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Details: Written by JAN M. OLSEN, Associated Press; Published: 15 May 2016

Video: Why Russia loves 'The Donald'

Details: Written by By JAMIE STENGLE ,Associated Press; Published: 15 May 2016

VIDEO: Boy shares his story of being in care and says what should change

Details: Written by RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press; Published: 15 May 2016

Girl died during confrontation because of a heart problem

Details: Written by JONATHAN DREW and PAUL J. WEBER, Associated Press; Published: 13 May 2016

In this photo taken Thursday, May 12, 2016, signage is seen outside a restroom at 21c Museum Hotel in Durham, N.C. North Carolina is in a legal battle over a state law that requires transgender people to use the public restroom matching the sex on their birth certificate. The ADA-compliant bathroom signs were designed by artist Peregrine Honig. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Politicians in Texas, Arkansas and elsewhere have vowed to defy the Obama administration guidance on transgender bathroom usage

Details: Written by Kam Williams; Published: 13 May 2016

Dr. Randal Pinkett, the first African American winner of The Apprentice, has stepped up to voice his opposition to a Trump presidency.

First African American winner of the show says Trump is 'dangerous for the world'

Details: Written by SAM HANANEL and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press; Published: 12 May 2016

In this Oct. 6, 2015, file photo, the HealthCare.gov website, where people can buy health insurance, is displayed on a laptop screen in Washington. A federal judge has ruled that the Obama administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the president's health care law. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

U.S. District Judge Rosemary Collyer sides with House Republicans against health care law

Details: Written by BRUCE SMITH, MEG KINNARD, Associated Press; Published: 12 May 2016

Judy Scott, the mother of Walter Scott who was shot and killed while fleeing a traffic stop in April of 2015, speaks to reporters outside the federal courthouse in Charleston, S.C., on Wednesday, May 11, 2016. Prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging white former police officer Michael Slager with three federal counts in the death of Scott. Slager already faces a murder charge in state court. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)

Michael Slager, 34, is charged in connection with shooting of Walter Scott

Details: Written by Juliet Linderman, Associated Press; Published: 10 May 2016

rom left, Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero, and attorney Jason Silverstein, walk to Courthouse East before hearing on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 in Baltimore. A judge will rule on several motions ahead of the trial for Nero, one of the police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Nero faces assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office. Gray died April 19, 2015, a week after suffering a critical spinal injury in the back of a police van. (Kim Hairston/The Baltimore Sun via AP)

Officer Edward Nero, charged in the Freddie Gray case, chose Tuesday to stand trial before a judge rather than a jury