By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON —  Only seven percent of the top staffers in the U.S. Senate are people of color, far below minorities’ representation …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Michelle Obama is marking the days off the calendar for her favorite holiday tradition: traveling with family and friends to Hawaii. The …

By JOE REEDY TALLAHASSEE – When Florida’s Office of Compassionate Care named five nurseries to grow and distribute medical marijuana in the state, many expected …

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – The interim pastor of the South Carolina church where nine black church members were shot to death during a Bible study …

By CURT ANDERSON Oakland Park (AP) – A South Florida sheriff’s deputy was charged Friday with manslaughter in the 2013 shooting death of a man …

By SEAN MURPHY OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – A former Oklahoma City police officer was convicted Thursday of raping and sexually victimizing eight women on his …

By RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer NEW YORK — By now, the tableau has become tragically familiar: American Muslims standing before a bank of cameras, …

WASHINGTON — Basketball coaches, leading military officers and many of the country’s biggest businesses agree that the Supreme Court should preserve the use of race …

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer NASSAU, Bahamas — Tiger Woods says he has a “fantastic” relationship with his ex-wife and he has taken steps …

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer PARIS  — The cold hard numbers of science haven’t spurred the world to curb runaway global warming. So as …