Families sue Chiquita over deaths of Americans in Colombia by FARC
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer MIAMI – The families of six Americans kidnapped and killed in Colombia during the 1990s by the terrorist …
Big pay gains for US workers contribute to Wall St. sell-off
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – Pay raises, the U.S. economy’s Achilles’ heel in its long recovery from the Great Recession, finally showed …
Method vs. Message: How sports can start a movement
Colin Kaepernick PHOTO COURTESY OF ALL BLACK MEDIA By EDDIE PELLS Associated Press Colin Kaepernick’s first two “protests” drew scant attention. He sat on the …
Norovirus at Olympics has officials scrambling, worried
The Buildings of the Winter Olympics: PyeongChang 2018. PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUTUBE PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — Signs posted around the Olympic venues urge extreme …
Celebrities remember Dennis Edwards
The popular Temptations singer died at the age of 74. PHOTO COURTESY OF MADISON365 By JEFF KAROUB Associated Press DETROIT – Dennis Edwards, a Grammy-winning …
Owner of Mississippi soul food restaurant dies at 94
The owner of Peaches restaurant, which once served Barack Obama while he was running for president, has died at age 94. PHOTO COURTESY OF SOUTHERN …
Civil rights song ‘We Shall Overcome’ part of public domain
FREE TO USE: ‘We Shall Overcome’ has been declared a part of public domain. STOCK PHOTO By KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. – …
Students turn negative into positive
High school students turned a negative into a positive by rebuilding a Cleveland police cruiser. PHOTO COURTESY OF NFSCARS CLEVELAND (AP) – Students in a …
‘Father of Black History’ Celebrated
PHOTO COURTESY OF MARSHALL.EDU By JOSHUA QUALLS The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) – When a man moved his family hundreds of miles to …
Florida house approves slavery memorial for Capitol grounds
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A memorial recognizing the cruelty and inhumanity of slavery could soon be placed on the Florida Capitol …