Super Bowl halftime performer won’t face charges for flag protest
NEW ORLEANS -- The cast member who displayed the Palestinian flag with the word “GAZA” in protest during Kendrick Lamar's ...
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Some US businesses close in a ‘day without immigrants.’ But many say they can’t lose income
Several businesses from day cares to grocery stores and hair salons closed Monday across the U.S. in a loosely organized ...
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Marchers protesting planned deportations block major freeway in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of people protesting mass deportations planned by President Donald Trump marched in Southern California on Sunday, ...
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New York bill would make ‘masked harassment’ a crime
ALBANY, N.Y. -- A proposal introduced in the New York Legislature on Thursday could make it a crime for people ...
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The long struggle to establish Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963 on the steps of ...
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An analyst looks ahead to how the US economy might fare under Trump
President-elect Donald Trump won a return to the White House in part by promising big changes in economic policy — ...
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A trailing North Carolina Supreme Court candidate asks the court to get involved in his race
RALEIGH, N.C. -- A trailing candidate in a very close election for the North Carolina Supreme Court asked that court ...
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The Detroit area’s many Syrians are celebrating Assad’s overthrow and planning long-delayed visits
DEARBORN, Mich. -- Nizam Abazid is gleefully planning his first trip in decades to Syria, where he grew up. Rama ...
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Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's elections board dismissed formal protests Wednesday by several Republican candidates who trailed narrowly in their ...
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North Carolina GOP lawmakers enact a law eroding the incoming Democratic governor’s powers
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina lawmakers on Wednesday enacted a law over the governor's veto that would diminish the powers ...
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