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Authorities work the scene of a shooting at Northlake Mall, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2015, in Charlotte, N.C. One person was killed after an argument erupted at the mall, police said Thursday. (Robert Lahser/The Charlotte Observer via AP) MAGS OUT; TV OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

Charlotte Northlake mall hit by shooting; gunman killed

A fight between two rival groups who went to a North Carolina shopping mall on Christmas Eve looking for trouble escalated into a gunbattle that ended with an off-duty policeman killing a teenage rapper who had pointed a gun at him.

December 24, 2015
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernard Sanders was "disturbed by reports that the government may commence raids to deport families who have fled here to escape violence in Central America." (Associated Press)

Rival Democrats slam reports of Obama’s deportation push

Reports that President Obama's Homeland Security Department is planning raids against illegal-immigrant families from Central America prompted an immediate backlash Thursday from liberal advocacy groups and politicians, who especially lamented the timing of the Christmas-week news break.

December 24, 2015
Silva Wanderlei from Brazil, left, fights against U.S. Rich Franklin from Cincinnati, Ohio during their Ultimate Fighting Championship comback bout in Cologne, Germany, on Saturday, June 13, 2009. The Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC is the world leading professional mixed martial arts MMA organization. Franklin won the bout. (Associated Press) **FILE**

One FC bans weight cutting to curb extreme dehydration

Asia's largest mixed martial arts promotion made a potentially revolutionary change in the sport Wednesday by banning the practice of "weight-cutting" and requiring its athletes to fight at their natural weights.

December 23, 2015
According to reports in the Oregonian newspaper, 24-year-old Lakeisha Holloway had changed her name to Paris Paradise Morton in October and had gone to Las Vegas from her longtime Oregon residence seeking work. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via Associated Press)

Lakeisha Holloway, Las Vegas Strip crash driver, won Role Model award in 2012

The image that emerged Monday of the suspect in the Las Vegas Strip car attack was of a woman who once won a role-model award from a Portland alternative school, but had changed her name and by Sunday night was homeless and stressed from being chased away from the gambling mecca's casinos.

December 21, 2015