Posts in category National & World

By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney called for the immediate removal of the Confederate battle flag from outside the …

WEST PALM BEACH, FL — In observance of National HIV/AIDS Testing Day, the Urban League of Palm Beach County will host an HIV awareness event …

By DAVID ESPO and CHARLES BABINGTON WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and top Republicans in Congress joined forces on a quick, bipartisan rescue attempt Wednesday for …

By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Jermaine McBean decided one summer day in 2013 to walk to a pawn shop, …

One of South Florida’s most meaningful traditions continues on Sunday morning, June 21, from 5:30-8:00 a.m., when the 24th Annual Sunrise Ancestral Remembrance of the …

The oldest commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States will reach its landmark 150th anniversary Friday. The holiday, known around the country …

MIAMI — Although blacks are 27 percent of South Dade County, they accounted for an astounding 67 percent of those arrested in 2014. This is …

By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ HAVANA — A young Afro-Cuban performance artist transformed a Havana cultural center into the stage of a black hairstyle competition this weekend …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press CARACOL, Haiti —Only little fish are pulled from the coastal waters off Haiti. In this overfished area of northern Haiti, …

By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — It didn’t take long for a grand jury in South Carolina to indict a white former city …