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Killing of a Missouri teenager by police triggers unrest

The killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, has sparked outrage and protests. Brown, a young African-American man, was unarmed. Jeffrey Brown gets reaction from Sherrilyn Ifill of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and Greg Meyer, former captain of the Los Angeles Police Department.

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President Joe Biden will give an Oval Office address Thursday on the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war.
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