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JACKSON, Miss. - A new lawsuit by three African American residents of Mississippi seeks to block what it calls the state's racist method of electing the governor and other statewide officials. The fed...

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire is the latest state to repeal its death penalty, as the state Senate had enough votes to override Gov. Chris Sununu's veto. The repeal takes effect immediately. The 16-8 ...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court signalled Tuesday it is more open to state restrictions on abortion, upholding an Indiana law supported by abortion opponents that regulates the disposal of fetal remain...

BERLIN - Austria's president said Thursday he will appoint the head of the country's top court to lead a caretaker government until new elections in September, after the previous one collapsed over a ...

LOS ANGELES - MTV on Wednesday cut Jason Mitchell from contention at next month's MTV Movie & TV Awards following reports of alleged misconduct by "The Chi" actor. MTV said in a statement Mitchell...

OTTAWA - Canada has fired the starting gun on the race to ratify the new North American free-trade pact - but the United States is setting the pace. When it comes to approving the new U...

OTTAWA - Canada has fired the starting gun on the race to ratify the new North American free-trade pact - but the United States is setting the pace. When it comes to approving the new U...

OTTAWA - A panel of international politicians vented anger at Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg on Tuesday after the Facebook executives snubbed their summons to appear at the interna...

PARIS - Lawyers have issued very different takes on a formal meeting in Paris that was supposed to take place Tuesday between an alleged rape victim and American singer-songwriter Chris Brown. A lawye...

VANCOUVER - Toronto FC may be muddling through a slump, but that doesn't mean the Vancouver Whitecaps are underestimating their Canadian competition this week. TFC (5-6-2) suffered a disappointing 2-1...