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Quick and easy way to make Filipino Banana Lumpia, caramelized banana egg rolls. Recipe Filipino Banana Lumpia You'll need... 8 square spring roll wrappers 4 ripe bananas or plantains 1 cup light brown sugar Water for sealing wrappers Vegetable oil Let's get Cooking... Slice bananas into quarters, and roll the pieces in the brown sugar. Place 1-2 slices on one bottom corner of a wrapper, roll, fold, and seal. Repeat the process. Heat enough vegetable oil to fill a pan halfway. Fry the lumpia until golden brown on one side, flip and sprinkle a little brown sugar on top. Cook the other side until golden brown, flip and sprinkle the brown sugar on top again. Place on paper towels to absorb excess oil. Serve alone or with ice cream.

Police confirm at least 14 fatalities and 14 more injured Between 1 and 3 shooters still at large Incident took place at center for people with developmental disabilities SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. -- A shooting Wednesday morning at a social services center in San Bernardino, California, left at least 14 people dead and 14 more injured, police said. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said at a press conference that up to three suspects "have fled, potentially in a dark-colored SUV." Lt. Richard Lawhead told MSNBC the incident took place at  Inland Regional Center . According to its Facebook page, the center assists individuals with developmental disabilities. It has nearly 670 staff and provides services to more than 30,200 people. It “could be a possibility” that there are others dead or wounded inside the building, Burguan said. Masked gunmen stormed a conference room at the center where an awards ceremony for county employees was taking place, acco...

The panel will study police accountability in the wake of a teen's shooting and the police superintendent's ouster. Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is heading back to his hometown to help improve police accountability in Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has assigned high-profile members for the newly created Task Force on Police Accountability, including Patrick. The former Massachusetts governor will serve as a senior adviser to the panel, along with former Director of the Illinois State Police Hiram Grau and Chicago Police Board President Lori Lightfoot, Emanuel’s officer announced Tuesday. The new panel comes after a video release showing Chicago Police Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting an African-American teen, Laquan McDonald, to death on a lonely stretch of Pulaski Road in October 2014. Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy was relieved of his duties  Tuesday, following several days of protests. Black leaders and editorial writers in the city had cal...

BOSTON — A 16-year-old high school student was injured in a shooting in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on Monday, according to police. The shooting happened near the John O'Bryant School on Malcolm X Boulevard in Roxbury, police said.  The teen, a student at nearby Madison Park High School, was transported to Children's Hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg, police said.  Three schools were placed in safe mode after the shooting: the Timilty School, Madison Park and the O'Bryant School.