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LAKELAND – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says it sent undercover deputies to a minority rights group’s meeting because it had received information that the …

ORLANDO — Nearly two years after a drum major’s hazing death silenced the music at Florida A&M football games, the famed Marching 100 band returned …

WASHINGTON – Rep. John Lewis remembers the moment well: More than 250,000 people marching toward the Lincoln Memorial, rallying for jobs and justice, as he …

WASHINGTON (AP) – They came to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream, a tapestry of humanity with all shades of skin and from all walks …

WASHINGTON — Standing at ground zero on the civil rights movement’s battlefield of justice, President Barack Obama challenged new generations Wednesday to seize the cause …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Florida Gov. Rick Scott has drawn fire over the last few months in his repeated attempts to recruit businesses away from …

NEW YORK — Over nearly two decades, Jeff Bezos built Amazon.com from a scrappy online bookseller into an e-commerce empire, shook up the print publishing …

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department deliberately violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers with its contentious stop-and-frisk policy …

HALLE, Germany — Karamba Diaby makes his way through the historic heart of Halle with the speed of a seasoned politician: slowly. More than two …

As Gov. Rick Scott continues to resist calls for a special legislative session to consider changes or repeal of the controversial stand-your-ground self-defense law, House …