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Madison police response to shooting contrasts with Ferguson

MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Within hours of a white officer shooting an unarmed Black man, the police chief of Wisconsin’s capital city was praying with…

Madison police chief: White officer shoots and kills unarmed Black 19-year-old

 MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 19-year-old Black man who died after being shot by a White police officer was unarmed, the Madison police chief said…

Selma civil rights milestone marked by first Black president

SELMA, Ala. (AP) — America’s racial history “still casts its long shadow upon us,” President Barack Obama said Saturday as he stood in solidarity and…

Experts: Ferguson must move quickly to rebuild public trust

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government’s withering report on the Ferguson Police Department issued a stern mandate to city leaders: Reform your law-enforcement practices…

Selma’s 50th anniversary brings comparisons to Ferguson

WASHINGTON (AP) — They only lasted minutes, but the beatings of civil rights marchers in Selma, Alabama, permanently seared the inhumanity of Southern segregation onto…

Justices sharply divided over health care law subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul Wednesday…

US clears officer in Ferguson case, criticizes police force

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department cleared a White former Ferguson, Missouri, police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Black 18-year-old on Wednesday,…

LBJ linked Latinos, civil rights in ‘Selma’ speech

Fifty-years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson asked a joint session of Congress to respond to the brutal beatings of protesters in Selma, Alabama, by passing…

Senate panel greenlights Obama’s attorney general pick

WASHINGTON (AP) — Loretta Lynch won approval from a key Senate committee Thursday to serve as the nation’s next attorney general, as divided Republicans clashed…

Susan Rice, Samantha Power to address AIPAC meeting

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a move that may ease — or exacerbate — spiraling tensions with Israel over a potential Iran nuclear deal, the White…

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