I recently attended the “Decision Making Support for Coastal Zone Management, Water Resources, and Climate Change in Africa” workshop in Cotonou, Benin.  Aid agencies have …

Historic preservationists  want to make sure that the monument being designed to memorialize some of Miami’s  black pioneers reflects the caliber of the people it …

MIAMI GARDENS — For Barbara Edwards, executive assistant to Florida Memorial University’s president, it’s Johnnetta B. Cole, former president of Spelman College. For NBC6 anchor/reporter …

Prosecutors have dropped charges against a former rookie Homestead police officer who was fired after pointing her department-issued gun at her boyfriend during an argument …

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials are reviewing security tapes to try to determine who used a southern New Jersey store's …

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ The world saw glimpses of the civil rights movement through Charles Moore's eyes: In black-and-white photographs, he captured arresting images of …

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) _ Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won his second straight Laureus Sportsman of the Year award on March 10, and …

FORT LAUDERDALE – Less than a week after he was sentenced to 30 months in prison on a federal money-laundering charge, former Broward County Commissioner …

CHICAGO (AP) _ Affiliates of the once-mighty liberal activist group ACORN are remaking themselves in a desperate bid to ditch the tarnished name of their …

TALLAHASSEE (AP) _ A federal lawsuit alleges Florida discriminates against minority businesses in awarding contracts, including the hiring of a white-owned public relations partnership to …