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BALTIMORE – Attorney General Loretta Lynch and other Department of Justice leaders are visiting Baltimore. The new attorney general’s visit Tuesday comes after protests over the death of Freddie Gray, who was fatally injured in police custody, and riots that prompted the governor to bring in the National Guard. Lynch …

MEDFORD, Mass. – Tufts University students have ended an almost weeklong hunger strike supporting janitors who face layoffs, but say they’ll continue to protest. The student Tufts Labor Coalition says Saturday the five-day strike ended to protect the health of the four people who had been fasting for more than …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – School officials say two students have been shot on a school bus in Florida. Duval County Public Schools spokeswoman Tia Ford says the shooting occurred Thursday afternoon on the west side of Jacksonville about 140 miles north of Orlando. Both victims were taken to the hospital, and …