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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie had a pretty brutal Fourth of July in terms of public relations. New Jersey hadn’t made its budget deadline, and as a result, a few of the beaches in the Garden State were shut down. When Christie was photographed on one of the same beaches that had closed, the criticism

CHICAGO — Chicago saw one of its most violent Fourth of July weekends in recent years: At least 101 people were shot between Friday afternoon and early Wednesday, nearly half of them over 12 hours as the long holiday drew to a close. Fourteen of the wounded died. The last time the Fourth holiday spanned

Donald Trump may have settled a lawsuit over his Trump University seminar program, but the case into the alleged fraud is far from over. Indeed, a lawyer representing one of the plaintiffs, who has refused to accept the $25 million settlement Trump made shortly after his election victory last November, has said that it’s a

In a discovery that might throw more light on the infamous relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, archaeologists have discovered Hemings’ living quarters in what was once Jefferson’s plantation home in Monticello, Virginia, reported NBC News Monday. This is said to be the first physical space devoted to Hemings, whose life till date remains

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. —The Illinois Senate voted Tuesday to override Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vetoes of an income tax increase and budget, key steps toward ending a three-year impasse. The quick Senate action capped a whirlwind Independence Day at the Capitol. Rauner vetoed the 32 percent increase in the income tax rate a couple of hours

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is seeing an increase in hate crimes. There were 931 incidents in 2016, an 11.2 percent spike over 2015, the state Department of Justice reported Monday. More than half of those involved bias based on race, ethnicity or national origin. The second-most-common incidents were based on sexual orientation. Race-based hate crimes

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant on Monday for a Jacksonville man, scheduling what would be Florida’s first execution since January of 2016. Mark Asay was convicted of shooting and killing two people in Jacksonville in 1987: Robert Lee Booker and Robert McDowell. Scott set his execution for Aug. 24 at