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After multiple postponements, including most recently because her entire defense team quit, Baltimore’s former top prosecutor is scheduled to stand…
Philadelphia state Rep. Joanna McClinton on Tuesday became the first woman to serve as speaker of the Pennsylvania House, ascending…
Federal judges have the power to make and unmake our laws and to uphold or overturn our civil rights. In…
Federal agencies have 30 days to wipe TikTok off all government devices, as the Chinese-owned app comes under increasing scrutiny.
Nine candidates are competing Tuesday for a chance to be Chicago's next mayor, including incumbent Lori Lightfoot, elected in 2019.
Lightfoot in 2019 became the first Black woman and first openly gay mayor of the Windy City, the second woman…
Deaths while in custody go underreported, despite a 2014 law requiring state and federal agencies to share such data with…
President Joe Biden said Monday that “history matters, and Black history matters” during a White House reception marking Black History…
Gérard Latortue, former interim prime minister of Haiti who helped rebuild the country after a violent coup in the mid-2000s,…
President Joe Biden on Monday announced the appointment of former Columbia, South Carolina, Mayor Steve Benjamin as a top adviser.
Gwendolyn Herzig, who is transgender, told Arkansas lawmakers one of the biggest obstacles trans people face is a lack of…
Nigeria’s election commission announced the first results late Sunday from the country's closely watched presidential election, but it could days…
The New York, Maryland, Illinois, Maine and Michigan speakers will meet with Biden-Harris officials to discuss “common policy priorities."
Zandra Flemister, the first Black woman to enter the Secret Service when she joined in 1974, has passed away at…
Mississippi’s Republican-controlled House recently passed a bill expanding areas of Jackson patrolled by a state-run Capitol Police force.