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It’s been nearly three months since Justice Antonin Scalia’s passing, and nearly two months since President Obama named Judge Merrick Garland as his nominee to fill the Supreme Court’s vacancy.

At the request of a prosecutor, a judge exonerated 81-year-old Paul Gatling for the 1963 shooting death of Lawrence Rothbort in his Brooklyn home.

Just like campaigns that sought to humanize gays and lesbians through personal narratives in the fight for same-sex marriage, a new ad (above) f-rom the organization Freedom for All Americans revolves around a transgender man’s experiences.

He was the third American to be killed in direct combat since a U.S.-led coalition launched its campaign against the jihadists.

Although she later claimed that she wanted to gather information about the rumor, Alvarez instead ignited a community-wide panic.

Newly released surveillance video may have captured the last time two Florida teenagers were seen alive before disappearing at sea.

Chris Gaither was home alone “petting the dogs” on Wednesday morning when he heard a noise upstairs.

On June 18, 2016, Justin Ross Harris, then 33, strapped his son Cooper into his rear-facing carseat in the back seat of the car.

President Barack Obama, left, and Carol Lee, right, of The Wall Street Journal, listen to the National Anthem at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Saturday, April 30, 2016.

U.S. economic growth braked sharply in the first quarter to its slowest pace in two years as consumer spending softened and a strong dollar continued to undercut exports, but a pick-up in activity is anticipated given a buoyant labor market.

Federal agents arrested three people, including the older brother of San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook, on c-harges of marriage fraud, conspiracy and lying to federal investigators on Thursday morning, according to a criminal complaint.

Obama singled out for criticism the Republican presidential candidates’ proposed tax cuts for wealthy Americans and rollback of environmental regulations.

fficials at the Sept. 11 memorial said Monday that one of their security guards shouldn't have stopped a North Carolina middle school choir f-rom singing the national anthem on the memorial plaza.

She’s been seen online 66 million times, but the D.C. government still won’t let her get a new license.

The terms of Cleveland’s settlement with Tamir Rice’s family are numbingly familiar.

Transgender Americans may find greater acceptance in the future, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll that shows young adults and women more open to people using public bathrooms matching their gender identity.

A 16-year-old girl died Thursday after fighting with other girls in a bathroom at Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, Delaware, authorities said.

A leader of the Boro Park Shomrim private safety patrol paid NYPD cops nearly $1 million in bribes to score pistol permits for 150 members of the Orthodox Jewish community

The Supreme Court’s conservatives, led by Chief Justice John Roberts, seemed skeptical Monday of Obama’s sweeping immigration executive actions that would shield 4.5 million unauthorized immigrants f-rom deportation and make them eligible for work permits.