BY Blake Nicholson Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Cleanup of a North Dakota encampment where opponents of the Dakota Access oil pipeline stayed for …

By ED WHITE Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. – U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Monday said increasing diversity on college campuses is a …

By Martin CrutsInggr AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON – Consumers boosted spending in December at the fastest pace in three months, giving the economy some momentum …

By BARRY WILNER Associated Press HOUSTON – Bernard Edwards spent the leading and training past 16 years as an Air Force surgical operations manager, more …

By Tim Reynolds AP Sports Writer MIAMI – When Butch Davis started putting together a staff of assistant coaches for his new job at FIU …

LAGRANGE, Ga. (AP) In an emotional ceremony, the mayor and the police chief of a west Georgia city have apologized for the lynching of a …

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi father pleaded guilty Friday in the hot car death of his baby daughter …

By PAM MCLOUGHLIN New Haven Register CHESHIRE, Conn. (AP) – When Jefferson Evans first came to New Haven in the 1940s to take an entrance …

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT – The first woman elected president of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit and Vicinity was sworn in …

ATLANTA (AP) – A Georgia megachurch has named a senior pastor to succeed the late Bishop Eddie Long. The Atlanta Journal- Constitution reports that Bishop …