Presidential Candidates Celebrate Thanksgiving, Europeans Talking ISIS, Record Crowd Expected for NYC Thanksgiving Parade: A.M. Links
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martha chapa/flickr The 2016 presidential candidates celebrate Thanksgiving. Who knew?
- Francois Hollande will meet with Vladimir Putin to discuss cooperating on the fight against ISIS. Turkey, meanwhile, says it won't apologize for downing a Russian jet that crossed over from Syria. David Cameron would like to bomb ISIS too.
- Militants from Boko Haram killed 15 people after attacking a border town in Niger.
- Israel is building a new fence near Hebron.
- The public school system in Chicago says it won't be showing the Laquan McDonald police shooting video but will have students discuss it in class on Monday.
- A record crowd is expected in New York City for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
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