Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords
The White House says President Joe Biden will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, including gymnast Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, with whom Biden served in the Senate.
Nine arrested for protesting release of Jason Van Dyke vow more protests, say they’re ‘willing to sacrifice our freedom in the name of justice’
Protesters had gathered across the street from Federal Plaza downtown Thursday afternoon calling for Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer who fatally shot Laquan McDonald, to face federal charges.
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