Obama invoking civil rights struggles past and present
By NEDRA PICKLER WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first black …
By NEDRA PICKLER WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first black …
By KATRINA DIX LYNCHBURG, Va. — The United Way of Central Virginia received a donation of nearly 10,000 copies of a children’s book written by New …
By JAY COHEN CHICAGO — Major league baseball’s first black player in Chicago, Minnie Minoso, has died. The Cook County medical examiner confirmed his death Sunday …
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT PROVIDENCE, R.I. — The new director of Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange is making a case for keeping the state-run marketplace, as some …
MIAMI — Paul Millsap scored 22 points, Dennis Schroder added 16 points and 10 assists and the intentionally depleted Atlanta Hawks still had enough to beat …
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The University of Vermont is going to be studying how health insurance and health care reforms are affecting the farm and ranch populations …
By ANICK JESDANUN NEW YORK — Nickelodeon is creating brand-new content and resurrecting old shows for a mobile subscription service aimed at preschoolers. The $6-a-month service …
KIEV, Ukraine — War-torn Ukraine is a long way from Wood Dale, Illinois. But Natalie Jaresko, the country’s new finance minister who was born and raised …
By DAVID McHUGH FRANKFURT, Germany — Small SUVs for families and powerful sports cars for the rich are the big things this year at the Geneva …
HONG KONG — Hong Kong police used pepper spray Sunday to break up scuffles between protesters demonstrating against mainland Chinese shoppers and villagers from a border …