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President Barack Obama had hoped his historic election would ease race relations, yet a majority of Americans, 53 percent, say the interactions between the white and black communities have deteriorated since he took office.

“Marginal children,” by which he means urban poor—those he says can be counted on to commit crimes if they were ever born.

Cop union confirmed the threat late Saturday and were ordering all police officers, on duty and off, to take extra precautions.

The defeat Saturday of Louisiana Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu was essentially the final act in the Republican Party’s control this fall of the South.

Officer John Adsit underwent six hours of surgery for his injuries sustained in the accident.

Journalists are paid to be skeptical and to distinguish facts from assertions: Don’t get too close to your sources and check what they tell you. Rolling Stone did neither of those

The Chicago area’s Cook County has filed a lawsuit against Wells Fargo & Co., accusing the nation’s biggest mortgage lender of subjecting Hispanic and African American borrowers to discriminatory and predatory lending practices.