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Obama Gains Vindication and Secures Legacy With Health Care Ruling
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court decision on Thursday to uphold most insurance subsidies in President Obama’s health care law is a validation of effort to...
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Ivy Taylor wins runoff, elected as first black mayor of San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Ivy Taylor has been elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas, becoming the first African-American elected to the post.
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New Jennings mayor sues everybody
The phone rang at The American newsroom. The caller said he was a resident of Jennings. “You all need to take a look at Jennings,”...
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Ala. Senate Votes to Rename Selma’s Edmund Pettus Bridge
The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., is renowned for the historic Selma-to-Montgomery march and the resulting police violence that came to be known as...
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North Carolina Put On Lawsuit Notice Over Declining Voter Registration
WASHINGTON — A slate of civil rights groups put North Carolina on notice Monday, writing in a pre-litigation letter that the state must meet its...
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Michelle Obama Is The ‘Hugger-In-Chief’
First lady Michelle Obama is “the hugger-in-chief,” according to White House photographer Pete Souza.