By LISA LERER COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – The Democratic primary candidates are disagreeing over changes in marijuana laws as they campaign in South Carolina. Hillary …

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — This year has brought an unusually grim and steady drumbeat of violence throughout the country. A five-year-old girl killed this …

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) -Missouri football players announced Saturday night on Twitter that they will not participate in team activities until the university president is removed …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The longtime head of an organization considered the lobbying arm of the civil rights movement announced Wednesday that he will step down …

PALM BEACH GARDENS – A defiant Ben Carson on Friday rejected the idea his past descriptions of receiving a scholarship offer to attend West Point …

NEW YORK   —  The Episcopal Church, whose history is entwined with the founding of the United States, installed its first black national leader last …

By SERGIO BUSTOS MIAMI — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Monday released his long-planned e-book, “Reply All,” a selection of email exchanges with everyday …

By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON — It’s not just black men having difficult relations with police. Black women are having a tough time, too. Consider …

By Colin Campbell Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson passed real-estate tycoon Donald Trump in a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll published Monday evening. Carson had …

Alexander Poinsett was born in Chicago on January 27, 1926 to Alexander A. Poinsett and Adele L. Poinsett (née Prindle).  He was the third oldest …