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By AMY BIOLCHINI The Holland Sentinel HOLLAND, Mich. — Students of color and of low socioeconomic status don’t do as well as their white peers …

BOCA RATON — Hispanics nationally have a 60 percent favorable opinion of the Affordable Care Act and are finding it increasingly easier to afford healthcare, …

Why does this continually happen? Black men are dying in astonishing numbers in police custody! Now it’s happened again, this time in Baltimore, Maryland. Freddie …

Congresswoman Frederica Wilson (D-FL) is pictured with escaped Nigerian school girls Patience, left and Saa, right after Congresswoman Wilson’s news conference at the House Triangle …

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday said it was “crazy” and “embarrassing” the way the Republican-led Senate has held up confirmation of his attorney …

TAMPA  — The most expensive oil of 2015 triggered increases at the gas pump, and prices could continue to climb this week. The national average …

HAVANA, Cuba — On Sunday Cuba held its first local elections since a historic thaw in relations with the United States with an unusual wrinkle …

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER SAN FRANCISCO — California almonds are becoming one of the world’s favorite snacks and creating a multibillion-dollar bonanza for agricultural investors. But …

By JULIE PACE AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON — Hillary Rodham Clinton spent nearly two years tiptoeing around a decision to run for president that …

PHOTO COURTESY OF HOUSING TRUST GROUP MIAMI — NBA Hall of Fame member and Miami Heat basketball legend Alonzo Mourning, through his AM Affordable Housing …