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November 14, 2018

CIA considered using 'truth serum' on post-9/11 detainees

Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to ...

November 14, 2018

CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects

Shortly after 9/11, the CIA considered using a drug it thought might work like a truth serum and force terror suspects to ...

November 14, 2018

Authorities: Custody dispute played role in family's slaying

Authorities arrested a family of four Tuesday in the gruesome 2016 slayings of eight people from another family in rural ...

November 13, 2018

CNN sues Trump, demanding return of Acosta to White House

CNN took its access battle against the Trump administration to court on Tuesday, demanding the reinstatement of correspondent ...

November 13, 2018

Missouri teacher suspended after student dresses as Klansman

A southern Missouri teacher who oversaw a history class presentation in which a ninth-grader dressed as a member of the Ku ...

November 13, 2018

FBI report shows 17 percent spike in hate crimes in 2017

Hate crimes across the United States spiked 17 percent in 2017 — marking a rise for the third straight year — with a 37 ...

November 13, 2018

Russian opposition leader Navalny barred from leaving Russia

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was stopped at a Moscow airport on Tuesday and barred from leaving Russia as he was ...

November 13, 2018

Supreme Court to hear Virginia GOP's districting appeal

The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear an appeal by Virginia Republicans who are trying to preserve state legislative ...

November 13, 2018

UN rights chief urges halt to Rohingya repatriation plan

The U.N. human rights chief says Bangladesh's government should halt plans to repatriate more than 2,200 Rohingya Muslims to ...

November 13, 2018

'Public hanging' remark puts spotlight on Miss. Senate race

A video of a white U.S. senator from Mississippi making a flip reference to a "public hanging" is incensing voters in a ...

November 13, 2018

The Latest: Gillum angry about emailed votes, Trump tweet

The Latest on the Florida election recount of 2018 (all times local): 8:30 p.m. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew ...

November 13, 2018

Kemp-Abrams feud highlights new landscape in divided Georgia

His election still undecided, Republican Brian Kemp is proceeding as a victorious candidate and promising to be a governor ...

November 13, 2018

The Latest: New guidelines issued for Georgia mail ballots

The Latest on the Georgia governor's race (all times local): 6:20 p.m. Georgia's secretary of state has ordered county ...

November 12, 2018

Episcopal bishop says he is banning gay unions on his turf

An Episcopal bishop in upstate New York says the church has been "hijacked by the 'Gay Rights Agenda'" in a directive barring ...

November 12, 2018

Ex-Detroit Lion Barney accuses pizza chain of discrimination

Former Detroit Lions Hall of Famer Lem Barney and his wife are suing a Detroit-area pizza chain for racial discrimination ...

November 12, 2018

Ethiopia arrests 63 suspected of rights abuses, corruption

Ethiopia has arrested 63 intelligence officials, military personnel and businesspeople on allegations of rights violations ...

November 12, 2018

Democratic coalition won back House, fell short elsewhere

For much of the country, the 2018 midterm season is over. But unresolved races for governor in Georgia and Florida are ...

November 11, 2018

Florida, Georgia testing strength of new Dem coalition

For much of the country, the 2018 midterm season is over. But unresolved races for governor in Georgia and Florida are ...

November 11, 2018

Democratic state gains may mean tighter gun, looser pot laws

From New York to New Mexico, residents in a number of states can expect a leftward push for expanded health care coverage, ...