NEWPORT, R.I., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- Eileen Gillespie Slocum, a pillar of the Republican establishment in Rhode Island, has died at the age of 92.

NEW YORK, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. political strategists say Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama poses a threat to rival Sen. Hillary Clinton in her home state of New York.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The Rev. Al Sharpton accused the FBI of racial motivations Thursday after agents served subpoenas seeking financial records for his New York civil rights group.

NEW YORK, May 13 (UPI) -- The 19-year-old intern who had accused New York Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV, of rape has recanted, the New York Daily News reported.

ALBANY, N.Y., May 11 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old intern has accused N.Y. Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV of abuse and sexual assault, the New York Daily News reported Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer has been dead for almost six decades now, and the 100th anniversary of his birth is less than three years off. Yet this martyred Lutheran pa

NEW YORK, Aug. 14 (UPI) -- "Harlem Song," a sprightly musical revue that recalls the history of Harlem's last 100 years, has opened as a regular weekend feature at the legendary Apollo Th

Former Rep. James Traficant always has been good at piling up the votes. Even the U.S. House vote expelling him from Congress Wednesday was overwhelming, 420-1. Traficant began cleaning out his office on Thursday but political observers say it's possible

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