CIA failing to recruit and promote minorities, internal study finds
By KEN DILANIAN AP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON — The CIA is failing to hire and promote enough minorities despite years of vowing to do so, …
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BSO to hold safety forum about flakka
FORT LAUDERDALE — Attempting to counter a rise in usage of a synthetic drug that is wreaking havoc in South Florida, Broward law enforcement officials …
Pope urges defense of poor and planet his two urgent concerns
By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANK BAJAK QUITO, Ecuador — Latin America’s first pope returned to Spanish-speaking South America for the first time Sunday, stressing the …
Obama calls string of recent wins gratifying
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama cast a string of legal and legislative victories last week on trade, health care and gay marriage as the “gratifying” …
Perry: Republicans offer hope for black families
By STEVE PEOPLES WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry on Thursday urged his party to fight for the African-American vote and said black families …
Hate unleashed Nighttime fires burn Southern black churches
By Bill Morlin Southern Poverty Law Center In what may not be a coincidence, a string of nighttime fires have damaged or destroyed at least …
PBS TV Series, “Taste the Islands”
The ever popular PBS Caribbean Cooking show “Taste the Islands with Chef Irie” began airing Monday on Create® Tv nationwide. If you have not seen …
White supremacist donated to GOP 2016 candidates
WASHINGTON — The leader of a white supremacist group cited by Charleston church murder suspect Dylann Roof made $65,000 in donations to Republicans, including several …
Activists in Asia upbeat about US Gay Marriage Law
Gay rights activists in Asia, where no country allows same-sex couples to legally marry, are upbeat about prospects for a change following the landmark U.S. …
White House Statement
On March 23, 2010, I sat down at a table in the East Room of the White House and signed my name on a law …