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Alabama is under a federal court order to draw a new congressional map with two districts where Black voters have a chance to elect their preferred candidate. But its GOP-led legislature refused.

The price of cocoa is on a wild historic ride: It topped the all-time record before Valentine's Day and almost doubled since then, in time for Easter. The culprit is the weather.

Pat Rush and her family left Arkansas in the wake of one of the largest migrations in U.S. history, in the hope of making a better life for themselves out west.

In a fever dream of a retelling, America's new reigning king of satire has turned a loved classic, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, upside down, placing Huck's enslaved companion Jim at the center.

It’s been more than two years since the northern Imperial County town lost its only post office in a fire.

A cadre of Johns Hopkins nurses are adapting a model for primary care that's been successful in Costa Rica. They will visit every household in a Baltimore community to assess health care and social needs at least once a year.

Single women are putting their own twist on holiday cards. Here are a few of their stories.

The idea got a boost from the pandemic, when an array of cash relief helped cut child poverty and keep people housed. Researchers are studying how much money, for how long, may have lasting impact.

Meanwhile, Maryland's governor signs a bill to address the surge of conversion devices, including Glock switches, that bypass a pistol's trigger mechanism, allowing the weapon to fire fully automatic.

The auction for Shohei Ohtani's iconic 50th home run baseball is over; an unnamed buyer placed the highest bid early Wednesday. But three men are still fighting in court over who will get the proceeds.