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North Carolina's population crossed the 10 million mark by adding an average of 281 people per day during the last year, according to the Census Bureau. (AP Photo/Brandi Simons, File)

North Carolina becomes ninth state with 10 million people

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2015 4:37 pm

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., weighed a grand jury decision to not indict anyone in the death of Sandra Bland. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Sanders blasts ‘very broken criminal justice system’ after Sandra Bland ruling

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2015 4:08 pm

Last year, Tehran and Moscow signed a contract to build the two reactors at the existing Russian-built Bushehr power plant in southern Iran. (AP file photo)

National Security

Russia to start building two nuclear reactors in Iran

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2015 3:07 pm

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, greets refugees fleeing from Syria, as they arrive at Pearson International airport, in Toronto. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

National Security

Canada to double Syrian refugees in 2016

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2015 1:17 pm

Geneva Reed-Veal, left, and Sharon Cooper, center, the mother and sister of Sandra Bland, listen to attorney Larry Rogers Jr., right, explain concerns about the Texas grand jury's role in the death of Naperville resident Sandra Bland. (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

No indictments in Sandra Bland case

Kelly Cohen · December 22, 2015 1:05 pm

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton and 2016 Democratic presidential front-runner Hilary Clinton, announced on Twitter Monday she's expecting her second child. (AP Photo/William Regan)

Chelsea Clinton expecting second child next summer

Kelly Cohen · December 21, 2015 8:59 pm

"Well, the problem is: If [Marco Rubio's] doing well in a general election match-up against Hillary Clinton, it's because they share a lot of the same positions," Fox's Andrea Tarantos said during a taping of "Outnumbered." (AP Photos)

Rubio tops Clinton in new general election poll

Kelly Cohen · December 21, 2015 8:41 pm

Officer William Porter's retrial will begin June 13, 2016 and will follow the other trials of the five officers charged in Gray's death. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

New trial date for officer charged in Freddie Gray’s death

Kelly Cohen · December 21, 2015 7:34 pm

President Obama announced no significant shift in U.S. strategy and offered no new policy prescriptions for defeating the Islamic State. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP

Obama defends Black Lives Matter movement

Kelly Cohen · December 21, 2015 5:41 pm

Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement, saying their target was a join Afghan-NATO security patrol. (AP file photo/Massoud Hossaini)

Six U.S. troops killed in Afghanistan suicide attack

Kelly Cohen, Jacqueline Klimas · December 21, 2015 3:37 pm

Following legislation adopted earlier this year, adult possession of a small amount of marijuana will now become a civil violation punishable by a fine. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Delaware becomes 19th state to decriminalize marijuana

Kelly Cohen · December 18, 2015 7:32 pm

Under the new initiative, President Obama will reiterate the need for the Senate to pass the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015, which recently passed the Senate Judiciary Committee. (AP Photo)

Obama commutes 95 sentences, pardons two

Kelly Cohen · December 18, 2015 7:24 pm