Get your stuff and go: Amazon opens store with no cashiers
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MANUEL VALDES and JOSEPH PISANI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) – No cashiers, no registers and no cash – this is …
Deportation fears have legal immigrants avoiding health care
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) – The number of legal immigrants from Latin American nations who access public health …
History teacher’s comic aims to defy black youth stereotypes
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By CHRIS HENRY Kitsap Sun BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) – JD Sweet still has the folder of napkins and scraps of paper …
Mary McLeod Bethune statue poised to replace Confederate General Smith
CAPITOL HONOR: A statue of Mary McLeod Bethune, founder of what is now Bethune Cookman University, is on its way to the nation’s capitol. PHOTO …
Poverty, segregation persist in US minority schools, report says
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy Devos PHOTO COURTESY OF FLAG FAMILY LAW By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON – Too often, low-income, black and Latino students …
Trump; I am not a racist
LEAST RACIST: President Trump denied referring to African nations with disparaging statements. PHOTO COURTESY OF WHITEHOUSE.GOV By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. …
Florida county sees alarming increase in opioid overdoses
CRISIS: Florida has seen eight times more opioid overdoses since 2013. STOCK PHOTO FORT MYERS, Fla. – Health officials in a Florida county are calling …
Embrace the Bold North in Minneapolis for Super Bowl
The new stadium in downtown Minneapolis PHOTO COURTESY OF TWINCITIES.COM By AMY FORLITI MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis is the northernmost city to host a Super …
CVS Pharmacy promises to end touchups of its beauty images
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) – Pharmacy giant CVS said it will stop significant touchups of images …
Rival Koreas agree to form first unified Olympic team
South Korea Unification Ministry, South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun PHOTO COURTESY OF TWITTER By HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The rival Koreas …