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Black University of Mississippi students wrestle with forgiveness in wake of racist gestures

Three Black University of Mississippi students who shared a now-viral Ring camera video of two white students making monkey-like sounds and gestures outside their front door say they received an apology from one woman.

Alaska judge rules request by Peltola campaign for ballot data in Senate race 'not reasonable'

A judge in Alaska ruled Wednesday that a request by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign for a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected is "not reasonable," particularly given the time crunch election officials face as the state continues counting ballots from last week's election.

Human remains found in a wooded area next to Spot Run Parkway in Arlington

The U.S. Park Police are investigating after human remains were found in a wooded area adjacent to Arlington's Spout Run Parkway on Wednesday.

Building partially collapses in Brooklyn, killing one with others injured

A three-story building in Brooklyn partially collapsed into a hole at an adjacent construction site Wednesday, leaving at least one person dead and several others injured.

New pro-impeachment Democrats vow to carry on Al Green's legacy after he exits Congress in January

Rep. Al Green of Texas is passing the Trump-impeachment torch to a fresh batch of House Democrats.

Democrat wins Mississippi Senate seat in upset defeat of GOP incumbent Hyde-Smith

Democrat Scott Colom has won Mississippi's U.S. Senate race, building upon his party's wave of wins in states that have long favored Republicans.

Vance-Hegseth rivalry hits crescendo over Iran war, GOP election losses

A behind-the-scenes rivalry between Vice President J.D. Vance and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which sources say has been brewing since the early days of the Trump administration, could be culminating in real time as Republicans seek someone to blame for the Iran war and the GOP's disastrous showing in last week's midterm elections.

Mississippi Elects Democrat Scott Colom as State's First Black U.S. Senator Since Reconstruction

Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.

China shifting military forces to advanced drone warfare

China's military is developing artificial intelligence-powered drone warfare capabilities that will involve mobilizing millions of civilian drones and conducting decapitation drone strikes on enemy generals, according to a report by the People's Liberation Army.

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier rules: Why a sentinel shouted 'silence and respect' at Hegseth's group

The warning a Tomb of the Unknown Soldier sentinel called out to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's group on Veterans Day reflects a standard of decorum every visitor to Arlington National Cemetery is expected to meet, no matter their rank.

After 40 years apart, a Chilean mother reunites with two children stolen during dictatorship

Four decades after a brutal separation, Teresita de Jesus Padilla was able to embrace two of her children again, after they were taken from her native Chile by hospital workers in one of the thousands of illegal adoptions under the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

Congress' Democratic veterans: Hegseth impeachment fight not over

Democratic veterans in Congress are vowing to continue the fight to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth next year after Republicans blocked an attempt to charge him with high crimes and misdemeanors this week.