BOSTON (AP) — Barack Obama’s Kenyan aunt lost her bid for asylum more than four years ago, and a judge ordered her deported.  Instead, Zeituni …

DETROIT (AP) _ General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner will step down immediately at the request of the White House, and new directors …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — John Hope Franklin, a towering scholar and pioneer of African-American studies who wrote the seminal text on the black experience in …

NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama should specifically address disparities in black unemployment, foreclosures, education and health care, the National Urban League says in …

RALEIGH, N.C.  — John Hope Franklin, a pioneer of African-American studies who worked on the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation, died …

NEW YORK – The National Urban League is urging President Barack Obama to specifically address disparities in black unemployment, foreclosures, education and health care, according …

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) —  Tiger Woods will play at the Australian Masters in November, his first tournament appearance Down Under since 1998. Victoria state premier …

ATLANTA, Ga. (AP) _ Civil rights icon the Rev. Joseph Lowery was released from a hospital Monday following a dizzy spell a day earlier as …

SEATTLE (AP) _ The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has chronicled the news of the city since logs slid down its steep streets to the harbor and …

DETROIT (AP) _ He travels in his own Boeing 737. He won a $240 million verdict against Disney. He “can’t stand to lose.” And he’s …