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What Is An HBCU? Trump Executive Order For Black Colleges Likely: Full List Of...

President Donald Trump met with dozens of educators and officials from historically black colleges and universities in the White House on Monday. The meeting came...

GDC 2017: LG Partners With Valve For New VR Headset For PCs

LG Electronics is teaming up with video game developer and distributer Valve on a new VR headset. Valve announced that it will be showing...

Dead SEAL: No Significant Intelligence From Yemen Raid — Report

The U.S. raid in Yemen last month that cost the life of a Navy SEAL and several children reportedly yielded no significant intelligence, NBC...

George Will: ‘Big government’ growing on the sly

WASHINGTON — In 1960, when John Kennedy was elected president, America's population was 180 million and it had approximately 1.8 million federal bureaucrats (not...

Editorial: Trump White House is figuring out NATO

Slowly, and against the odds, the Trump administration is inching toward a more coherent foreign policy in Western Europe.President Donald Trump is, as usual,...

Billionaire investor Wilbur Ross confirmed as commerce secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Monday confirmed billionaire investor Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary as President Donald Trump...

Lake Oswego March 4 Trump organizer calls other organizers ‘slaves to tyranny,’ backs out

Kevin Kerwin, a computer repairman who proudly displays pro-Donald Trump signs in his Lake Oswego...

Can Trump unite America? Here’s what these NC voters want to hear Tuesday.

During last year’s presidential campaign, they were among the North Carolina voters who told the Observer why they wanted to send Republican Donald Trump...

A closer look at congressional probes into Russia

On Capitol Hill, it appears that not a day goes by without yet another lawmaker -- normally but not constantly a Democrat --...

Miley Cyrus Shares Throwback Photo Of Oscar 2012 Appearance With Liam Hemsworth Amid Boyfriend...

Since she did not attend Sunday night’s Oscar Awards 2017, Miley Cyrus just settled for reminiscing her time at the prestigious awards event with boyfriend...

Trump Budget Cuts: Spending Blueprint Expected To Target EPA, State Department, Safety-Net Programs

UPDATE: 8:20 p.m. EST — President Donald Trump is expected to propose a 24 percent cut to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget to $6.1...

Ariana Grande Proud Of ‘Everyday’ Music Video Beating Katy Perry’s ‘Chained To The Rhythm’

Ariana Grande’s “Everyday” music video was catapulted to the top spot of the iTunes/Apple Music streaming service less than 24 hours since its release....

Lynx Blue Line to UNC Charlotte won’t open in August as planned

The Lynx Blue Line Extension to UNC Charlotte won’t open in August 2017 as planned and might not be done until next March, the...

Immigration protesters shut down City Council meeting Monday with chants of ‘No more ICE!’

About 100 people marched Monday from uptown’s Marshall Park to a meeting of Charlotte City Council Monday, where they demanded that council members stand...

Does Trump know he’s in office?: Eugene Robinson

By Eugene Robinson     WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration so far has been smoke and mirrors, sound and...

New hope for kids aging out of foster care

‘You learn things from the program. They teach you to write a résumé, to talk in an interview. They teach you how to keep...

The slush fund that escapes Cuomo’s new ethics rule

‘Be wary of slush funds,” US Attorney Preet Bharara last week warned officials from across New York. He was focused on local abuses —...

A scapegoat for the Rivington Street scandal

It sure looks like Ricardo Morales is being set up as City Hall’s scapegoat for the notorious Rivington Street flip.Yes, as deputy commissioner at...

DOJ withdraws from portion of voter ID lawsuit in Texas

The Department of Justice has just dropped out of a portion of a voting rights lawsuit in Texas that could signal a shift...

When Is The Next Leap Year? 2017 Will Have 365 Days, But You Should...

Last February was an unusual — and long — one. The second month had 29 days, breaking from the normal 28-day length, because 2016...

Secrets Of Success From Bill Gates: Billionaire And Former Microsoft CEO Answers Reddit Users'...

Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates held his fifth “Ask Me Anything,” or “AMA,” session on Reddit Monday afternoon, using the handle...

Karina Vetrano Latest Update: Murder Suspect's Family Threatened With Letter Smeared With Blood, Feces

The mother of man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a jogger in New York City this summer recently filed a formal complaint with...

Charlotte man pleads guilty to beating bystander at Keith Lamont Scott protests uptown

A Charlotte man has begun serving a six-month jail sentence in connection with a brutal beating in an uptown parking garage that was captured...

Guatemalan man stabbed to death in Caldwell apartment, authorities say

CALDWELL -- Authorities say a Guatemalan man living in New Jersey was stabbed to death over the weekend. The man,...

Nurse charged with recording 8 nude patients at doctor’s office

LOWER MAKEFIELD, Pa. -- A nurse already facing charges he recorded a teen girl while she was undressed at...

Listening to America: Wichita residents on the Kansas political climate

President Trump will outline his plans for the nation in his very first main address to Congress Tuesday evening. Even though the...

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