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District Court Judge Kathy Seeley ruled that young people in the state have a constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment

According to a new White House guidance, colleges can focus their recruiting in high minority areas and take steps to retain students of color who are already on campus

In 1987, Yanette Bautista lost her sister at the hands of Colombian state agents. Now, she is spearheading a bill to protect the women who have dedicated their lives to searching for their missing loved ones in a country where at least 200,000 people have been disappeared

Prosecutors say the officers nicknamed themselves the ‘Goon Squad’ because of their willingness to use excessive force and cover it up, including the attack that ended with a deputy shooting one victim in the mouth

The former president made posts very early Monday on his social media network calling U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ‘highly partisan,’ ‘very biased’ and ‘unfair’

As Republicans aim to gain the one seat they need to retake the Senate in next year’s elections, McCormick is a top recruit

Several press freedom watchdogs condemned the Marion Police Department’s actions as a blatant violation of the U.S. Constitution’s protection for a free press

About 46,000 residents and visitors have flown out of West Maui since the devastation became clear last week

Willis has not confirmed that an indictment will come this week, though her previous comments and security preparations suggest that action could be imminent

Pritzker signed the bill alongside lawmakers and gun control advocates at Gun Sense University

The Nevada GOP is insisting on holding its own caucus despite a new state law calling for a primary election, a move critics say is designed to benefit former president Donald Trump

The president promised in this year’s State of the Union address to target unexpected fees tacked on to things like plane and concert tickets, hotel rooms, hospital and cellphone bills and housing transactions

Crews with cadaver dogs have covered just 3% of the search area, Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said

A chronic housing shortage and an influx of second-home buyers and wealthy transplants have been displacing residents who give Lahaina its spirit and identity

Trump, in fewer than two hours on the steaming fairgrounds in Des Moines, attracted thousands of sweating, chanting supporters to his stops at the Iowa Pork Producers tent

Biden’s challenges pale in comparison with his predecessor and possible future rival, Donald Trump, who is facing three criminal indictments, with additional charges expected soon

The company did not say why Dinh was leaving Fox Corp. Brian Nick, a spokesman for Fox, said the company had no comment beyond the statement

People who had been enslaved at Phillips Plantation bought patches of it to make their futures. Their descendants question whether the next generation can afford to stay

The changes under discussion would transfer the District of Columbia’s aviation units, which came under sharp criticism during the protests when a helicopter flew dangerously low over a crowd

Bezos, 59, is paying $68 million for the three-bedroom, waterfront home, which sits on 2.8 acres

The tourism destination was mostly destroyed by the blaze, including in the heart of downtown, where nearly every building was flattened

The complex, multi-country deal was announced on Thursday when Iran moved four of the five Americans from prison to house arrest

The federal coverage program mainly for people ages 65 and older announced last month that it will cover Leqembi shortly after the FDA gave the treatment full approval

Manchin says he has been “thinking about that for quite some time” but he hasn’t made any decision on his political direction

A special counsel is an attorney appointed to investigate, and possibly prosecute, a case in which the Justice Department perceives itself as having a conflict

It will make San Francisco first major U.S. city with two fleets of driverless vehicles competing for passengers against ride-hailing and taxi services

Prosecutors also say that 47 weapons and more than 26,000 rounds of ammunition were recovered during a search of the judge’s home, including the pistol used in the shooting