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August 22, 2013
ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez was indicted Thursday on first-degree murder and weapons charges in…
August 22, 2013
ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. (AP) — A central Kentucky theater owner who trained pilots during the Vietnam War is refusing to show…
August 22, 2013
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police say rapper 2 Chainz was among more than 10 people arrested after they…
August 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Next week, the first black U.S. president, a living symbol of the racial progress civil rights leader…
August 22, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday it will sue Texas over the state's voter ID law and will…
February 3, 2013
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Robert Griffin III of the Washington Redskins has won The Associated Press 2012 NFL Offensive Rookie…
December 21, 2012
(AP) - When gymnast Gabby Douglas allowed herself to dream of being an Olympic champion, she imagined having a nice…
October 27, 2012
WASHINGTON (AP) - Racial attitudes have not improved in the four years since the United States elected its first black…
April 15, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama ordered an exhaustive federal review of coal mine safety Thursday and asked Congress to strengthen…
March 10, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - This is part of a historic trend in which minorities are expected to become the U.S. majority…
January 11, 2010
CHICAGO (AP) -- Ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich says he's "blacker than Barack Obama" and tells Esquire magazine that he…
January 8, 2010
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Fast food giant KFC has pulled an Australian television advertisement after it was branded racist in…
December 11, 2009
Congressional Black Caucus got $4 billion added to a Wall Street regulation bill and $2 billion to a proposed House…
November 24, 2009
BALTIMORE (AP) -- Filmmaker Tyler Perry has donated $1 million to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People…
November 24, 2009
LONDON (AP) -- Oprah Winfrey's announcement last week that she will end her daytime TV program after its 25th season…
November 16, 2009
Nearly three years after Heather Ellis switched checkout lines at a southeast Missouri store, the schoolteacher faces a trial that…
November 15, 2009
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A suburban swim club accused of revoking the memberships of mostly black and Hispanic children plans to…
November 14, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - First lady Michelle Obama sought to assure older women that efforts to overhaul health care won't undercut…
November 8, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Democratic-controlled House has narrowly passed landmark health care reform legislation, handing President Barack Obama a hard…
November 3, 2009
ATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) - A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after…