Bring That Week Back: June 27

Zimmerman's defense pleads for leniency, plus more.

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/content/dam/betcom/images/2012/03/National-03-16-03-31/032912-national-affordable-care-act-on-trial-supreme-court-justices.jpgWildfires Rip Through the U.S. - In 2012, 9.2 million acres were burned, the third highest in U.S. history during fire season, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. “New Mexico had its largest fire in state history, Colorado its most destructive and second largest in state history, and Oregon had its largest fire since the 1860s. More than 3.6 million acres burned in the U.S. during August – the most on record for any August in recorded history,” says Masters. (Photo: AP Photo/Bryan Oller)

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Week in Review - Teens killed in weekend shootings in Chicago, North Carolina sterilization victims won't receive reparations, police chief in Trayvon Martin case fired, plus more top national news. — Britt MiddletonChicago is grappling with a wave of gun violence. Amid a surge in violent crimes involving Black youth, four people were shot and killed in Chicago over the weekend — two teens and two others under the age of 30 — including 13-year-old TyquanTyler, who was struck by a bullet while standing outside of a house party he attended with his sisters. (Photo: Courtesy Facebook)

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