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The leader of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus joined with some Cleveland City Council members and other local officials to support Issue 1 at a news conference Thursday morning. The proposed constitutional amendment would reduce penalties for drug possession, reclassifying lower-level felonies as misdemeanors. It would also allow incarcerated people, with some exceptions, to shorten their prison sentences by taking part in job and education programs.

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

A federal judge ruled that the Pentagon provided no rationale for recruiting immigrants and then delaying their military service.

Satellite images reveal tunneling and other construction activity at two sites near the Chinese border that are believed to house long-range missiles that could in theory reach the United States.

A federal report suggests America's interstates are worn, overused and highly congested. It also recommends billions of dollars in fixes.

During a sting operation, officials successfully bought one item banned from purchase under state law and were offered three more, leading to a search warrant and the large bust.

In Alabama, authorities have answered few questions about why a police officer shot and killed a man they believed was a gunman in a mall. The man believed to have fired the gun has been arrested.

Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says the ban on Russian men of military age is aimed at preventing the infiltration of "private armies."

The U.S. and China have called a temporary truce in their trade war, halting the increase in tariffs between the two countries — for now.

Prosecutors are investigating two Deutsche Bank employees who allegedly helped customers set up offshore firms to avoid anti-money laundering safeguards.