Fight over Confederate general’s portrait dropped
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – A southwest Florida NAACP chapter is once again urging Lee County officials to remove, replace or alter a portrait of …
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) – A southwest Florida NAACP chapter is once again urging Lee County officials to remove, replace or alter a portrait of …
RENO, Nev. (AP) _ State officials have agreed to a final incentive agreement for a $5 billion lithium-ion battery plant being built in Nevada by …
By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ The copper network behind landline phones, a communications mainstay for more than a century, is going …
By BRANDON BAILEY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Microsoft says it will offer more paid leave to new parents and increase other benefits …
NEW YORK (AP) _ Reddit, the online discussion site known for free-wheeling discussions, is updating its content policy as it tries to be a more …
Blacks at Urban League Conference snubed by most Presidential candidates FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —Democratic presidential front-runner, Hillary Clinton came out swinging Friday morning at …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla — The 2015 National Urban League Conference themed “Save Our Cities- Education, Jobs, Justice” was a place where people from throughout South …
National and local power players provide forum FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — “We will save our cities!” was the mantra quoted at the 2015 National …
SELMA, Ala. — Protest marches have been part of Selma’s civil rights fabric since 1965, but an 860-mile trek to Washington had a minister leaning …
Washington, D.C — The Voting Rights Act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson (1908-73) on August 6, 1965, aimed to overcome legal barriers …