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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Students protesting racial problems who are backed up by black football players staging a boycott have forced changes at the University of Missouri. The school president, Tim Wolfe and chancellor R. Bowen Liftin are resigning. The UM system has agreed to enact several initiatives in the next 90 days to address racial turmoil that led to the resignations.
MARKSVILLE, La. (AP) — A lawyer says body camera video shows that the father of a 6-year-old autistic boy who was shot to death in his car last week had his hands in the air and did not pose a threat before police opened fire. Mark Jeansonne (ZHAN'-sawn) is the attorney for Chris Few, who was seriously wounded when local marshals in the town of Marksville opened fire. His 6-year-old son, Jeremy Mardis, was killed in the backseat. The two marshals are charged with second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have reaffirmed their commitment to seeking Middle East peace. But an agreement between Israelis and Palestinians appear ever further out of reach. The meeting, at the White House, is the first time the leaders have talked face-to-face in more than year. Netanyahu vigorously opposed the international nuclear deal with Iran.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Jordanian officials say they're trying to find out whether the motive for today's fatal shooting at a police compound was personal or political. They say a Jordanian policeman opened fire on foreign trainers, killing two Americans, a South African and a Jordanian before being shot dead. U.S. officials say the Americans were civilians who were part of a State Department police training program.
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton has filed paperwork to be a candidate in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary. Clinton today submitted paperwork and a $1,000 check to get on the ballot at the start of a two-day campaign trip to New Hampshire. She was the last of the three main Democratic candidates to file.
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