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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama plans to honor victims of gun violence in his State of the Union address next week by leaving a seat …

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) – Republican Gov. Paul LePage apologized Friday for his remark about out-of-state drug dealers impregnating “young white” girls, calling it a slip …

TALLAHASSEE – A federal judge is hearing a case challenging a north Florida county’s decision to include prisoners when they drew voting districts. Judge Mark …

VATICAN CITY—Wishing for a year better than 2015, Pope Francis on Friday called for an end to the “arrogance of the powerful” that relegates the …

Diane Nash is an American civil rights activist, and a leader and strategist of the student wing of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Nash’s campaigns …

A child’s introduction to education has long term benefits; and in many cases, consequences. Samiya Spencer’s experience as a seventh and ninth grade teacher revealed …

LAUDERHILL – Police say a teenage girl, whose name has not been released,  has been taken into custody after another teen was found stabbed in …

TEHRAN, Iran – Saudi Arabia announced Sunday it was severing diplomatic relations with Shiite powerhouse Iran amid escalating tensions over the Sunni kingdos execution of …

CHICAGO – A watchdog agency that investigates Chicago police officers said Monday it will implement reforms in the wake of protests over several fatal shootings …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A commission probing Haiti’s disputed presidential election reported Sunday that a first-round vote was plagued by irregularities, but indicated a final run-off …