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April 19, 2021 at 8:47 pm

Despite growing chorus, DOJ is limited in police probes VIEW

CHICAGO (AP) — The only way for 13-year-old Adam Toledo to get justice, activists say, is with a federal probe into the Chicago police officer...

Andrea Fernanda Serrano kneels as she pays her respect to the site where 13-year-old Adam Toledo. was shot by police now marked with a mural in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago, Friday, April 16, 2021, a day after the body camera video release of fatal police shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar) ILSA102 ILSA102

April 15, 2021 at 8:59 pm

Chicago police critics call for charges in shooting of boy VIEW

A still frame taken from Officer Eric Stillman's jumpy nighttime body camera footage shows that Adam Toledo, 13, wasn't holding anything and had his hands...

People protest in solidarity for Adam Toledo at the corner of Wabash and Chestnut in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood after traveling in a car caravan from Chicago’s Lawndale neighborhood on Friday April 9, 2021. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/TNS) 13847450W 13847450W

April 14, 2021 at 8:52 pm

Video: Chicago boy wasn’t holding gun when shot by officer VIEW

Disturbing bodycam video released Thursday after public outcry over the police shooting of a 13-year-old boy shows the youth appearing to drop a handgun and...

August 30, 2020 at 4:48 am

Voting groups scramble to reach college students in pandemic

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Chase Gaines wishes he could get more young people in North Carolina to answer their front doors and take his GOP...

August 21, 2020 at 9:29 pm

Democrats see racism in GOP mispronunciations of ‘Kamala’

CHICAGO (AP) — Bantering during the final night of the Democratic National Convention, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang repeatedly got the...

August 19, 2020 at 2:46 pm

Progressives irked by spotlight on GOP at Dem convention

WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly three minutes at this week's Democratic National Convention, Cindy McCain recounted Joe Biden's friendship with her late husband, John McCain,...

FILE – In this July 30, 2016 file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton pauses while speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) NYDB775 NYDB775

August 18, 2020 at 10:27 pm

Hillary Clinton to reflect on 2016 loss in Democratic speech

After more than four decades in public life, Hillary Clinton will return to the Democratic National Convention to cement her legacy as a champion of...

August 13, 2020 at 9:25 pm

Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris conspiracy WATCH

The president told reporters he had “heard” rumors that Harris, who is Black and a U.S.-born citizen, does not meet the requirement to serve in...

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August 13, 2020 at 4:40 pm

Trump gives credence to false, racist Harris theory

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday gave credence to a false and racist conspiracy theory about Kamala Harris’ eligibility to be vice president,...

August 11, 2020 at 9:15 pm

Women say they will fight sexism, ‘ugly’ attacks on Harris

CHICAGO (AP) — In the weeks before Joe Biden named Sen. Kamala Harris his running mate, women's groups were readying a campaign of their own:...