California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing an amendment to the United States Constitution that would enshrine into law regulations on guns, including implementing universal background checks and raising the minimum age to buy a firearm to 21

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana

Lawyers for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich are asking a United Nations body to urgently issue an opinion that he has been arbitrarily detained by Russia on espionage charges which are “patently false.”

Watch as US vice president Kamala Harris delivers remarks at the 20th Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Quadrennial Convention. Ms Harris has travelled to Florida to speak at the event, which comes coincidentally after Florida governor Ron DeSantis challenged her to come to the state. In a letter sent on Monday, Mr DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential election, touted Florida as the “number one state in the nation for education”. The vice president has been busy over the last few weeks, which saw her already visit Florida in July. Ms Harris was on a trip to speak at an event in Jacksonville, where she spoke out against some changes to how African-American history is taught in Florida. During her visit to the Ritz Theatre and Museum in Jacksonville, Harris lamented how damaging it is when schools don't discuss historical crimes as part of the curriculum. Read More DeSantis wants to meet with Kamala Harris over Florida’s Black history curriculum Biden goes west to talk about his administration's efforts to combat climate change Tim Scott rebukes DeSantis for new Florida Black history curriculum on slavery

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By Daniel Trotta A Virginia mother was sentenced to 21 months in prison on Wednesday after her 6-year-old

The lead prosecutor in the case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter says he is willing to testify publicly this fall

'The Flash' star Ezra Miller claimed that there was a lack of mental health support on the set of 'We Need to Talk About Kevin'

The United Auto Workers union says members at Mack Trucks have voted down a tentative five-year contract agreement reached with the company and plan to strike at 7 a.m. Monday

Carlee Russell went missing on July 13 before returning to her house on July 15, claiming she had been kidnapped

American Airlines says it has a tentative contract agreement with pilots

Steinhoff International Holdings NV’s former European finance chief, Dirk Schreiber, was handed a 3 1/2 year jail sentence