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A.M. Links: Voters Want 'Fresh Face' in 2016 Presidential Election, Virginia Investigates Bloody Arrest of Student by Alcoholic Beverage Control Agents, More Snow for Northeast

Damon Root | 3.20.2015 9:00 AM


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    According to a new poll from Rasmussen, "54% of Likely U.S. Voters believe Democrats should look for a fresh face to run for president in 2016." Hillary Clinton could not be reached for comment.

  • Suicide bombers attacked a pair of Mosques in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Friday, killing at least 40.
  • Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has ordered the Virginia State Police to investigate the use of force by state Alcoholic Beverage Control agents against a black University of Virginia student. That incident left the 20-year-old honor student bloodied and in need of stitches.
  • The FBI is investigating the death of a black man who was founding hanging from a tree in Mississippi.
  • The Federal Aviation Administration has given Amazon an "Experimental Airworthiness Certificate" to test drone deliveries.
  • Today is the first day of spring. Snow is expected in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.

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Damon Root is a senior editor at Reason and the author of A Glorious Liberty: Frederick Douglass and the Fight for an Antislavery Constitution (Potomac Books).