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Senate Education Committee chairman John Eichelberger reportedly said during a town hall meeting that he blames failing urban school systems for minority students dropping out of college and that money would be better spent training them for vocational programs.

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GOP congressional leaders are looking to repeal an initiative that was created to prevent mentally ill individuals from purchasing guns.

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KKK leader William Hagen stabbed Richard Dillon during a “National Klonvocation” event in North Carolina on December 2.

Police believe that Christian Clark, 21, was upset because she thought her boyfriend was sleeping with another woman.

Social media erupted on Tuesday after a Snapchat screenshot went viral, showing a police officer in uniform with text that included a racial slur.

The men, Cheron Shelton, 29, and Robert Thomas, 27, each face five counts of homicide, six of aggravated assault, six of recklessly endangering another person, conspiracy, and criminal homicide of an unborn child,

The 11-term lawmaker immediately relinquished his post as the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee that oversees the Justice Department after his indictment last July.

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Daniel and Caleb Tate, 22, of Cochranville Township, Pennsylvania, were arrested and charged with arson by explosion, arson by possession of explosive devices, conspiracy, theft, and other offenses.

Police investigators are searching for two shooters who opened fire at a backyard party late Wednesday in Pennsylvania, killing five people and wounding three others, according to NBC News.

terminally ill Pennsylvania boy with just over a year left to live was granted a final wish over the weekend. Kaleb Holder, 8, was sworn in as an honorary sheriff last Friday at the Lehigh County Sheriff's Office in the city of Allentown, Good Morning America reports.

The alleged sexual assault case against entertainer Bill Cosby will move forward after a judge on Wednesday rejected his defense's pleas to drop the case and allowed previous comments made about the attack usable by the prosecution in court.