Key West memorial honors black civil war soldiers
KEY WEST, Fla. – A memorial was unveiled in the continental United States’ southernmost city Tuesday remembering its African-American residents who served in a Union …
Police criticize Beyonce’s video, call for boycott
MIAMI, Fla. – Police un-ions are criticizing Beyonce in the wake of her Super Bowl halftime act and new video, calling for a boycott …
Pandora shares fall sharply
NEW YORK – Shares of the Pandora Media plummeted Friday, a day after the Internet radio company reported fourth-quarter earnings that fell short of Wall …
Haiti lawmakers elect Senate chief as provisional president
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Haitian lawmakers on Sunday chose the country’s Senate chief to lead a caretaker government that will fill the void left by …
Man who walked miles to work settles into new life
TROY, Mich. – About a year after his story was first reported, a Detroit-area man who said he walked 21 miles a day to and …
What Facebook’s policy on nudity actually means in practice
NEW YORK – What are Facebook’s rules for posting nude images? The question is at the forefront again after a French court ruled Friday that …
N. Florida hospital cited for failing to properly examine woman who died
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The hospital where a black woman died after she was forcibly removed from the emergency room by a white police officer was …
DOJ, Miami police near settlement in federal civil rights investigation
MIAMI – The U.S. Justice Department and city of Miami are close to a settlement in a civil rights case stemming from questionable police shootings …
Scalia’s death means loss of key vote in divided cases
WASHINGTON – Justice Antonin Scalia’s death deprives conservatives of a key vote that could change the outcome in some major Supreme Court cases, including one …
Obama will nominate Scalia successor ‘in due time’
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared Saturday night he would seek to fill the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of Justice Antonin …