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Do you think inflation is going to moderate over the next year or remain elevated? The answer may depend in part on how you vote. 

Administrators at a school district in upstate New York issued an apology after parents expressed outrage on social media about an offensive homework assignment.

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby once said city prosecutors had "the toughest job in America," a job made increasingly difficult when delivering justice means overhauling a system many feel is broken.

When the 19-story Twin Parks North West building in the Bronx turned into a deathtrap one week ago, nearly all of the 17 people who perished -- including eight children -- were immigrants from Gambia and other West African countries.

The Mayfield, Kentucky, candle factory leveled by a tornado last month is shutting down and 251 employees are being laid off, a company official said.

Glenn Youngkin will become the first Republican sworn in as governor of Virginia since 2010 on Saturday.

Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs -- best known nationally for taking a stand against former President Donald Trump's claims of election fraud -- entered this year's governor's race as the prohibitive favorite among Democrats. But her involvement in an employee termination seven years ago threatens to weaken her candidacy in a purple state Democrats are hoping to turn more blue in November.

If Democrats are going to preserve their Senate majority after the 2022 midterm elections, the race to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey represents a crucial offensive opportunity for a party desperate for a sliver of hope.

Dramatic video released Thursday by the New Jersey Office of Attorney General shows the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man when police officers tried to stop him as he was driving a construction backhoe into cars and homes in the city of Vineland last month.

Six people were taken to a hospital after shots were fired at a concert venue in Eugene, Oregon, police said in a tweet.

Grocery stores had already been struggling to keep their shelves stocked because of supply chain delays and Omicron sickening workers. Now, markets across America are bracing for a major winter storm that could keep store shelves empty even longer.

Americans have watched prices spike during the pandemic. By the end of 2021, one inflation measure was near a four-decade high while another hit two records in a row.

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A Tennessee woman who was wrongfully convicted of murdering her great-niece and spent 27 years in prison, was exonerated this week.

Firefighters battled a massive fire Friday night at a chlorine manufacturing plant in New Jersey that could be seen from miles away and led to warnings about air quality in the region.