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Black men have been killed at eight times the rate of others over the past decade as new initiative discloses data about the use of deadly force
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Mayor Ed Lee says homeless population must leave waterfront before the Super Bowl, but struggling people say it’s not that simple
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Experts say a ‘substantial majority’ of black and Latino students attend schools segregated by race and poverty, which are linked to poorer education
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Matika Wilbur has traveled more than 250,000 miles to ensure stereotyped images are replaced with accurate ones to change history’s collective psyche
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Across the United States, kids will return to school to see longer list of rules, yet it isn’t the codes that are most problematic – punishments don’t fit the complaints
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The United Nations has saved millions of lives and boosted health and education across the world. But it is bloated, undemocratic – and very expensive.
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Four in ten Americans do not use all of their paid vacation days and overall leave about 169m days on the table each year. Do Americans even want to go away?
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Women who choose to engage in sex work are often considered victims of the industry instead of rational actors. Now male sex workers are, too
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We asked readers for the strangest things their beloved feline companions do
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The former vice-presidential candidate joins the debate over Donald Trump’s goading of Spanish-speaking rival Jeb Bush with a plea for a ‘unifying language’
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Kim Davis objects to same-sex marriage for religious reasons , but judge ruled she was in contempt of court for disobeying order
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British farmers among an estimated 4,000 that blockaded city centre as European ministers hold emergency meeting on agriculture crisis
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Ex-Top Gear presenter, along with Richard Hammond and James May, cost Jeff Bezos’ company a reported £160m to front motoring show on Prime service
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special report: the counted
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People killed by the police in the US, recorded by the Guardian
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In the second part of our series on early cinema, we celebrate the courage of Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill Jr – and four other actors who were tough enough to take the knocks on set
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Despite the internet, we still have to remember some things – even, in times of need, a poem or two
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Pro-cycling policy in Hawaii’s capital, street art in Accra and LA finally gets a bike share programme in this week’s best city stories
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Irish documentarian Ken Wardrop heads to Oklahoma for an examination of mother/son love with universal appeal despite its limited scope
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This Ethiopian prince was kidnapped by Britain
Maaza MengisteA week in Africa: We take a look at issues across the continent, beyond the usual coverage of extreme events to get a picture of life as it's really lived -
From being underpaid and overworked I became well-paid and respected. Why would I want to return to practise in the UK?
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Labor Day marks the moment that presidential campaigns get serious – but after an eventful summer, we have already learned that outsiders are in
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As landmark settlement will end state’s ability to indefinitely lock up prisoners in solitary – former inmate and allies reflect on time that ‘literally drives men mad’
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Internal emails reveal coordinated attack by American Egg Board to quash the rise of Hampton Creek’s egg alternative in possible breach of federal regulations
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Yik Yak and Whatsgoodly give social media-saturated millennials a new way to openly share campus anecdotes. But with anonymity surfaces bullying and hate
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Volunteers form a convoy of cars to drive refugees from Budapest to reach the Austrian border and beyond on Sunday night
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Novak Djokovic, speaking following his hard-won victory against Bautista Agut at the US Open on Sunday, expresses disappointment at his performance and says he was upset with himself
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Dashcam footage appears to show a fireball over the Thai capital Bangkok
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Flames engulf David Ragan’s NASCAR after an incident during the Bojangles’ Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway
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Former candidate for US vice-president Sarah Palin has told CNN that migrants to the US should ‘speak American’
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U2 frontman Bono says refugees should be not be called ‘migrants’
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Le Creuset, the world renowned cookware brand, celebrates its 90th anniversary this month. Guardian photojournalist David Levene was granted unprecedented access to the factory to photograph the production line in Fresnoy-Le-Grande
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The US president will present the novelist with the highest award for artists given by the US government
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The Oscar-winning actor expressed optimism about the future
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In a BBC interview, actress Emma Thompson got some climate comments wrong, but the urgency right.
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This weekend saw the singer join Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones for a Prostate Cancer UK gig in Surrey
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the big picture
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This is not simple fancy dress. Devil masks, deadly jesters, ritual forest dancing and rings of fire in the living room – Oweena Fogarty captures eerie carnival rituals throughout Mexico
Refugees We asked presidential candidates to define a US refugee policy. Few had clear answers
Live EU plan emerges as France considers Syria strikes
United Nations Agencies 'broke and failing' in face of crisis
Syrian refugess in Hungary 'This is the so-called developed Europe?'