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As voting fight moves westward, accusations of racism follow

The Arizona Legislature was debating one of several Republican proposals to overhaul voting when GOP Sen.

Biden's appeals for action on guns, policing face reality

As the nation struggles with yet another mass shooting and faces a reckoning over the deaths of Black men at the hands of ...

Hong Kong democracy leaders given jail terms amid crackdown

A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced five leading pro-democracy advocates, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 ...

Students lead US push for fuller Black history education

Ebele Azikiwe was in the sixth grade last year when February came and it was time to learn about Black history again.

As America embraces early voting, GOP hurries to restrict it

Nearly seven of every 10 voters cast their ballots before Election Day in 2020. Republicans are moving to make it harder for ...

Germany's Merkel urges lawmakers to support pandemic bill

German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament Friday to pass a bill that would mandate a nationwide “emergency brake” when ...

Australian judge rules Google misled Android users on data

Google broke Australian law by misleading users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices, a ...

EXPLAINER: Can officers stop drivers for air fresheners?

The mother of a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minnesota police this week says it all started when police ...

Equal pay bill passed by House but faces long odds in Senate

House Democrats approved legislation Thursday that they say would help close the gap between what men and women are paid in ...

Alaska denied benefits to gay couples despite court rulings

Alaska wrongly denied some same-sex spouses benefits for years by claiming their unions were not recognized even after courts ...

California Legislature OKs bill to help displaced workers

Now that Gov. Gavin Newsom is letting more businesses reopen as coronavirus cases decline, the California Legislature on ...

Florida 'anti-riot' bill goes to governor amid racial strife

Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature approved stiffer penalties against violent protesters on Thursday, handing a ...

Democrats begin long-shot push to expand the Supreme Court

A group of congressional Democrats introduced legislation Thursday to add four seats to the Supreme Court, a long-shot bid ...

Lawmakers fighting like cats and dogs? Not over this bill

Nine lives notwithstanding, killing a cat in a hit-and-run soon could become illegal in New Hampshire. New Hampshire was ...

French lawmakers OK security bill increasing police powers

France’s parliament passed a security bill Thursday to extend police powers despite criticism from civil rights activists who ...

AP sources: Tool behind crackdown on opioids could expire

The Biden administration has been slow-walking its work on the extension of a legislative order that would keep in place a ...

House panel votes to advance bill on slavery reparations

A House panel advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves by approving legislation ...

Senate breaks filibuster on Asian-American hate crime bill

The Senate opened debate Wednesday on legislation confronting the rise of potential hate crimes against Asian Americans, a ...

Kansas fight shows how election 'reforms' may favor one side

Charley Crabtree was looking to help voters in nursing homes get absentee ballots delivered on time last year, so he picked ...

Biden begins to undo Trump-era ban on abortion referrals

The Biden administration on Wednesday began to undo a Trump-era ban on clinics referring women for abortions, a policy that ...