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So cities and counties will continue to pick up the costs for abusive police behavior unless local officials rule that an officer was not acting, as the legislation says, under...

The coronavirus has surged to become the leading cause of death in the US again for the first time since spring. The COVID-19 death rate in the US is equivalent...

America got quite a respite yesterday from this bleak year: A woman of color became the first American to get the COVID vaccine; Democracy worked, as the Electoral College voted...

A man has been shot dead by police after opening fire from the steps of New York City’s Cathedral Church of St John the Divine just after an outdoor choir...

On Saturday morning, Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio posted photos taken at the White House on the social media platform Parler, saying that he accepted a "last minute invite to...

Minneapolis The Minneapolis City Council unanimously approved a budget early Thursday that will shift about $8 million from the police departmenttoward violence prevention and other programs – but will keep...

No one was injured during the incident. Police have arrested a man in Spokane, Washington, Wednesday morning after he allegedly entered the county Democrats' headquarters and threatened to blow it...

On Tuesday, Florida state police entered the home of Rebekah Jones with guns drawn, seizing her computer and phone, in an attempt to prove that she’d sent an unauthorized “group...

Eric Shanteau didn’t know he was about to create a viral pandemic meme when he made a cutout of Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s head with two fingers pointing at his...

Several prominent civil rights leaders are urging President-elect Joe Biden to nominate a Black person to be his attorney general, citing pressing issues like voting rights, police violence and prison...