FANCY FARM, Ky. (AP) _ Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell is trying to make the Kentucky governor's race about President Barack Obama.

WASHINGTON (AP) _ California Gov. Jerry Brown is calling for President Barack Obama to respond to Republicans in what he calls “a very powerful way'' …

PLANTATION, Fla. (AP) _ A veteran police officer has been suspended for 16 hours without pay after officials said he sent text messages with inappropriate …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Attorney General Pam Bondi has agreed to seek an independent investigation into the forced resignation of two of her lawyers who …

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) _ A Charleston woman's trove of African-American history is now in possession of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and …

ATLANTA (AP) _ Civil rights leaders gathered at the weekend funeral of the late president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, lauding the Rev. Howard …

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's first black federal judge was remembered Thursday as a man who transformed a segregated state using inspirational teaching, …

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ A new federal lawsuit claims that for at least two years, dozens of Red Wing High School students mocked African-Americans during homecoming …

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Washington's debt crisis has hurt consumer confidence and the economic recovery, but he won't blame …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama plans to visit an advanced battery facility in Holland, Mich., next week to highlight his administration's efforts to boost …