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Police in Baton Rouge, La. said Sunday the murders of two black men in separate incidents over the past week could be racially motivated....Read More

New Hampshire decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana Saturday, becoming the 22nd state in the country to do so....Read More

A Georgia Tech student was killed after refusing campus police officers’ orders to drop a knife he was holding, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Sunday....Read More

About 1,000 people gathered outside St. Louis Police Department, two days after acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man....Read More

Tropical Storm Maria is forecast to become a hurricane Sunday and move to Caribbean islands that were hit by Hurricane Irma, the National Hurricane Center said....Read More

An EU official said Saturday the United States has re-engaged the Paris climate deal, but the White House quickly responded that there has been no change of stance....Read More

Vendors have cut shipments to Toys ‘R’ Us as it explores options to refinance billions of dollars in debt and contemplates filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection....Read More

More than 30 people were arrested and nine officers were injured during protests Friday in St. Louis after former police officer Jason Stockley was acquitted....Read More

Two senior executives at Equifax are retiring days after the announcement that the personal information of 143 million U.S. consumers may have been compromised....Read More

A Wisconsin jury agreed that one of the two girls involved in the “Slender Man” stabbing shouldn’t be held criminally responsible due to mental illness....Read More