The North Carolina legislature seized the initiative in a monthslong effort to weaken Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper, overriding his veto of a Republican bill that would reduce the number of judges on the state Court of Appeals
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Delaware state police say a man shot and killed a state trooper outside a convenience store and later barricaded himself inside his house
A jury has given the death penalty to a gunman who targeted Pennsylvania state troopers at their barracks, killing one and leaving a second with devastating injuries
Texas Republicans are poised to take a big step toward banning "sanctuary cities" in their state, debating a bill through which police chiefs and sheriffs could even be jailed for not cooperating fully with federal immigration authorities
Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz needs surgery and will be away from the Capitol for several weeks
A jury has given the death penalty to a gunman who targeted Pennsylvania state troopers at their barracks, killing one and leaving a second with devastating injuries
Sniper who targeted Pennsylvania state troopers at their barracks, killing 1 and wounding 1, is sentenced to death
The North Carolina legislature has completed the override of the new governor's veto of a measure reducing the state Court of Appeals from 15 judges to 12
The black suspect in a racially motivated shooting in Fresno has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of white men targeted randomly on the street
The lawyer for a black man who allegedly shot three people to death in a racially motivated shooting in Fresno says his client may not be mentally competent to stand trial
An oil and gas company is shutting down and inspecting more than 3,000 wells in Colorado as a precaution after a house explosion that killed two people
A motorist who strikes a protester blocking a public road in North Carolina would be immune from civil liability under a House bill if the driver exercised "due care."
A new anti-Trump bar in New York City is giving patrons the chance to put their money where their politics are by earmarking profits for a range of progressive causes
Activists say a man who once sought sanctuary from deportation in a Colorado church has been detained by federal immigration agents