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It's too early to call who she will face in the runoff election. Wright is the widow of Rep. Ron Wright, who died in February after contracting COVID-19.

Brown County Sheriff's Lt. Kevin Pawlak said investigators believe the gunman was targeting a specific person he was angry at, but the person wasn't at the Oneida Casino at the time.

Olympia Dukakis, who won an Oscar playing Cher's mother in the romantic comedy Moonstruck, has died. She was 89.

Marking his first 100 days in office, Biden will use his speech to pitch a $1.8 trillion investment in kids and education that would transform the role government plays in American life.

Carter defeated fellow Democrat Karen Carter Peterson in the special election for Louisiana's only Democrat-held seat in Congress after Peterson planted herself firmly in the progressive camp.

The world's two biggest carbon polluters agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with "seriousness and urgency" days before President Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders on the issue.

Iran on Sunday described a blackout at its underground Natanz atomic facility an act of "nuclear terrorism," raising regional tensions.

A comprehensive package of police reform measures cleared the state's General Assembly on Wednesday, including the repeal of police job protections long cited as a barricade to accountability.

Bolsonaro has downplayed the threat of the coronavirus while arguing that the economic and emotional impacts of shutdowns would harm more Brazilians than the pandemic.

Reports said a truck fell from a cliff above and landed on the tracks, where a train emerging from a tunnel smashed into it.

Lloyd Austin arrived in the Afghan capital amid swirling questions about how long American troops will remain in the country. While there, he is expected to meet with President Ashraf Ghani.

House impeachment managers will continue making their case today before turning the floor over to former President Donald Trump's defense team.

On Wednesday, House Democrats prosecuting the case and the former president’s attorneys will lay out their opposing arguments before the senators.

Tuesday’s proceedings will begin with a debate to dismiss the trial before it even begins. Trump’s lawyers have argued the trial is moot now that Trump is out of office.

Due to COVID-19 and the aftermath of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, the West Front will seem like a virtual ghost town compared to years past. Here's what to expect.

Trump faces a single charge — "incitement of insurrection" — in an impeachment resolution that the House will begin debating Wednesday.

Impeachment ahead, the House will first try to convince the vice president to act even more quickly to remove Trump from office, warning he is a threat to democracy.

Ginsburg’s casket will be brought to the Capitol Friday morning for a private ceremony attended by her family and other select guests. Hear live coverage starting at 9:30 a.m. on WNYC.

Ginsburg will lie in repose for two days at the court where she served for 27 years and, before that, argued six cases for gender equality in the 1970s.

Lewis' funeral is being held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor. Barack Obama will be attending, and is expected to address mourners.