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Marilyn Mosby, Baltimore state's attorney, speaks during a media availability, Friday, May 1, 2015 in Baltimore. Mosby announced criminal charges against all six officers suspended after Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while in police custody. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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David Wildstein, right, arrives with his attorney Alan Zegas at federal court for a hearing Friday, May 1, 2015, in Newark, N.J. Wildstein, a former Port Authority appointee of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, is set to plead guilty on charges arising from a federal probe into traffic jams he ordered on the George Washington Bridge, allegedly on behalf of Christie. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
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In this Feb. 3, 2015, photo, Marilyn Mosby, right, Baltimore City State’s Attorney, holds a press conference regarding the Phylicia Barnes case. At left is Deputy Chief Michael Schatzow. Baltimore’s chief prosecutor is 35 years old, has been on the job for less than four months and is about to take on the biggest challenge of her career weighing the evidence against six police officers in the death of Freddie Gray and deciding whether they deserve to be criminally charged. (Algerina Perna/The Baltimore Sun via AP)
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This Feb. 5, 2013, photo shows Sweet Cakes by Melissa in Gresham,Ore. An administrative law judge proposed Friday, April 24, 2015, that the owners of the suburban Portland bakery pay $135,000 to a lesbian couple who were refused service more than two years ago. The judge, Alan McCullough, ruled in January that Sweet Cakes by Melissa discriminated against Laurel and Rachel Bowman-Cryer by refusing to bake them a wedding cake. The bakers cited their religious beliefs in a case that has been cited in the national debate over religious freedom and discrimination against gays. (Everton Bailey Jr./The Oregonian via AP)
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David Manigault chants while marching toward City Hall to protest the police-custody death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore. Police say they have turned over their criminal investigation to a prosecutor who will decide whether charges are warranted. (Associated Press)
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China's gender imbalance comes from the "terrible collision" of a "ruthless son preference," the one-child policy, plus advanced gender-detecting technologies, American Enterprise Institute scholar Nicholas Eberstadt told lawmakers. (Associated Press)
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Houston police have arrested a 16-year-old boy on suspicion of stealing a toddler's iPad after the suspect's mother recognized him in surveillance video and turned him in. (YouTube/Houston Police)
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The Rev. Al Sharpton, left, shakes hands with Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake as she prepares to speak at a summit to address issues surrounding the death Freddie Gray and its aftermath at New Shiloh Baptist Church, Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Baltimore. Police completed their investigation into the death of Gray a day earlier than planned Thursday and delivered it to the chief prosecutor in Baltimore, who pleaded for patience and peace while she decides whether to bring charges. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake pauses while speaking during a media availability at City Hall, after violence occurred after a march for Freddie Gray, Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about a week after he was arrested and transported in a police van. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts, center, approaches a news conference before announcing that the department's investigation into the death of Freddie Gray was turned over to the State's Attorney's office a day early, Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Baltimore. Standing at right is Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis. Batts did not give details of the report or take questions. He said the department dedicated more than 30 detectives to working on the case and report. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts listens as Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis, not pictured, speaks at a news conference, Thursday, April 30, 2015, in Baltimore, announcing that the department's investigation into the death of Freddie Gray was turned over to the State's Attorney's office a day early. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Houston police have charged 23-year-old Jeremiah M. Matthews with attempted capital murder after he allegedly stabbed an off-duty police woman 14 times at a Meyerland Walmart. (KPRC-TV)
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A demonstrator confronts police near Camden Yards during a protest against the death in police custody of Freddie Gray in Baltimore April 25, 2015. At least 2,000 people protesting the unexplained death of Gray, 25, while in police custody marched through downtown Baltimore on Saturday, pausing at one point to confront officers in front of Camden Yards, home of the Orioles baseball team. REUTERS/Sait Serkan Gurbuz
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Supporters of marriage equality gathered outside the Supreme Court to demonstrate support for LGBT couples on Tuesday as justices inside asked questions that cautiously encouraged both sides of the debate on same-sex marriage. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was closely watched. (Associated Press)
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Joaquin Phoenix stars as Doc Sportello, a hippie private detective in a heap of trouble in Inherent Vice, now on Blu-ray. (Courtesy Warner Home Video)
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An upstate New York sheriff is standing by his decision to have 15 runaway bison shot and killed last week, despite receiving a wave of backlash and even death threats from concerned animal lovers. (Wikimedia Commons)
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An upstate New York sheriff is standing by his decision to have 15 runaway bison shot and killed last week, despite receiving a wave of backlash and even death threats from concerned animal lovers. (Wikipedia)
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Illustration on the change from nonviolent "racial equality" to violent "social justice" by Tim Brinton