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The proposal calls for looking at use of food stamps, federal medical assistance and housing assistance when weighing an immigration application.

U.S. stocks are climbing Friday after two days of sharp losses.

Past winners have included Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou and Quincy Jones.

"We are confident that the association between race and the death penalty is not attributed to random chance," the justices wrote in a majority opinion.

McConnell called activists opposing Kavanaugh a "mob" and criticized Democrats for encouraging their actions.

The S&P 500 index is on track for its sixth consecutive loss as investors try to gauge the best place to put their money.

Weinstein is free on $1 million bail and is due back in court Dec. 20.

More than 400,000 electricity accounts had lost power in Florida as of Thursday morning.

Data collected by NOAA and U.S. Air Force Hurricane Hunter aircraft recently showed gusts up to 172 mph.

An immigration case before the Supreme Court pits the government against immigrants it wants to deport following crimes they have committed in the United States.

Nikki Haley has resigned as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

Trump, however, began the ceremony with a sharp partisan rebuke.

Officials said the crash in Schoharie, New York is the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in almost a decade.

To critics, the helmet is an unmistakable colonial symbol.