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The following news items were compiled from Associated Press reports. TPS extended for eligible Haitians MIAMI — The U.S. government has extended residency and employment …
The following news items were compiled from Associated Press reports. TPS extended for eligible Haitians MIAMI — The U.S. government has extended residency and employment …
JACKSON, Mississippi — Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, a human rights activist and nationally prominent attorney who was elected mayor of Mississippi’s capital last year, died …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Perhaps atoning for past sins, Hollywood named the brutal, unshrinking historical drama 12 Years a Slave best picture at the 86th …
Malcolm X and rap music have always fit together like a needle in the groove, connected by struggle, strength and defiance. But three recent episodes …
HAVANA (AP) – Dozens of works of art were secretly taken from a storage facility at Cuba’s flagship National Museum of Fine Arts and some …
LORMAN, Miss. — M. Christopher Brown II was regarded as a rising star in the world of historically black university presidents and a transformational leader …
MIAMI — Melvin Morris was commanding a strike force on a mission near Chi Lang, South Vietnam, when his special forces group came under attack …
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The $200 million that Florida Gov. Rick Scott pledged to put toward a train depot at Orlando’s busy international airport also …
JACKSONVILLE — Jurors in the trial of a white man charged with first- degree murder for shooting a 17-year-old black male in a dispute over …
NEW YORK (AP) — Nicki Minaj has apologized for using a famous photo of Malcolm X with a rifle in his hands and juxtaposing it …