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WASHINGTON — The White House promised a decision Tuesday on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program as the nation’s business, religious and congressional leaders urged President Donald Trump to save the program that shields young immigrants from deportation and provides work permits for employment. “We love the Dreamers,” Trump said during an event Friday

Marilyn Vann always knew her background and where her family came from. She knew she was a Cherokee Freedman, a descendant of former slaves, and that she deserved to have full tribal citizenship, just like other native Cherokees. That’s why she was surprised to get a rejection letter when she tried to enroll more than

Is it possible to cleanse the internet of white supremacism, neo-Nazism and other expressions of violent, hate-based ideologies? Is it a good idea even to try? These are some of the questions that linger after the violent confrontation between members of the racist alt-right and counter-protestors at the so-called Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville,

MIAMI — The University of Florida signaled that white nationalist Richard Spencer will be allowed to rent space on campus — but at a new date yet to be determined. The move, announced Friday, came as the university faced a First Amendment lawsuit over a controversial event originally planned for Sept. 12. In a letter

John Lewis rarely indulges in spontaneous purchases – but after running to the store to get mushrooms for his pasta sauce, he got a sudden urge to play the lottery. It is a good thing he did, too. Upon listening to his strange desire to buy a Set For Life scratch-off, the 56-year-old bartender won

OVERALL COST AccuWeather is out with the highest estimate yet of Harvey’s potential price tag. The weather forecasting service now expects damage to reach $190 billion, or a full 1 percent of U.S. economic output. “This is the costliest and worst natural disaster in American history,” said Joel Myers, Accuweather’s founder, president and chairman. “Business

The Southern Poverty Law Center has come under fire in the aftermath of a report showing the liberal nonprofit has transferred millions to offshore entities, including the Cayman Islands and other tax havens. A Thursday analysis in the Washington Free Beacon found that the tax-exempt Alabama-based group, known as much for its fundraising prowess as

At a city council meeting in Phoenix Wednesday night, more than 200 people spent five hours describing what they called “police brutality” during a rally for President Donald Trump. Pro-immigrant and human rights group PUENTE led the unprecedented takeover to denounce how local police handled themselves with protesters. A diverse crowd of more than 200

BELLEFONTE, Pa. — In a stunning decision, a Centre County district justice threw out involuntary manslaughter and aggravated assault charges against eight members of a Penn State fraternity in the death of sophomore pledge Tim Piazza. In dismissing those charges — including aggravated assault, which is a felony — District Justice Allen Sinclair left stand

The groups leading a petition effort to encourage the U.S. Congress to begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump had a billboard ad posted Thursday on the road that leads to the billionaire’s Mar-a-Lago country club in Palm Beach, Florida. The billboard is emblazoned with the title of the campaign’s website, “ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org,” and states: “No