WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats will introduce legislation Thursday to expand the Supreme Court from nine to 13 justices, alongside progressive activists pushing to transform the high court. The move intensifies a high-stakes…

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Bernie Madoff, the Wall Street con artist who masterminded the largest Ponzi scheme in history and bilked thousands of investors out of billions of dollars, has died in prison. Madoff's death comes about 12 years into a 150-year prison sentence…

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WASHINGTON — A House panel advanced a decades-long effort to pay reparations to the descendants of slaves by approving legislation Wednesday that would create a commission to study the issue. It's the first time the House Judiciary Committee…

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Six people were rescued and searchers were looking for others after a 129-foot commercial ship capsized off the Louisiana coast Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Guard got an emergency beacon notification around 4:30 p.m. and responded with…

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How could a veteran Minnesota police officer mistake her pistol for a Taser and fatally shoot 20-year-old Daunte Wright? The answer to that question may have as much to do with what was going on in Brooklyn Center police Officer Kim Potter's mind…

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