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A review board upheld the termination of the former police detective who fired the shot that killed Breonna Taylor last year in Louisville, Kentucky.

Senate Democrats are expected to punt consideration of the cornerstone element of President Joe Biden's agenda into next year after private conversations between Biden and the key Democratic holdout made clear the bill would not have the votes to pass this month.

The United States is committing for the first time to defining "statelessness" and increasing protections for stateless people in the US, the Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday.

A significant rise in Covid-19 cases and concerns over the fast-spreading Omicron variant is forcing at least four more colleges and universities to move the last days of the fall semester online -- including final exams.

Months after he was convicted of murder, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to civil rights charges related to the death of George Floyd.

The National Defense Authorization Act, the annual must-pass defense bill that authorizes $770 billion in funding for the Defense Department, is set to pass the Senate on Wednesday with a bipartisan vote.