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SAN DIEGO — Advocacy groups barely waited for President Barack Obama to finish speaking about sweeping changes to the U.S. immigration system to start warning about scams.

ATLANTA — To rebuild in the conservative South, Democratic leaders say their party must become more aggressive advocates for the middle class in an effort to energize African-Americans and attract whites.

BEIRUT — The Islamic State group is employing multiple tactics to subdue the Sunni Muslim tribes in Syria and Iraq under its rule, wooing some with gifts — everything from cars to feed for their animals — while brutally suppressing those that resist with mass killings.

GENEVA — After many years of talking, the World Trade Organization pulled off a major deal Thursday that the body said could boost global commerce by $1 trillion annually.

FERGUSON, Mo. — The word spread within minutes of Michael Brown's death — a young black man with his hands raised in surrender had just been shot by a white cop.

Tennessee playoff semifinals

Southeastern Conference runners Brandon Lord and Hannah Jumper from Baylor School were the overall winners of the Turkey Trot 8k road race Thursday morning from the Sports Barn East on Lee Highway.

Five takeaways from UTC's two wins in the Battle 4 Atlantis Mainland event:

JASPER, Tenn. — Marion County has been to six TSSAA football state-championship games, its last in 1995.

East Ridge City Judge Cris Helton thinks about the woman who stood before him for sentencing, crying, promising she'd never been convicted before.