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At a town-hall meeting at a historically black college, President Obama said Tuesday he made “all kinds of bad decisions” as a teen and that more black boys in America need people to tell them “you are worth something.” Speaking at North Carolina A&T State University, Mr. Obama referred indirectly to past drug use but

LOS ANGELES — The man accused of shooting and killing two Palm Springs police officers had set a trap and ambushed his victims as they stood outside his door Saturday, according to the Riverside County district attorney, who announced the filing of capital murder charges Wednesday. John Felix, 26, faces two counts of murder with

A woman who alleges that GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump raped her at a party in 1994 – when she was just 13 years old – will get her day in a Manhattan courtroom, but not until well after the voters have gone to the polls. The case is a civil lawsuit, not a criminal

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine told supporters at Davidson College on Wednesday that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s apology for crude remarks caught on tape wasn’t sincere, and he also questioned Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns. Kaine began the rally by saying he’s proud to be supporting a “strong

Long before Hillary Clinton called millions of Americans a “basket of deplorables,” her top campaign advisers and liberal allies openly mocked Catholics, Southerners and a host of other groups, according to newly released emails that offer a stunning window into the vitriol inside the Clinton world less than a month before Election Day. The emails,

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The theme of Yom Kippur seems to have taken over the presidential election. Some may see this as confirmation of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, but it has more to do with the power of Judaism than the power of Jews. The theme of Yom Kippur has been

A month out from Election Day, GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump says he doesn’t want or care about getting support from House Speaker Paul D. Ryan, that he wouldn’t want to be in a foxhole with Mr. Ryan, and that Mr. Ryan might end up in a different post if Mr. Trump is elected president.

WASHINGTON — The crowd beneath the high rafters at the agricultural center was eager to purge its frustration, chanting “Lock her up!” in reference to Hillary Clinton, more than 20 minutes before Indiana Gov. Mike Pence took the stage. Many were upset, and worried, that Donald Trump had suffered one of his rockiest stretches, Republicans