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Project, affiliated with New Orleans' tricentennial celebrations, comes as cities are shining unblinking light on slavery, racial violence
Agency says approximately 90 percent of those apprehended have criminal convictions and about 40 percent were previously released by local law enforcement agencies despite federal detainers
Backing up findings of Britain-based investigative group, residents identify suspect as senior intelligence agent Col. Anatoly Chepiga
American Judge Theodor Meron's decision follows a ruling removing him and two other judges from appeal of former military chief for appearance of bias because they had previously convicted lower-ranking Bosnian Serb officers
The court struck down a 158-year-old law that held adultery as a criminal offense punishable by up to five years in prison
An Indian soldier and rebel were killed in a gunbattle elsewhere in Kashmir
Six countries asked the ICC to investigate a range of possible charges, from murder to torture and crimes against humanity
Lawmakers describe disaster aid as a down payment, saying billions more will be needed in months ahead to help communities devastated by Hurricane Florence
Without the measure, the federal government would have shut down Monday
Antonio Guterres said the climate is changing faster than the efforts to stop it
Tally was nearly twice the figure previously seen by health officials as representing a bad year
Wednesday marked fourth anniversary of students' abduction by corrupt police in southern city of Iguala
Complaint from New Jersey-based coalition says Ivy League school unfairly denied Asian-American applicants by treating them differently based on their race
Fed liftd short-term rate — benchmark for many consumer and business loans — by a quarter-point to a range of 2 percent to 2.25 percent. It was the eighth hike since late 2015
Twelve days after once-fierce hurricane arrived on coast, rivers swollen by relentless rains are still flooding homes
Report said 11 former staffers at Phillips Exeter in New Hampshire were accused of sexual misconduct involving students
The man allegedly threatened to report undocumented workers if they complained about the pay or working conditions
Demand being made by private 11-member North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture comprising academics, lawyers, retired military officers and clergy
New contract was approved in 2014 to allow the government to bypass a procurement process and open the Texas site quickly
"#MeToo is about raising awareness," said Hill, who testified against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991. "Just because the Senate's awareness hasn't been raised, doesn't mean that the rest of us haven't evolved and learned.'"
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