after EU agrees to pay billions for refugee camps
--NRA law that widens concealed carry rights takes effect in Michigan, so that more good guys will be armed
--Puerto Rico is bankrupt, out of cash, as Governor pleads for bankruptcy at Senate hearing
--the Koch brothers’ support for criminal sentencing reform includes immunization of corporate executives
--AMA votes to ban TV ads for pharmaceuticals, and petition at Change.org has 38,000 signers
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