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Pete Buttigieg

Buttigieg to Democrats: Don't get bogged down zinging Trump

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg says President Donald Trump is "kind of like a Chinese finger trap — you ...

Emotional eulogies highlight funeral of SC's Fritz Hollings

As a college student fighting for racial equality in the early 1960s, Jim Clyburn was invited to the office of then-Gov.

Mourners and friends pay homage to Fritz Hollings

As a line of mourners paid tribute Monday to former Sen. Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, 97-year-old Bishop Frederick Calhoun ...

Dana Canedy

The Latest: Reuters: We'll celebrate when reporters are free

The Latest on the Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 7 p.m. Reuters' leaders say they're proud that the news service won ...

David Brion Davis, scholar of slavery, dead at 92

David Brion Davis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who documented the centrality of slavery in Western culture through a ...

Ilhan Omar

The Latest: Trump escalates Twitter feud with Rep. Omar

The Latest on President Donald Trump and Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota (all times local): 10 a.m. President Donald Trump is ...

Ilhan Omar

'It has to stop': Omar says Trump encourages violence, hate

Rep. Ilhan Omar says she's faced increased death threats since President Donald Trump spread around a video that purports to ...

Students say gym teacher had black kids research slave games

A Wisconsin middle school gym teacher has been placed on indefinite leave while district officials look into claims that she ...

Gianni Infantino

FIFA head wants refs to end soccer games if racism persists

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has called for a crackdown on racism at soccer games after several high-profile incidents, ...

Bosnian Serb wrongly calls Srebrenica massacre a 'myth'

A Bosnian Serb leader has wrongly called the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, where over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed by ...

Activists: Cop's shooting of white woman treated differently

When an unarmed white woman who called 911 to report a crime was fatally shot by a black, Somali American police officer in ...

Shock at arrest of deputy's son in black church fires

Authorities said he had no known criminal record. A friend described him as an introverted animal lover who showed no ...

Grime star Stormzy cancels Austria gig on racism allegation

An Austrian music festival is apologizing to British grime artist Stormzy, who pulled out of an appearance after accusing ...

Key moments since Jussie Smollett reported Chicago attack

"Empire" actor and R&B singer Jussie Smollett told Chicago police in January that two men physically attacked him and yelled ...

Man charged with cyber threats against Jews, Muslims, blacks

A Pennsylvania man created a digital image of himself pointing an AR-15 rifle at a group of praying Jewish men and posted it ...

Berlin show explores Nolde's complex relationship with Nazis

A Berlin museum is opening an exhibition based on years of research into expressionist painter Emil Nolde that chips away at ...

Asa Hutchinson

Arkansas governor to sign anti-'sanctuary cities' bill

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday he'll sign legislation cutting off funding to "sanctuary cities" that don't ...

Pennsylvania lawmakers honor victims of synagogue massacre

Pennsylvania lawmakers solemnly remembered the 11 worshippers killed in an anti-Semitic attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue last ...

Ty Jerome

Once marred by racist rally, Charlottesville revels in win

A Virginia city once marred by deadly violence and tiki torch-carrying white supremacists chanting Nazi slogans savored a ...

The Latest: Netanyahu appears headed toward re-election

The latest on Israel's election (all times local): 5:20 a.m. With over 90% of the votes tallied in Israel's election, Prime ...