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Associated Press NEW YORK – The disciplinary trial of a white New York Police Department officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager has ended, …

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON – In an opening salvo against “Obamacare,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday night that appears aimed …

By JOCELYNNOVECK AP National Writer WASHINGTON — If you wondered where many of Hollywood’s A-list celebrities had gone during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, you didn’t …

BY JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats on Tuesday offered a plan to spend $1 trillion on transportation and other infrastructure projects over …

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is being designated a national historic …

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA – As Americans celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders and activists are trying to …

By ISMA’IL KUSHKUSH Associated Press JERUSALEM — In the shadow of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City lies the “African Quarter” – home to …

Associated Press According to reports, Donald Trump’s approval rating is at a historic low for an incoming president. The CNN/ORC poll released Tuesday (Jan. 17) …

By VIVIAN SALAMA Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration designated three new national monuments (last) Thursday honoring civil rights history as it commemorated Martin …

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS – The U.S. Department of Justice has sued a Minnesota bank for allegedly engaging in mortgage lending practices that …