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Fears rise as the country revives relations with Havana.
The state rings in a new era as clerks' offices in South Florida staged same-sex marriages midnight Monday and early Tuesday morning.
Length of time that the District of Columbia Public Library will spend live-streaming a reading of George Orwell's 1984, as part of a festival called Orwellian America? Government Transparency and Personal Privacy in the Digital Age.
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Bit by bit, the federal judiciary is tearing out the legal ground from under "America's toughest sheriff."
CVS Health announced Monday that it plans to make Gilead Sciences' hepatitis C drugs the exclusive option for most of its consumers starting Wednesday.
Ferguson is likely to be a key theme during the Missouri Legislature's 4 1/2 -month session that opens this week.
Marion Christopher Barry, the son of the late D.C. mayor and council member, announced Monday that he will run for his father’s seat on the D.C. Council.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday unveiled two major long-term initiatives for California that he intends to open during his historic fourth term in the governor's office: mapping out the fight against climate change beyond 2030 and tackling the enormous $59 billion problem of deferred highway and bridge maintenance.
A child welfare judge in Miami has accused the state of denying necessary psychiatric treatment to abused and neglected children in its care, and has ordered Florida social service administrators to appear before him and explain why they have "no duty" to help sick foster kids.
Going beyond the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling on subsidies and looming reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program.
The 5-1 decision stokes a growing nationwide debate over keeping track of children who have committed sex crimes.
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University of Michigan demographer William H. Frey, in his 2014 book, Diversity Explosion: How New Racial Demographics are Remaking America.
Number of times states increased tobacco taxes between 2000 and fiscal year 2015. During the same period, states raised taxes on alcohol 23 times.
Opponents argue hoodie bans are similar to previous bans on sagging pants; both target clothing items or styles worn predominantly by black men.
Colorado and other states are frustrated they cannot bring banking to the cash-heavy legal marijuana business.
A recent poll shows the advantages and challenges of citizen engagement.
The state's high cost of living has pushed hundreds of thousands of low- and middle-income workers to other states,
Weather-related events are often catastrophic for urban poor.
Instagram is quietly fueling or aiding sever police investigations in Miami-Dade.
The organization's inspector general says the alleged scheme involved a half-dozen former CPS employees involved in fake invoices.
Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a Republican, on how he managed to get along with Democratic state Senate President William Bulger in the 1990s.
Newly inaugurated District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser, on "Meet the Press" Sunday.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee pulled the plug on his Fox News Channel talk show on Saturday in order to "gauge support" for a second presidential run.
Mario M. Cuomo, who forged extraordinary oratorical skills, a potent immigrant's story and an intellectual liberalism to win three terms as governor of New York, died Thursday at 82 in his Manhattan apartment.
Unlike so much of education in this country, teaching at home is broadly unregulated.
New York City preschoolers will be heading back to class next week with memories of new holiday toys, vacation adventures, and, health officials hope, a flu shot.
For years, Wenjian Liu called his father each day to assure him he was safe and had survived another day as a New York City police officer.
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