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Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages has crossed a major Senate hurdle, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law.

A bill that would have erased long-standing racial disparities in federal drug crimes failed to clear the Senate, disappointing thousands of people in prison and their families.

The U.S. Justice Department alleges that Rodney Vicknair committed a civil rights violation when he sexually assaulted a victim in 2020.

It's part of a larger trend across the nation to skirt local and state laws protections for LGBTQ+ students.

Politicians are again pointing fingers over cutting Medicare. Any party accused of threatening the program tends to lose elections, but without a bipartisan agreement, seniors stand to lose the most.

Lilia Chanysheva was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison in the latest in a series of lengthy prison terms handed down to Kremlin political opponents. Women are increasingly singled out for repression.

AAA is forecasting record-high travel this weekend, when more than 50 million Americans are expected to get out of town. That could mean clogged roads and snarls at airports.

The decision won't have any immediate impacts on the amount of water allocated for the region’s cities and its farm. But it reflects the compounding challenges facing the region.

The "Motor City" has made significant progress since it became the largest municipality to file for bankruptcy a decade ago but still faces potholes in its recovery.

Some of the worst air quality was recorded in the Great Lakes region and in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and the Washington, D.C., metro area.