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The family of a Black teenager who was falsely accused of stealing a woman's cellphone in a New York City hotel last December filed a lawsuit Wednesday alleging that the woman and the hotel engaged in racial profiling.

The Supreme Court seemed likely Tuesday to allow tribal police officers to stop and search nonIndians on tribal lands over concerns that drunk drivers or even violent criminals might otherwise elude authorities.

A 14yearold boy was charged with murder and child molestation Monday in the asphyxiation death of a 6yearold girl in northern Indiana, prosecutors said.

Armed attackers killed 137 people in coordinated raids on villages in southwestern Niger on Sunday, the government said, making it one of the deadliest days in recent memory in a country ravaged by Islamist violence.

Two police officers were seriously injured and at least two police vehicles were set on fire in the city of Bristol in southwest England during violent scenes after a peaceful protest, police said.

The European Union is rebuffing British government calls to ship AstraZeneca COVID19 vaccines produced in a factory in the Netherlands, an EU official said on Sunday.

Kelly had been crossing back and forth between British Columbia and Washington to see her boyfriend without a hitch for two years.

Officials are imposing an emergency 8 p.m.6 a.m. curfew for Miami Beach, effective immediately after hard partying Spring Breakers trashed restaurants, brawled in the streets and gathered by the thousands without masks or social distancing, according to a...

A potential clash is looming in northern Brazil between the Munduruku people and mining prospectors armed with rifles and handguns who have intruded into Indigenous lands in the Tapajs River basin of Para state, federal prosecutors warned Saturday.

Marijuana has become a delicate issue for President Joe Biden's administration because 15 states and Washington, D.C., allow for recreational usage, despite a federal prohibition.

Montana lawmakers have revived a dress code that drew accusations of sexism when it was first introduced ahead of the 2015 legislative session before being tabled without ever taking effect.

U.S. Postal Service investigators did not find evidence of any backdated presidential election ballots in the post office in Erie, Pennsylvania, according to a report summarizing the investigation into claims by a postal worker that spurred calls from Rep...

U.S. President Joe Biden is sending Senator Chris Coons to Ethiopia to meet with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and convey Biden's "grave concerns" over the humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region, where thousands have died following fighting.

A report by the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism this month showed that hate crimes against Asian Americans in 16 major U.S. cities rose by 149% from 2019 to 2020, a period when overall hate crimes dropped 7%.

Maryland lawmakers gave final passage Wednesday to a measure to pay $577 million over 10 years to settle a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination and underfunding at the state's four historically Black colleges and universities.

A Wisconsin judge was arrested Tuesday on tentative charges of possession of child pornography, authorities said.