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For generations of Black workers, federal government jobs have provided a path into the middle class. The Trump ...

The vehicle entered the street Saturday night where people were at an event celebrating Filipino culture, Vancouver Police ...

Civil rights groups, labor organizations and politicians praised Alexis Herman as a "trailblazer" who fought for the rights ...

Former Mecklenburg County state Rep. Wesley Harris was elected Saturday to become the next chair of the Mecklenburg ...

He had to wait until the fifth round, but Shedeur Sanders, son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders — his coach at the ...

The toddler, a U.S. citizen, was apparently sent to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister, even as a federal judge ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the first Latin American pope when he was elected 12 years ago. People on his home continent are mourning his death and paying their respects.