Human Interest

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A Chicago police sergeant speaks with a relative of a 19-year-old man killed in a police-involved shooting in the West Garfield Park neighborhood in Chicago on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. A Chicago police officer shot and killed the 19-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman early Saturday while responding to a domestic disturbance call on the city's West Side, police said. (Megan Crepeau/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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In a surprise to the Democratic Party, which thought Hillary Clinton would be the uncontested presidential nominee, Sen. Bernard Sanders drew voters in droves to rallies as he preached leadership from the left flank. (Associated Press/File)

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In this Dec. 10, 2015, photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits at a desk in the 18th Century Room in Buckingham Palace in London, after recording her Christmas Day broadcast to the Commonwealth, to be broadcast Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. (John Stillwell/Pool Photo via AP)

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And the star shone brightly... (Illustration by Michael Ramirez for Creators Syndicate)

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In this July 27, 2012, file photo, Bristol Palin attends the "Dancing with the Stars: All Stars" panel at the Disney ABC Television Critics Association session in Beverly Hills, Calif. Palin is a mother for the second time. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP, FIle)

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Light duty: Israel Defense Forces restrict female conscripts to support roles in special operations and limit battle service to two light infantry border units. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

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This photo provided by Lucasfilm shows Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca and Harrison Ford as Han Solo in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," directed by J.J. Abrams. The movie opened in U.S. theaters on Dec. 18, 2015. (Film Frame/Lucasfilm via AP) -

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Illustration about preserving free speech online by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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Jimmy Stewart and Jean Arthur star in "You Can’t Take It with You," now available on Blu-ray from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal, center, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, built atop the site where Christians believe Jesus Christ was born, on Christmas Eve, in the West Bank City of Bethlehem, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas signs a copy of the Declaration of Independence as he campaigns Tuesday in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mr. Cruz is well-poised to take advantage of the social conservatives who dominate the Republican Party in the South and is trying to woo libertarian-leaning tea party types. (Associated Press)