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The latest state-by-state predictions show Hillary Clinton well-positioned to win in November.
Officials don't know why the disease is disproportionately impacting gay men in big cities. They're getting the CDC involved to find out.
Going online for public information isn't as easy as it should be.
Republican candidate for governor Ted Gatsas said ending the opioid epidemic is a balance between getting help to those who need it while cracking down harder on those responsible for deadly drugs becoming more available and affordable in New Hampshire.
A year after the prosecution of former Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Officer Wes Kerrick ended in a mistrial, the case continues to cast a shadow over North Carolina’s gubernatorial race.
In a potential legal breakthrough for medical marijuana, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Justice Department cannot prosecute anyone who grows, supplies or uses the drug for medical purposes under state law because Congress has barred federal intervention.
In less than a day after igniting, a Southern California wildfire, burning uncontrollably, has engulfed 18,000 acres.
Police do not have to give a Miranda warning to suspected drunk drivers before they take a breathalyzer test, the state’s highest court ruled Monday in a decision that left intact a 27-year-old legal precedent.
The Philadelphia School Reform Commission's nearly two-year battle to cancel the city teachers' union contract and impose new work rules to save money was soundly defeated again Monday.
Calling the moment historic and defining, Oklahoma City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of an agreement that will nearly double the city's water supply.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, who was convicted Monday of perjury and other crimes, will resign Wednesday, her once-promising career in state politics felled by a fixation on seeking revenge against enemies that led her to break the law.
D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier announced Tuesday that she will resign next month to take over as head of security for the National Football League.
A large insurer on Illinois' Obamacare exchange has decided not to credit former Land of Lincoln members for money they've already paid toward their deductibles despite a request from the state to consider doing so.
A marijuana-legalization activist has dropped his bid to be the Libertarian Party's candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general.
Washington's Republican candidate for governor, Bill Bryant, has finally taken a public stand on the Donald Trump question: He doesn't support the GOP nominee for president.
The air inside the Jefferson Davis Parish jail was hot and musty.
Aetna Inc. announced Monday that it's scaling back its participation in Obamacare by more than two-thirds as it seeks to cut its financial losses.
The state will appeal a federal judge's ruling Friday blocking Ohio lawmakers' attempt to defund Planned Parenthood, which will make Rep. Tim Ginter happy.
Democrats and voting rights advocates cried foul Monday over Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner's last-minute veto of a bill that would make voter registration automatic in time for the 2018 election, vowing to push for an override when lawmakers return to the Capitol in late November.
After two nights of violent unrest in which 11 law enforcement officers were injured and a man suffered a life-threatening gunshot injury, Milwaukee braced Monday for a 10 p.m. curfew for teens.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane was convicted Monday of perjury, obstruction and other crimes after squandering her once-bright political future on an illegal vendetta against an enemy.
It's bad enough that they're underfunded. Paltry investment returns are likely to make things even worse.
A federal judge Friday blocked Texas from enforcing a state law that limits the availability of interpreters in polling places, ruling that it violates protections guaranteed by the U.S. Voting Rights Act.
More states are rejecting federal funding for evidence-based sex education. That could mean a return of abstinence-only instruction in many schools.
Not long after it became clear that the robust winds that blow down from the Rocky Mountains and across the sea of sagebrush here could produce plenty of profit in a world that wants more renewable energy, some of the more expansive minds in the Wyoming Legislature began entertaining a lofty question:
Lawyers cannot provide legal services to establish, operate, or help someone do business with a medical marijuana business in Ohio, even though the state is about to legalize its use, according to an Ohio Supreme Court board.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the state of Mississippi over the way it treats the mentally ill.
More than 7,000 people have been rescued, along with hundreds of pets, and three people have died as a result of flooding caused by historic amounts of rain falling on south Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards said Sunday.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker put the National Guard on alert Sunday as Milwaukee grappled with the shooting of a 23-year-old black man by a police officer, an event that prompted fiery riots and gave rise to soul-searching among residents in one of the nation's most segregated cities, even as details of the man's death remained murky.
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