Rival Chicago groups clash over Obama library bid
CHICAGO (AP) – Barack Obama’s journey from community organizer to lawmaker to president was also a journey through several different Chicagos, from the city’s isolated …
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Artis tapped as FMU first female president
MIAMI GARDENS — Roslyn Clark Artis, who has served for six months as interim president of Florida Memorial University, was given the job permanently, according …
Graduation day for formerly homeless
MIAMI — Earl Johnson spent half of his 47 years of life in prison and homeless. The third oldest in a family of 14 children, …
Democrats criticize priorities of Fla. AG Bondi
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi was more than a little miffed that a Democratic challenger told a media audience Wednesday that …
Obama dubs 2014 Year of Action, vows to flex presidential powers
WASHINGTON — Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress …
Challenges remain for equal access to education
Five decades and $1 billion after an infamous racial episode made Little Rock, Ark., a national symbol of school segregation, the legal fight to ensure …
Campus Shooting Suspect Charged With Murder
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -A suspect was arrested early Saturday and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a student outside a dormitory at South …
GOP leaders call for new initiatives
WASHINGTON — Faced with an empathy gap before the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are trying to forge a new image as a party that helps …
Study reveals nearly half of black men arrested by age 23
NEW YORK — Nearly 50 percent of black men and 40 percent of white men are arrested at least once on non-traffic-related crimes by the …
Gaps remain as earthquake-devastated country rebuilds
PORT-AU-PRINCE – On a steep hillside on the edge of Haiti’s capital, Pacha Jeudy slaps soupy cement onto jagged cinderblocks and stacks them into a …