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By DAVID KLEPPER It should have been a time of celebration: Brittan Heller would soon graduate from college and head to one of the nation’s top law programs.But when a classmate with unrequited feelings for Heller wasn’t admitted to that same […]

By AARON MORRISON Take an informal survey of elite American Alpine skiers and snowboarders, and most can name an organization that exposes Black and Hispanic children from urban areas to winter sports. Whether it’s on indoor halfpipes in New Jersey, […]

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s killing testified that he deferred to Derek Chauvin because he was his senior officer and that’s what he had been trained to do. J. Alexander […]

By BARRY WILNER In a venue built for champions, the Los Angeles Rams carried off the crown jewel: a Super Bowl trophy. It took a precise 79-yard drive capped by Cooper Kupp’s 1-yard touchdown reception with 1:25 remaining for a […]

Erin Jackson became the first Black woman to win a speedskating medal at the Winter Olympics.  A gold one, at that. Jackson won the 500 meters Sunday with a time of 37.04 seconds, giving the American speedskating program its first medal […]

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 hit another monthslong delay Friday as U.S. regulators abruptly put the brakes on their efforts to speed review of the shots that Pfizer is testing […]

By MATTHEW LEE, AAMER MADHANI and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV The Biden administration on Friday escalated dire warnings of a possibly imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying it could happen at any moment, even as emergency diplomatic efforts continued. Adding to the sense of […]

By PATRICK WHITTLE Three friends who have attended every Super Bowl are hoping for a memorable contest this year, because it will probably be their final trip to the big game as a group. The three men are all in […]

By STEVE KARNOWSKI  A Minneapolis police officer who oversaw medical training for two of the three former officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights was scheduled to resume testifying in their federal trial Tuesday about what they were taught. Officer Nicole […]

By GARY D. ROBERTSON  North Carolina’s top legislative Democrats on Monday praised a redistricting ruling by the state Supreme Court that overturned congressional and General Assembly districts as illegal partisan gerrymanders, and urged their replacement with fair boundaries. But exactly […]