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Obama targets hedge funds in personal remarks on poverty, race

President Barack Obama addressed U.S. struggles with class and race in personal terms on Tuesday and...

May 12, 2015 06:18 PM EDT

Police findings on Baltimore man's death handed to prosecutors

A Baltimore police report on the death of a black man who suffered spinal injuries while in custody ...

Apr 30, 2015 07:13 PM EDT

Marchers protest police violence in Baltimore, New York

Protesters marched against police violence in cities from New York to Denver on Wednesday, and a lar...

Apr 30, 2015 05:31 AM EDT

Baltimore streets quiet after first night of curfew enforcement

The streets of Baltimore were largely quiet overnight, with only scattered arrests reported during a...

Apr 29, 2015 09:45 AM EDT

Obama faces up to policy limits on U.S. urban ills

Despite his recognition that the violence in Baltimore is rooted in economic desperation, Barack Oba...

Apr 29, 2015 09:05 AM EDT

Boston police officer shot on video released from the hospital

A Boston policeman has been released from the hospital two weeks after he was shot at close range by...

Apr 12, 2015 04:16 AM EDT

Hundreds mourn black South Carolina man shot in back by police

Hundreds of mourners, including prominent South Carolina politicians, attended the funeral on Saturd...

Apr 12, 2015 04:10 AM EDT

Suspect charged in shooting of police officers in Ferguson, Missouri

A 20-year-old man was charged on Sunday with first-degree assault in last week's shooting of two pol...

Mar 16, 2015 03:06 AM EDT

Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police

From the dingy donut shops of Manhattan to the cloistered police watering holes in Brooklyn, a numbe...

Dec 24, 2014 02:08 AM EST

In wake of police killings, New York officers on edge

On December 13, as thousands of protesters mobbed the New York streets, Yuseff Hamm, an NYPD police ...

Dec 21, 2014 08:20 PM EST

Obama to set up panel to boost trust between police and communities

President Barack Obama on Thursday will set up a task force to draw up recommendations to strengthen...

Dec 19, 2014 03:31 AM EST

Police arrest protesters as Ferguson awaits grand jury decision

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, kept alert on Thursday for signs of tension after arresting five peopl...

Nov 20, 2014 10:04 PM EST

Arkansas Democrats look to ex-President Clinton as early voting starts

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a renewed push in his home state of Arkansas to boost Democr...

Oct 20, 2014 08:21 PM EDT

U.S. Supreme Court votes 5-4 to delay start of early Ohio voting

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday cut back on early voting in Ohio by preventing people from casting ...

Sep 30, 2014 08:17 AM EDT

Mississippi high court to hear challenge of U.S. Senate race outcome

The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear Tea Party-backed Senate candidate Chris McDaniel's legal cha...

Sep 10, 2014 12:06 AM EDT

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