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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama still may push through an overhaul of the American health care system, but political indicators point to a needed …

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, the last surviving brother in a political dynasty and one of the most influential senators in history, died Tuesday night at …

LOS ANGELES _ The Los Angeles County coroner has found that the death of Michael Jackson was a homicide, according to The Associated Press.

Sonia Sotomayor was sworn in Saturday as the Supreme Court’s newest justice. The 55-year-old is the first Hispanic justice and the third woman in the …

PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Perhaps the biggest “teachable moment” from the Henry Louis Gates Jr. saga was for President Barack Obama: If you want to improve …

WASHINGTON (AP) —President Barack Obama’s summary of the furor over a black Harvard professor’s arrest was so understated, and perhaps obvious, that it barely rose …

BOSTON (AP) _ Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he is ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping …

PARIS, Texas (AP) — On one side of a downtown street in this eastern Texas town stood about 200 protesters, chanting “Black Power” and led …

HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Suspended NFL star Michael Vick ended his federal dogfighting sentence Monday, freeing him to lobby for a return to the field. …

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday announced the nomination of Dr. Regina Benjamin as the next United States surgeon general. Benjamin is a rural …