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Jesse Jackson Jr. released from halfway house in Baltimore

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. returned to his family’s Washington, D.C., home on Monday after leaving a halfway house where he…

The latest on church shooting: Obama speaks of anger, grief

President Barack Obama has expressed anger, sadness and heartache at the church shooting that left nine dead in Charleston, South Carolina. He says Wednesday night’s…

Ferguson hires interim city manager, municipal judge

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) _ Ferguson has hired its third city manager since a scathing Justice Department report in March forced a City Hall shake-up and…

Coast Guard Academy struggles to attract African-Americans

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ The new superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy says its students are smart, energetic, enthusiastic _ and in some ways very…

Obama remembers Joe Biden’s son for living ‘life of meaning’

 WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Mourning a loss that touched people on Delaware street corners and far beyond, President Barack Obama on Saturday remembered Beau Biden,…

On social media, terror suspects left few signs of extremism

 BOSTON (AP) — Usaama Rahim liked an Islamic State page on Facebook but also spoke out against the kind of violence Islamic State extremists are…

Boston leaders: Video proves Black suspect not shot in back

BOSTON (AP) _ A leader of Boston’s African-American community said Wednesday that a police video of the fatal shooting of a terror suspect makes clear…

Black and Jewish WWI heroes finally getting Medal of Honor

WASHINGTON (AP) _ President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Tuesday to two World War I Army soldiers who may have been denied the…

High court throws out conviction for Facebook threats

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court on Monday threw out the conviction of a Pennsylvania man convicted of making threats on Facebook, but dodged the…

High court to consider appeal over exclusion of Black jurors

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Supreme Court will consider whether prosecutors improperly singled out potential black jurors in notes and then excluded them all from the…

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