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The state’s education commissioner says Massapequa schools cannot enforce a new policy banning transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identities. The ruling comes after the NYCLU appealed earlier this month. The Massapequa School Board adopted the resolution in September. State law says transgender students have the right to use facilities that correspond with their gender identity.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)A suspected drug dealer alleges that the Ferguson, Mo., policeman who killed Michael Brown used excessive force against him last year in an arrest that earned him commendation from the police department, the man’s attorney told Yahoo News. Officer Darren Wilson arrested Christopher Brooks on Feb. 28, 2013, after catching him and another man allegedly packaging marijuana to sell while sitting in a car in Brooks’ grandmother’s driveway. Yahoo News obtained the full police report from Brooks’ lawyer, Nick Zotos, after the Ferguson department refused to release an un-redacted version. According to the report, the men exited the car but...