Americans dislike the recent protests by NFL players, but disapprove even more solidly of President Donald Trump ’s response, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov survey ― which finds the nation split deeply along racial lines, but even more severely along political ones. Those polled say, 48 percent…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ― No one wants to get rid of the violence in the streets of Birmingham, Alabama , more than the residents themselves. In 2015, the city was dubbed the nation’s third most violent of its size, according to the FBI. That undesirable ranking came just behind Detroit and St. Louis, the…

Asheville, North Carolina, was stop No. 7 on our Listen To America road trip. We set up shop at 12 Bones Smokehouse and Wedge Brewery to talk to locals about what brings them to the home of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Here’s what they had to say:

The father of New York’s first openly transgender firefighter opens up about his journey toward acceptance in this exclusive clip from the documentary, “ Woman on Fire .” A third generation firefighter, Brooke Guinan began identifying as trans in 2011, three years into her career at the New York…

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he’s “not happy” about Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price using charter planes for official travel, according to a pool report. The president also told reporters that he is looking into the controversy, and said “we’ll see” when asked if he would…

Democrats flipped two more Republican-held state legislature seats on Tuesday with special election wins in New Hampshire and Florida. The two races bring the total number of GOP seats won by the Democratic Party to eight this election cycle ― all of them in special races. The results suggest that…

La Croix sparkling water has become something of a phenomenon in recent years, much to the chagrin of Florida locals who take credit for being the brand’s loyal, original drinkers. But despite the fanfare surrounding these colorful cans of goodness, one thing remains true: No one has any idea how to…

If Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), the first Muslim elected to Congress, were to run into U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore on Capitol Hill, Ellison “would be happy to tell him why he’s wrong” about Islam and how his Islamophobic views conflict with the Constitution, Ellison told HuffPost on Wednesday.…

Even as states continue to push for recreational marijuana reform, 2016 saw a shocking increase in drug arrests, with marijuana arrests at the forefront. How bad is it? By the time you’ve finished reading this, someone will likely be in cuffs for weed-related charges. New data released by the FBI’s…

This is so fly. Pitbull sent his private jet to Puerto Rico to transport cancer patients on the hurricane-ravaged island to mainland U.S. for chemotherapy treatment, CNN reports. Puerto Rico Congresswoman Jenniffer González thanked the rapper on Twitter for the kind act on Tuesday. Gracias al…

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Playboy turned its home page into a homage to Hugh Hefner, who died Wednesday at the age of 91. There were no links or articles. Instead, the website paid tribute to its larger-than-life founder with an oversized image of “Hef” and a single quote that perhaps summed up his life better than any…

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WASHINGTON ― Obamacare repeal is in shambles. Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker ― a key GOP leader ― is calling it quits. And on Tuesday , Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) got even more bad news: An anti-gay, Islamophobic former judge easily won the Senate GOP nomination in Alabama. McConnell…

President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday that Sen. Luther Strange was “shooting up” in the Alabama polls thanks to his endorsement. But when Strange lost by nearly 10 points to Roy Moore in Tuesday night’s Republican primary, the president deleted that and two other messages in support of his…

WASHINGTON ― Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is urging acting Secretary of Homeland Security Elaine Duke to take an action that could significantly help Puerto Rico amid its unfolding humanitarian crisis: waive the Jones Act. The law requires that all goods shipped between U.S. ports be carried by…

A lawsuit is underway in the state of California that might force coffee retailers such as Starbucks, Seattle’s Best and Dunkin’ Donuts to add a cancer warning label to their coffees. The nonprofit organization Council for Education and Research on Toxics (CERT) has brought this suit to court. It’s…

A white Pennsylvania volunteer fire chief has reportedly resigned after calling the Pittsburgh Steelers head coach a “no good n****r” over the black coach’s decision to skip the national anthem on Sunday. Volunteer Fire Chief Paul Smith of the Muse Fire Department in Cecil Township confirmed his…

JPMorgan Chase is the target of a new environmental push demanding the bank end funding for tar sands drilling, HuffPost has learned. In a new campaign set to be announced Tuesday, the San Francisco-based Rainforest Action Network criticizes the country’s largest bank by assets for providing $20…

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Puerto Rico on Oct. 3, nearly two weeks after Hurricane Maria tore through the island as a Category 4 storm, he announced at a press briefing Tuesday morning. The U.S. territory has suffered widespread devastation, leaving residents grappling with “ apocalyptic…

WASHINGTON ― Buried beneath the war President Donald Trump has launched against the NFL over protests during the national anthem is a new claim about Russian involvement in his election: that it did not help him at all. “And by the way, folks, just in case you’re, like, curious? No, Russia did not…

The Cleveland Cavaliers have emerged as clear favorites to land newly minted free agent Dwyane Wade , after he agreed to a buyout agreement with the Chicago Bulls on Sunday, sources told ESPN.com. Wade agreed to leave about $8 million of his $23.8 million salary on the table after talks between the…

Third time’s the charm? President Donald Trump rolled out his most drastic travel ban to date on Sunday, limiting entry into the United States for nationals of eight countries. He made some significant amendments to the new ban. Not only is it permanent, but it also removed Sudan from the list of…

Republicans on Sunday evening circulated a new version of their embattled legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Based on initial inspection, the new bill is a lot like the original bill, which would have decimated existing federal health programs, reduced government spending, and left many…

North Carolina has become a flashpoint for transgender rights, and Rory Philbrick is one of the faces working behind the scenes of this community’s struggle for acceptance and inclusion. Philbrick, 19, who identifies as a trans man, is a budding activist who works primarily with Youth OutRight , a…

It’s not just football and baseball players publicly demonstrating their right to free speech this weekend. The Los Angeles Sparks chose to stay in their locker room during the playing of the national anthem at the Women’s NBA finals in Minnesota, joining scores of other professional athletes, like…

BERKELEY, Calif. ― It was supposed to be his Woodstock. But on Saturday morning, a day before Milo Yiannopoulos’s “Free Speech Week” rally at the University of California, Berkeley, was scheduled to start, the alt-right provocateur alerted his followers that he would be holding an “emergency” press…

Aaron Carter told his fans Friday night on Twitter that he would be “disappearing for a while” just as outlets reported that he will be entering rehab. TMZ reported Friday that the singer would go into rehab, but People magazine confirmed the news with Carter’s publicist. “Aaron has decided to enter…

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Election meddling is Facebook’s next adversary, and it’s got a plan to attack it just like it did with fake news. Solutions to both these scourges come too late to prevent tampering that may have aided Donald Trump winning the presidency — but at least Facebook is owning up to the problem, working…

For the second night in a row Wednesday, late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel raged against a Senate bill meant to repeal Obamacare . It followed an impassioned critique of Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) that captured media headlines just a day before. Kimmel used the opening monologue of his Tuesday…

Simon Cowell ’s prediction was right. Darci Lynne Farmer, the 12-year-old singing ventriloquist, won “America’s Got Talent” on Wednesday, earning $1 million and a headlining gig in Las Vegas. “ It just means so much to me that America voted for me and I get to see all my friends and family…

Stephen Colbert wants to visit “ Nambia .” After Donald Trump botched the name of Namibia during a speech to African leaders on Wednesday, the “Late Show” host mocked the president for praising the made-up location. Can't wait for Trump to visit Nambia and their technologically advanced neighbors in…

WASHINGTON ― The fate of health care for millions of Americans may, once again, come down to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). It was McCain in July who sank Republican hopes of a “ skinny repeal ,” siding at the last minute with Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to vote against…

Two corpsmen at the Naval Hospital Jacksonville in Florida have been fired after sharing images of themselves inappropriately handling black newborns and calling the babies “mini Satans.” The employees posted a Snapchat video of a staff member moving the infant’s arms so that it looked like the baby…

A 5-year-old boy’s parents are speaking out after they say their son was suspended from school for telling a teacher that he had a bomb in his backpack. Jackson Riley allegedly made the claim at Great Valley Charter School in Modesto, California late last month after he refused to take his backpack…

Ryan Gosling has morphed into a bonafide style star over the years. But his transformation from adorable child star on “The Mickey Mouse Club” to the leading man sweeping us off our feet in “La La Land” wasn’t without its fair share of goofy Hawaiian shirts, oversize suits and Harley-Davidson…

President Donald Trump’s job approval rating, after taking a dip over the summer , appears to be experiencing a modest uptick. About 40 percent of Americans approve of Trump, while about 53 percent disapprove, yielding a net approval score of -13, according to HuffPost’s aggregate of public polling…

Jake LaMotta, the boxing legend whose life story became the basis of Martin Scorsese’s classic film “Raging Bull,” died Tuesday in Miami. He was 95. LaMotta’s wife, Denise Baker, told ABC News her husband died in a nursing home from complications linked to pneumonia. The family is currently planning…

The latest Senate Republican attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act and enact sweeping reforms to the American health care system has generated intense opposition from the very health care providers, patient groups and insurance companies that would be forced to adapt to the changes envisioned by…