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'It's Not Your Grandfather's LAPD' — And That's A Good Thing

A demonstrator protests the verdict in the trial of four Los Angeles police officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King outside the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on April 29, 1992. Riots broke out in Los Angeles after a jury acquitted the four police officers accused of beating King. Mike Nelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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"It's Not Your Father's LAPD"—And That's A Good Thing

In the past five years, the issue of policing — how it's done, whether it's equitable, what happens when deadly confrontations occur — has become more urgent than ever.

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'It's Not Your Grandfather's LAPD' — And That's A Good Thing

A demonstrator protests the verdict in the trial of four Los Angeles police officers accused of beating motorist Rodney King outside the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on April 29, 1992. Riots broke out in Los Angeles after a jury acquitted the four police officers accused of beating King. Mike Nelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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'It's Not Your Grandfather's LAPD' — And That's A Good Thing

'It's Not Your Grandfather's LAPD' — And That's A Good Thing

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With A Deported Father, California Teen Lives Life Between Borders

Zola Cervantes (center) and her brother, Tines, travel across the border regularly to visit their father, Gilbert, in Mexico. Courtesy of Misty Cervantes hide caption

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With A Deported Father, California Teen Lives Life Between Borders

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With A Deported Father, California Teen Lives Life Between Borders

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Overlooked Drug Could Save Thousands Of Moms After Childbirth

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Overlooked Drug Could Save Thousands Of Moms After Childbirth

Overlooked Drug Could Save Thousands Of Moms After Childbirth

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New Evidence Suggests Humans Arrived In The Americas Far Earlier Than Thought

(Left) A close-up view of a spirally fractured mastodon femur. (Right) A boulder discovered at the Cerutti Mastodon site in San Diego County thought to have been used by early humans as a hammerstone. Tom Démeré/San Diego Natural History Museum hide caption

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New Evidence Suggests Humans Arrived In The Americas Far Earlier Than Thought

New Evidence Suggests Humans Arrived In The Americas Far Earlier Than Thought

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'The Handmaid's Tale' Wants You To Feel Like 'This Could Happen Here'

The few fertile women remaining in the oppressive Republic of Gilead must serve as reproductive surrogates for powerful leaders in the TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian novel, The Handmaid's Tale. George Kraychyk/Hulu hide caption

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'The Handmaid's Tale' Wants You To Feel Like 'This Could Happen Here'

'The Handmaid's Tale' Wants You To Feel Like 'This Could Happen Here'

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