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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The planned hiring of a long-term executive director for the North Carolina Democratic Party has been delayed as both allies and …

CHICAGO (AP) – Barack Obama’s journey from community organizer to lawmaker to president was also a journey through several different Chicagos, from the city’s isolated …

WASHINGTON — Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress …

Five decades and $1 billion after an infamous racial episode made Little Rock, Ark., a national symbol of school segregation, the legal fight to ensure …

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -A suspect was arrested early Saturday and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a student outside a dormitory at South …

WASHINGTON — Faced with an empathy gap before the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are trying to forge a new image as a party that helps …

PORT-AU-PRINCE – On a steep hillside on the edge of Haiti’s capital, Pacha Jeudy slaps soupy cement onto jagged cinderblocks and stacks them into a …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Republican Party’s image has changed little in the year since GOP Chairman Reince Priebus published his prescription for broadening the party’s …

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A toddler who was being cursed at and being encouraged to curse in a video posted online has been placed in …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Just when it seemed the scandal over the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial had run its course, a cousin …