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• Christmastime tornadoes ravage South; at least 11 killed
• Trump warns Clinton to be careful in using woman 'card'
• Official: 200 al-Shabab fighters pledge allegiance to IS
• Chicago 'Black Christmas' protesters march against police violence
• Protesters march into San Francisco City Hall over police killing
• One dead as fight leads to fatal shooting at North Carolina mall
• Several arrests at Black Lives Matter protest at Mall of America

Christmastime tornadoes ravage South; at least 11 killed Posted: 24 Dec 2015 03:41 PM PST Instead of doing some last-minute shopping or wrapping gifts, families across the South spent Christmas Eve taking stock of their losses after an unusual outbreak of December tornadoes and other violent ...

Trump warns Clinton to be careful in using woman 'card' Posted: 24 Dec 2015 08:35 AM PST By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump intensified his criticism of Hillary Clinton after she said he had a "penchant for sexism," warning his Democratic rival against using the woman "card" and drawing his full attention. In a familiar pattern for Trump, he responded to fire - this time over a vulgarity he used in describing Clinton's 2008 primary loss - with fire. "Be careful Hillary as you play the war on women or women being degraded card," Trump said in a Twitter post on Wednesday.

Official: 200 al-Shabab fighters pledge allegiance to IS Posted: 24 Dec 2015 09:01 AM PST NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — About 200 Islamic extremist fighters have split from Somalia's al-Shabab rebels, who are allied to al-Qaida, and have instead pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group, Kenya's police chief said Thursday.

Chicago 'Black Christmas' protesters march against police violence Posted: 24 Dec 2015 01:18 PM PST Several hundred protesters against police killings of black men marched on Thursday along Chicago's Michigan Avenue, calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel to step down and aiming to disrupt Christmas Eve shopping in a glittering, upscale commercial area. The demonstration was peaceful, but after the main march concluded, police scuffled with a few dozen protesters who were trying to block the entrance to an H&M store and to obstruct traffic both ways on Michigan Avenue, a major thoroughfare. During the march, demonstrators chanted "Sixteen shots and a cover-up," protesting the year-long delay in bringing murder charges against police officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot and killed Laquan McDonald in October 2014 as the black teenager walked away from police, according to footage of the incident.

Protesters march into San Francisco City Hall over police killing Posted: 24 Dec 2015 02:00 PM PST The San Francisco demonstrators carried signs and chanted phrases like "Fire Chief Suhr" as they took to City Hall to protest the Dec. 2 shooting death of 26-year-old Mario Woods, according to footage of the event recorded by reporters for several local news outlets and uploaded to Twitter. Protesters have railed against San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr numerous times over the shooting, which was captured on camera by bystanders and described as unnecessary by the city's Public Defender.

One dead as fight leads to fatal shooting at North Carolina mall Posted: 24 Dec 2015 03:51 PM PST The officer heard shots among two groups of people who got into a fight and encountered the man, who pointed his weapon at the officer, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Chief Kerr Putney told a news conference. The mall was evacuated, but there was no continuing threat, said Jeff Keith, deputy director of the Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency.

Several arrests at Black Lives Matter protest at Mall of America Posted: 23 Dec 2015 11:41 PM PST Several arrests were made amid protests by the Black Lives Matter group at the Mall of America in Minnesota, officials said. Protesters moved their demonstration to the Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport this afternoon after they were forced out of the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, where four were arrested.

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