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NEW YORK — A 98-year-old New Jersey woman lost her bid Thursday to persuade a judge to erase her 1950 conviction for conspiracy to obstruct justice in the run-up to the atomic spying trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. — A white former police chief here was indicted on murder charges in the 2011 shooting death of an unarmed black man after an argument, a case that instantly drew comparisons to the Ferguson shooting and the chokehold death in New York.

WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House approved a $585 billion defense policy bill that grants President Barack Obama the authority to expand the U.S. military campaign against Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria despite misgivings about a new American combat role after more than a decade of war.

FLORENCE, Ala. — A northwest Alabama couple who have been sentenced on child porn charges have pleaded guilty to additional child sex abuse charges.

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to announce his pick Friday to lead the Pentagon amid the threat from Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq, the White House said.

A federal judge has halted Erlanger Health System's attempts to foreclose on Hutcheson Medical Center, saying the after the dueling hospitals first must have their day in court.

After just two seasons, Tim Moore has resigned as head football coach at South Pittsburg High School. Moore informed the players during a team meeting Thursday afternoon.

WASHINGTON− The House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Thursday which includes a provision to designate the three Manhattan Project sites, including the site in Oak Ridge, Tenn., as a national historical park.

WASHINGTON — Emboldened House Republicans issued a stern rebuke to President Barack Obama over immigration Thursday, passing a bill declaring his executive actions to curb deportations "null and void and without legal effect."