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RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Senate on Wednesday approved legislation that would eliminate a six-month mandatory minimum sentence for assaulting a police officer, despite strenuous objections from Rep...

WASHINGTON - U.S. officials said Wednesday there has been no intelligence to suggest that foreign countries are working to undermine mail-in voting and no signs of any coordinated effort to commit wid...

PORTLAND, Ore. - The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit on Wednesday alleging agents sent by President Donald Trump to protect a federal courthouse targeted by Black Lives Matter protester...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - NBA players made their strongest statement yet against racial injustice Wednesday when the Milwaukee Bucks didn't take the floor for their playoff game against the Orlando Mag...

The Justice Department is seeking data about "orders which may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents," sending letters Wednesday to the governors of New York, New ...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Illinois police arrested a juvenile Wednesday after two people were shot to death in a possible vigilante attack during a protest in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Ja...

KENOSHA, Wis. - Two people were shot to death and another was wounded during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, and authorities Wednesday hunted...

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - The Detroit Lions decided not to practice on Tuesday, protesting after a Black man was shot by police in Wisconsin."We came up with this one as a unit," Detroit defensive end Trey ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Don't lick your fingers!That's what Kentucky Fried Chicken signaled to customers as the company suspended its "It's Finger Lickin' Good" tagline after 64 years, deeming it "the most ...

WASHINGTON - Senior U.S. and Israeli officials will take the first commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates next week, flying from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi in a symbolic and substant...