A federal appeals court is scheduled to hold a hearing Tuesday on the death sentence imposed on Mumia Abu-Jamal in the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer.
Democratic Rep. James Clyburn says he's seeking the No. 2 job in the House Democratic leadership, setting up a possible showdown with the current second in command, Steny Hoyer.
President Barack Obama is acknowledging in the wake of this week's election rout that he hasn't been able to successfully promote his economic-rescue message to anxious Americans.
For nearly two years, the families of Oscar Grant and Johannes Mehserle have agonized over a fatal shooting caught on video that enflamed racial tensions and led to rioting and unrest in Oakland.
A civil liberties group filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging the use of "stop and frisk" searches by Philadelphia police, alleging that the policy is violating the rights of blacks and Latinos who have done nothing wrong.
Deval Patrick, the first black governor of Massachusetts, on Thursday nominated Roderick L. Ireland to be the first African-American chief justice of the state's Supreme Judicial Court.
Republican Hispanic lawmakers had a groundbreaking year in the 2010 midterm elections, picking up two governor posts — the first ever for a Latina — while holding onto a U.S. Senate seat and adding several congressional seats.
