| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Opinion: America at its worst | | No one paying attention to the events in Ferguson, Missouri, since August will be surprised by the grand jury decision last week to not indict Officer Darren Wilson. |
| Opinion: Justice different for blacks? | | A little over two days. That's how long the grand jury deliberated before deciding not to bring an indictment against Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri on August 9. St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch announced the grand jury had heard more than 70 hours of testimony from 60 witnesses before reaching its decision, which he said was supported by physical evidence. |
| Crime novelist P.D. James dies | | P.D. James, the British novelist renowned for her crime novels featuring detective Adam Dalgliesh as well as such works as "The Children of Men," has died. She was 94. |
| Boys buried in snow for hours | | Two little boys, ages 7 and 9, have something to be thankful for this year following their rescue after spending hours buried under a pile of snow in New York. The boys were found after 2 a.m. |
| Poll majority is a first since '07 | | For the first time since 2007, a majority of Americans think things are going well in the nation, a new CNN/ORC International poll found. |
| Opinion: Why #BlackoutBlackFriday? | | Once again, the streets are electric with anger after a white police officer evades charges for fatally shooting a black man. Sirens screech and wood batons push back marchers protesting from Missouri to New York to Los Angeles. This time the cadence of "No Justice, No Peace" has been replaced with "Hand's Up. Don't Shoot." |
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