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On Friday, a North Carolina appeals court struck down a law that would require voters to show photo ID at the ballot box, saying that the law intentionally discriminated against African-American voters.

The three-judge panel said that the law passed …

On Friday night on Real Time, Bill Maher called out Dr. Cornel West for his refusal to support Hillary Clinton in the presidential election.

Maher pointed to electoral math that would make it impossible for a third party candidate …

A Kentucky judge was absolutely floored when she saw jail officials leading a woman into her courtroom on Friday and noticed that the woman did not seem to be wearing any pants at all, much less a jail jumpsuit.

“What …

A Texas deputy was arrested after firing his service weapon at a church in Ellis County, Texas, Texas officer upset over Dallas shootings gets drunk, fires gun at church after he got drunk and was upset over the recent shooting …

Jelani Maraj, brother to Nicki Minaj, has been accused of repeatedly raping a 12-year-old, and now, the prosecution says, the DNA evidence is against him, as his DNA matches semen found on the victim’s clothes.

–Pastor allegedly raped 15-year-old …

Former NFL linebacker Antonio Armstrong and his wife, Dawn, were shot and killed inside their Houston home, and their 16-year-old son has been charged in their deaths.

–No indictment in NY football player shooting death

When police arrived on the …