Rep. Jamaal Bowman defended including a convicted fugitive cop killer Assata Shakur in his "Wall of Honor" when he was principal of a Bronx middle school.
Former Ward 2 Councilman and Chokwe Lumumba, 65, (pronounced SHOW-kway Lu-MOOM-bah) is the new mayor of Jackson, Miss., winning the general election with 87 percent of the vote.
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