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Secretary of State John Merrill said it's too soon to know whether the margin of victory by Doug Jones in Alabama's special election on Tuesday will trigger the state's automatic recount law.
Step 1: Attract citizens with interactive art installations. Step 2: Talk to them about the community.
The recount on Thursday confirmed Keisha Lance Bottoms' lead, likely keeping the city's decades-long tradition of black mayors alive. But shifting demographics will change how people lead it.
Former New Mexico state Rep. Thomas A. Garcia's alleged response to Vanessa Alarid, a lobbyist, when she asked him if she could count on his support for a bill that could come down to a single vote. He then kissed her, and she pulled away. The next day, said bill failed by one vote and received a "no" from Garcia.
Age of San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee when he died of a heart attack on Tuesday. He was the city's first Asian-American mayor.
The president has emerged as a central issue in races all over the country, underscoring a shift toward partisanship that has intensified since his election.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel took his anti-Trump shtick on the road Monday when he stopped by "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
Vanessa Alarid was a lobbyist in New Mexico when she asked a lawmaker over drinks one night if she could count on his support for a bill that appeared to be coming down to a single vote.
The U.S. Supreme Court expanded its review of partisan gerrymandering, agreeing to consider arguments that a Maryland congressional district was unconstitutionally drawn to ensure the ouster of a Republican lawmaker.
As Virginia schools struggle with a dearth of teachers, Gov. Terry McAuliffe wants colleges and universities to be able to fast-track the training of aspiring educators.
Nebraska Republican National Committeewoman Joyce Simmons resigned Monday in protest of the committee's financial support for Roy Moore.
Arkansas has joined at least 24 other states in adopting rules limiting the number and strength of opioid painkillers doctors can prescribe. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who urged the state medical board to adopt the regulations, called the move an important step in curtailing the “escalating danger” of opioid abuse in the state.
An ISIS-inspired would-be suicide bomber detonated a homemade pipe bomb strapped to his chest in a pedestrian tunnel packed with commuters beneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan, during Monday's busy morning rush, authorities said.
Buzzers for the front door. Security cameras. Bulletproof glass.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee died early Tuesday morning at age 65, his office said.
Mark Geragos, an attorney representing the family of David Shaver, an unarmed man who was fatally shot by a Mesa, Ariz., police officer while he crawled on the ground -- at the officer's request -- and pleaded not to be shot. The encounter was caught on body cameras, but the jury found the officer not guilty of murder or manslaughter.
Acres that six wildfires had burned in Southern California as of Sunday, which is larger than New York City and Boston combined.
Milwaukee's program focuses on quick, cost-effective improvements that give its streets years more service.
Debbie Walsh says the wave of women elected this year is a sign of bigger things to come.
The bill signed by President Trump helps states keep the Children's Health Insurance Program afloat, but it doesn't offer any reassurance that kids won't lose their health care in 2018.
Negotiators for Oakland's largest union and the city will head back to the bargaining table Monday, but the strike that's shut down major services for the past week will continue.
Protesters greeted President Donald Trump in the Mississippi capital Saturday as he came to speak at the opening of a civil rights museum.
Body Cameras Show Cop Fatally Shoot an Unarmed Man Crawling on the Floor. The Officer Was Acquitted.
The man knelt in the hotel hallway and pleaded with the officers: "Please do not shoot me."
Idaho state Rep. Paulette Jordan announced Thursday that she's running for governor in 2018, with the goal of helping Idaho become "the state it's destined to become."
Republican venture capitalist John Cox called for an end to one-party domination of state politics and a smaller government as he made his pitch to be California's next governor Thursday at a Public Policy Institute of California speaker series.
Gov. Jerry Brown surveyed the devastation Saturday in Ventura -- the area hardest hit by firestorms that have displaced nearly 90,000 people in Southern California -- calling it "the new normal."
With Congress closing in on a final tax cut bill, 21 Republican governors from across the country sent a letter Thursday to House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) asking them to finish the job.
After several private companies tried -- and failed -- to deliver on-demand group transit, some cities are now building those services themselves.
The state has passed unprecedented regulations to protect borrowers from taking on debt they can't afford to pay back.
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