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The U.S. Secret Service and Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police found the man in a Washington hotel early Tuesday morning and interviewed him, sources said. They searched for a gun and found no weapon and no further action was taken at that time, they said.

The Trump-Vance campaign unveiled new portraits of the president-elect and vice president elect on Thursday, just days before their inaugurations.

José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and Co-Founder of the Rainbow Coalition, has died.

Which president had the longest inaugural address? Which has been sworn in the most? Which ended the ceremony’s top-hat tradition? Here are some tidbits you might not know about Inauguration Day.

José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, a prominent Puerto Rican civil rights leader and founder of the Young Lords Organization, has died. He was 76. Jiménez died Friday morning, according to his sister Daisy Rodríguez, who first announced it in a Facebook post.

José 'Cha Cha' Jiménez, civil rights activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, died Friday, Jan. 10. He was 76.

Miles Davis’ record Kind of Blue is not only considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time, but one of the greatest albums of all time. The album

Sister JoAnn Persch and Sister Pat Murphy used to set up a sacred space in the McHenry County Jail library once a week for immigrant detainees. The men held there — who could connect with their families only by phone — would file into the room in orange jumpsuits and take a seat.

A Tennessee representative has introduced a resolution that would allow President Donald Trump to serve a third term. Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., wants to amend the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution so the country "can sustain the bold leadership our nation so desperately needs," according to a Thursday news release.

String Theory at the Hunter, in collaboration with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will present a concert on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 6:30 p.m. Featuring world-class violinist Benjamin Beilman and String Theory artistic director Gloria Chien on piano,

On January 24, 1925, the moon eclipsed the sun. In Alton, the eastern skies were partly cloudy, but the sun broke through the clouds just after 8 a.m.,