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On the way to a Carnegie Hall tribute to the legendary Bill Withers, Sheeran stopped by the Late Show to perform “Ain’t No Sunshine” with Jon Batiste and Stay Human.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls for broad policing reform - including de-escalation training and body cameras for all police officers - and likens the Black Lives Matter movement to the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

To determine whether cops are racist, Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood Jr. enlist a police bias training program.

Playing for Change releases a new Song Around The World featuring children performing alongside PFC musicians on the Bobby McFerrin classic, "Don't Worry Be Happy."

As President Obama called for new gun control reform measures, Thursday’s school shooting at Umpqua Community College in Oregon has brought new attention to the actions of Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin, who is investigating the shooting.

It so happens that this film gets its release here just as high-risk, high-yield mortgage bonds are making a cheeky comeback in the US. The name has been changed from “sub-prime” to “non-prime”. There are higher safeguards, reportedly, although that new prefix weirdly makes it sound like fewer. So 99 Homes coincides with the financial world’s Windscale/Sellafield moment.

The Miranda warning includes the right to a public defender. It doesn’t include the fact that public defenders are highly overworked and grossly underpaid.