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5 killed, 286 held in Bahrain raid on Shiite cleric's town

Bahrain police raided a town Tuesday that is home to a prominent Shiite cleric facing possible deportation, arresting 286 ...

Judge will reconsider ruling blocking sanctuary cities order

A federal judge Tuesday agreed to reconsider his ruling blocking President Donald Trump's executive order to cut funding from ...

Alcoholics Anonymous sues for return of 12-step manuscript

Alcoholics Anonymous is demanding the return of its 1939 original manuscript describing the "Twelve Step" program of recovery ...

Bill Cosby

11 people seated on Cosby jury; defense sees race bias

Bill Cosby's lawyers accused Pennsylvania prosecutors of trying to systematically keep blacks off the jury Tuesday after ...

Bill Cosby, Angela Agrusa

The Latest: Cosby defense alleges race bias in jury strikes

The Latest on jury selection in Bill Cosby's sex assault case (all times local): 6:35 p.m. Bill Cosby's lawyers accused ...

Mick Mulvaney

Advocates slam Trump plan to reduce aid for college students

Education advocates say President Donald Trump's budget contradicts his campaign pledge to make college more affordable with ...

Scott Walker

New policy center at University of Wisconsin raises alarms

Gov. Scott Walker and fellow Wisconsin Republicans on Tuesday announced the formation of a new public policy center at the ...

Indigo Williams

Lawsuit: Mississippi fails to educate black children equally

Mississippi is denying good schools to African American students in violation of the federal law that enabled the state to ...

Graduation day bittersweet for slain black scholar's friends

A black Bowie State University student who police say was fatally stabbed by a white stranger was honored Tuesday at the ...

Condemned church shooter Roof seeks appellate court mercy

A white supremacist petitioned a court for mercy, asking the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday to overturn his ...

Stephen King

Stephen King calls Islamic State 'rogue cult' on Twitter

Horror author Stephen King says Islamic State is a "rogue cult" and that the group's bombings will eventually lead to its ...

Police find Nazi items, explosives during murder probe

Investigators found white supremacist propaganda, bomb-making materials and a framed photograph of Oklahoma City bomber ...

Correction: Immigration Protection-Haiti story

In a story May 22 about US extending a humanitarian program for Haitians , The Associated Press reported erroneously that ...

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Gay Couple Publicly Caned in Indonesia

Two men in Indonesia's Aceh province have been publicly caned dozens of times for consensual gay sex, a punishment rights ...

High court ruling may give voter rights groups a strong tool

The Supreme Court's ruling that two North Carolina congressional districts relied too heavily on race should give ...

'Conspiracy bill' draws backlash in Japan over state powers

Japan's lower house has approved a bill that allows authorities to punish those found guilty of planning serious crimes.

Human rights watchdog condemns Thailand hospital bomb

A human rights watchdog condemned the bombing of a Thai hospital that wounded more than 20 people on the third anniversary ...

Mississippi lawmaker apologizes for calling for lynching

A Mississippi lawmaker has apologized for saying Louisiana leaders should be lynched for removing Confederate monuments, only ...

Education secretary pushes school choice, gives no specifics

The Trump administration is proposing "the most ambitious expansion" of school choice in American history, Education ...

Police: Man slays neo-Nazi roommates over Islam disrespect

A Florida man told police he killed his two roommates because they were neo-Nazis who disrespected his recent conversion to ...