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Latinos, immigrants and Native Americans experience "a pattern of human right violations" in the American Southwest under U.S. immigration policies, Amnesty International said in a new report.

At stake is President Obama's signature legislation requiring most Americans to have health coverage. The election-year case is the most politically charged in years.

Facing growing global pressure over rising violence in his country, Syria's embattled president had little choice but to accept a U.N. special envoy's peace proposal, analysts said Tuesday.

Dean Obeidallah says they may backpedal and explain them away, but candidates' blunders reveal much about a candidate as a potenial president

Highlights from day 2 of the Supreme Court justices debating the individual mandate in health reform.

With just four days left before the federal money runs out for highway construction projects across the country, House Republicans abruptly postponed a vote on a two-month extension Tuesday, throwing into question how a standoff between Senate Democrats and House Republicans over the transportation bill will get resolved.

A man filmed a group of girls attacking a 12-year-old girl in his neighbor's garden, and told Providence, Rhode Island, police he thought it was a prank.

A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas was diverted to Texas after the captain exhibited erratic behavior and was locked out of the cockpit, officials said.

Dean Obeidallah says they may backpedal and explain them away, but candidates' blunders reveal much about a candidate as a potenial president

A Canadian beauty pageant contestant who was disqualified when the Miss Universe Canada organizers discovered she was transgender is not ready to speak to reporters, a representative for the 6 foot-1-inch tall blonde model said Tuesday.

A new poll indicates most Republicans would like to see Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul drop out, but would like to see Rick Santorum stay in. FULL STORY | MORE ON THE POLL

Veteran congressman Rep. Charles Rangel and his campaign have agreed to pay a $23,000 civil penalty in a settlement over the use of a rent-stabilized apartment as his campaign headquarters, according to Federal Election Commission documents.

On the night of February 26, Trayvon Martin was wearing a hoodie and had bought Skittles and an Arizona tea at a convenience store in Sanford, Florida. Some time after that, he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman.

President Obama brags about his Final Four picks while Newt Gingrich admits to a pandering tie collection.

Amid widespread outcry over death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, the hoodie has become a symbol of social injustice.

That George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is not in dispute. Everything else is -- from the circumstances, to the motivation -- sparking a national debate about race, and coast-to-coast demands for justice.

CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin says Supreme Court justices were at odds during debate over the health care law.

By all measures, Mitt Romney won convincingly in Puerto Rico earlier this month. He captured 83% of the popular vote and all 20 pledged delegates. But that's not all Romney took back to the mainland. Most of the GOP unpledged delegates have yet to pick a side.

With calls increasing for some or all of them to drop out, challengers to Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney say they intend to keep battling until the nomination gets settled.

President Barack Obama pokes fun at his recent open mic incident with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.