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BALTIMORE – The city of Baltimore says it has reached a $6.4 million wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray. Gray died in April after he suffered a critical spine injury while he was in police custody. Six Baltimore police officers face criminal charges stemming from Gray's death. Gray, who was black, was critically injured April 12 in the back of a prisoner transport van after he was arrested.

WHAT’S THIS WORLD COMING TO? Words like OUTRAGEOUS, ABSURD, DISGUSTING, seem petty, when you consider the gravity of the crimes being committed, in the light of day, under our very noses.. This is happening, not just to us as citizens of this great Nation, but to the Nation itself.. When you ponder on the list of offenses being perpetrated, at rate is so mind-bogglingly that one hasn't the time to respond, let alone recover, before another has reared its ugly head.. For the sake of brevity, I’ll spare you the litany of the assaults that our Constitution has absorbed.. Dating...

US and Iraqi forces in Baghdad have arrested the deputy health minister during a raid at his offices. The minister, Hakim al-Zamili, is a key member of the political group led by radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr. He is accused of aiding Shia militiamen and using ambulances to move weapons, a ministry source told the BBC. US and Iraqi troops have been trying to curb sectarian attacks in Iraq. The latest raid came as a car bomb killed at least 17 people south of Baghdad. A parked car bomb struck a market in the predominantly Shia town of Aziziya, also...