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A longtime civil rights attorney who has sued the police department scores of times, opposes the death penalty and promised to help hold bad officers accountable was elected Tuesday as Philadelphia’s next district attorney. Larry Krasner, 56, ran a campaign focused on combating inequities in the criminal justice system. He […]

Pushback against President Donald Trump helped lift Democrats to governorships in the two highest-profile U.S. elections since the 2016 presidential contest. Phil Murphy, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany, is projected to win New Jersey’s gubernatorial election, based on ABC News’ analysis of the exit poll. Sweeping backlash to the […]

Democrats are projected to score a pair of major gubernatorial victories Tuesday, based on ABC News’ analysis of the exit poll and analysis of the vote, landing new governors in New Jersey and Virginia as they attempted to showcase party resilience one year after President Donald Trump’s surprise election victory. […]

Elections at the state and local levels are being held across the country, with a number of notable candidates in the races. Among them is Danica Roem, who could make history as Virginia’s first openly transgender elected official. Here are a few to keep an eye on: All 100 seats […]

Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page told the House Intelligence Committee last week that he alerted several top Trump campaign officials about a planned trip to Moscow in July of 2016 and notified others when he returned. Page said he informed campaign adviser J.D. Gordon, then-campaign manager Corey Lewandowski […]

Three freshmen UCLA basketball players have been arrested in China on shoplifting charges, ESPN reported. Among the arrested was LiAngelo Ball, younger brother of Los Angeles Lakers point guard Lonzo Ball, a source told ESPN. Cody Riley and Jalen Hill were also arrested, according to ESPN. The UCLA basketball team […]

Former MLB star pitcher Roy Halladay was killed in a small plane crash off the coast of Florida, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office said this afternoon. He was “flying his Icon A5, a two-person, single engine amphibian plane when the plane went down” in the Gulf of Mexico, the sheriff’s […]

Texas church shooting suspect and Air Force veteran Devin Kelley escaped from a New Mexico mental health hospital in 2012, according to an El Paso Police Department report, which also said he “was attempting to carry out death threats” that he “had made on his military chain of command.” A […]

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Texas church shooting suspect and Air Force veteran Devin Kelley escaped from a New Mexico “behavioral center” in 2012, according to an El Paso Police Department report, which also said he “was attempting to carry out death threats” that he “had made on his military chain of command.” A witness […]