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A bill to create a government-funded health care system in California will not advance this year after the author said he did not have the votes to get it through the state Assembly ahead of a key deadline.

The Ashland city council declined to create a policy on Monday night about which journalists should be allowed to attend executive session meetings that are closed to the public. Crafting such a policy would require answering the sometimes murky question of who should be considered a journalist.

The former president alleged in Texas over the weekend that Black prosecutors investigating him are "racist." And that was not the first example in recent weeks of Trump employing racist rhetoric.

Watkins is among the four astronauts who SpaceX launched as part of NASA's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station.

In the biggest Capitol riot case yet, 11 Oath Keepers stand charged of seditious conspiracy. The government faces steep challenges in proving them guilty of the hefty and rare charges.

While Lunar New Year traditions have been carried on for years in Asia, festivities for members of the Asian diaspora have evolved as celebrants welcome in loved ones from other cultures.

For some people, getting a positive coronavirus test could mean loss of income or other life disruptions. Doctors worry about growing disincentives to test and how this could prolong the pandemic.

The late Nobel laureate and novelist was known for her examination of the Black experience. "Recitatif" is about two girls, one Black and one white, but doesn't reveal which is which.

After failing to pass a voting rights bill, Democrats in Congress haven't made their next move clear. Bipartisan talks have begun over smaller measures that election experts still see as necessary.

Black History Month grew from a weeklong celebration that started nearly 100 years ago — and it's not random that it's in February.