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  Sean Combs 'Can't Wait' to Address Sex Trafficking Claims in Court: Attorney

  Combs has since pleaded not guilty to all three charges but was denied bail despite several attempts.

• Georgia Governor Signs Bill Amending Trial For Police Officers' Use of Force, Grand Jury

  On Tuesday, Governor Nathan Deal signed into a law a bill that gives police officers who use deadly force a special privilege that allows them to make a statement before a grand jury. While it is also be mandatory for them to answer questions, they are not allowed to sit through the entire proceeding.

• Grand Jury Refused to Indict a Sheriff Deputy who Fatally Shot a Man

  Harnett County Grand Jury decided not to indict Deputy Nichols Kehagias. Kehagias reportedly shot and killed, John Livingston II on Spring Lake home after an argument.

• Planned Parenthood Free From Allegations; Grand Jury Indicts 2 Accusers Instead

  Planned Parenthood cleared by Harris County grand jury. They Instead indicted the two aaccusers. After a two-month long investigation Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast is finally clear from investigations.

• Ferguson policies targeted blacks, created toxic environment: U.S. attorney general

  A U.S. probe found systemic racial bias targeted blacks and created a "toxic environment" in Ferguson, Missouri, but cleared a white officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager there, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday.

• Judge to weigh releasing grand jury record in NYC chokehold death

  A New York judge is due to hear arguments on Monday whether to make public records of a grand jury hearing into the case of an unarmed black man killed after a policeman put him in a chokehold while arresting him for peddling loose cigarettes.

• NYC braced for more protests over police violence after West Coast clashes

  A fifth day of nationwide protests against police violence was set to begin on Sunday after overnight clashes in two West Coast cities as New York's police commissioner said an internal investigation into a chokehold death could last four months.

• Top U.S. justice official promises probe after NYC police chokehold death

  U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday promised a full investigation into the choking death of an unarmed black man by a white New York police officer as protests flared for a second day over a grand jury's decision declining to bring criminal charges in the case.

• U.S. justice system makes it difficult to indict a cop

  A grand jury decision not to indict a New York policeman over a fatal chokehold underscores how difficult it is to charge an officer in the United States, even when the tactic appears to contradict police department policy and is caught on video.

• Despite Obama promises, Ferguson protesters say more change needed

  A pledge by President Barack Obama to address race-related problems between police and minorities falls far short of what is needed, and nationwide demonstrations tied to the police shooting of Missouri teenager Michael Brown will continue to grow, several protest leaders said on Tuesday.

• Protesters target Black Friday sales in Ferguson

  Protesters in Ferguson, Missouri began targeting Black Friday sales at major retailers overnight in a new tactic to vent their anger at a grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen.

• Cleveland video shows police shot boy within seconds

  Cleveland officials on Wednesday released a video of the fatal police shooting of a 12-year-old boy that shows him pointing a pellet gun around a park before police arrive and shoot him within two seconds.

• More troops deployed in Ferguson to guard against fresh riots

  Missouri's governor ordered hundreds more National Guard troops on Tuesday to the St. Louis suburb rocked by rioting after a white policeman was cleared in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager, while the local mayor said the governor did not do enough to protect businesses from looting.

• Grand jury testimony in black Missouri teen's slaying nearly done: attorney

  The grand jury considering whether to charge a white Missouri police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in August appears to be approaching the end of its process, lawyers for the family said on Thursday.