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November 17, 2020 at 12:40 pm

States tightening anti-virus restrictions amid case surge VIEW

With COVID-19 cases rising across the U.S., and concerns that Thanksgiving gatherings will fuel an additional surge, state and local officials are adjusting their plans...

November 13, 2020 at 12:19 pm

White supremacist sentenced to 2 years in bomb plot case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A white supremacist who told an undercover FBI agent about his plans to firebomb a synagogue or attack a Las Vegas...

October 30, 2020 at 3:12 pm

Midshipman asks judge to block his removal over tweets

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Chase Standage, a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman facing expulsion over social media posts, sees himself as a casualty of a...

October 28, 2020 at 1:23 pm

Man gets 4 years in prison in plot to bribe Russian official

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A Maryland businessman convicted of plotting to pay a Russian official more than $1.5 million in bribes to get lucrative...

October 26, 2020 at 2:58 pm

Judge refuses to block ‘No Boycott of Israel’ measure

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday threw out a lawsuit in which a Muslim civil rights group sought to block the...

October 24, 2020 at 6:38 am

Voter advocates hoping to stave off intimidation at polls

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Voting rights advocates and state officials are on high alert over fears that U.S. polling stations could attract the same strain...

October 22, 2020 at 12:25 pm

Family: Man fatally shot by police wasn’t extremist VIEW

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — Strangers on the internet hailed Duncan Socrates Lemp as a martyr for their anti-government movement after a police officer shot...

October 16, 2020 at 12:14 pm

Man who attacked Virginia protesters avoids federal prison

A California man who pleaded guilty to attacking anti-racism protesters at a white nationalist rally and at a torch-lit march through the University of Virginia’s...

October 16, 2020 at 11:22 am

AP Explains: What’s behind Trump’s town hall answer on QAnon

“Ask the Q” has been a rallying cry for QAnon believers since the conspiracy theory's online birth three years ago. They have long claimed that...

October 12, 2020 at 2:41 pm

Man jailed for rally riots, torch march attends university

Cole Evan White joined torch-carrying white supremacists on a march through the University of Virginia’s campus and attacked anti-racism protesters the next day. Within a...