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(Headline USA) The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans from coronavirus infection emerged as a point of contention in the White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging” for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could be available before the election. “It's so dangerous for...

(Headline USA) Five boats sank in a Texas lake during a nautical parade in support of President Donald Trump as tightly packed boats created large waves, officials said Sunday. Boaters began calling for help “almost immediately” after the procession for Trump’s reelection got underway on a lake west of Austin on...

(Headline USA) Jacob Blake has spoken publicly for the first time since a Kenosha, Wisconsin, police officer shot him seven times from behind as he appeared to reach for a knife in his vehicle after resisting arrest and overcoming a Taser. He said he's in constant pain from the shooting, which...

(Headline USA) A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to resume issuing diversity visas for immigrants from underrepresented countries. The ruling partially reverses a pandemic-related freeze on a wide range of immigrant and temporary visas. The U.S. issues up to 55,000 visas a year to people from countries with low representation...

(Headline USA) The police chief in Portsmouth, Virginia, is on paid leave nearly three weeks after her department charged a state senator and several others with conspiring to damage a Confederate monument. City spokeswoman Dana Woodson confirmed in an email on Friday that Chief Angela Greene is on leave and...

(Headline USA) After months of riots around the nation for the sake of sparking a Marxist revolution, police groups in Utah say they have grown impatient with rhetoric they describe as unfair. They called on the Salt Lake Tribune to apologize after it published an editorial cartoon linking the Ku...

(Headline USA) A Kentucky congressman said a teenager charged with homicide during the riots in Wisconsin showed "incredible restraint" and acted in self-defense. Rep. Thomas Massie also told a radio interviewer on Thursday that if he were on the jury, he would vote to acquit the teenager if the evidence...

(Headline USA) A North Carolina court ruled Friday that outstanding restitution, fees or other court-imposed monetary obligations can't prevent convicted felons from voting if they've completed all other portions of their sentence. The ruling, which may face appeals, could pave the way for an influx of thousands of felons to...

(Headline USA) President Donald Trump said Friday that he won't allow the Pentagon to cut funding for the military's independent newspaper, Stars and Stripes, effectively halting Defense leaders' plan to shut the paper down this month. "The United States of America will NOT be cutting funding to @starsandstripes magazine under...

(Associated Press) Work has begun to stop a decades-old problem of millions of gallons of sewage from Tijuana, Mexico, flowing into the United States and polluting San Diego County beaches, the Trump administration's top environmental protection official said Wednesday. For more than 40 years, wastewater from Tijuana's dilapidated system has...

(Associated Press) The Oregon Republican Party's statement for the state voters' pamphlet arrived 29 seconds too late and won't appear in the guide mailed to voters for the November election, officials say. Laura Fosmire, a spokeswoman for Secretary of State Bev Clarno, said deadlines apply equally to everyone. "Anyone wishing to...

(Headline USA) Environmental Protection Agency chief Andrew Wheeler on Thursday defended the Trump administration's record on protecting the nation's air and water. He said Trump's second term would bring a greater focus on pollution cleanups in disadvantaged communities and less emphasis on climate change. In a speech commemorating the 50th anniversary...