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By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Justice Department waded anew Friday into fraught, big city police-community relations, with new Attorney General Loretta Lynch …

By BRETT ZONGKER Associated Press WASHINGTON — With a bronze metal and glass structure taking shape on the National Mall, the Smithsonian Institution said Thursday …

Associated Press WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate for black Americans fell to single digits in April for the first time in nearly seven years. At …

By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON — Former technology executive Carly Fiorina announced she’s running for president, and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was set to …

Adults and children joined recently for the 33rd Annual Baynanza, an event where volunteers spread out to clean up Biscayne Bay shoreline, mangroves and spoil …

  Walking along the Riverwalk trail to Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale, it is alarming to see heavy construction and drilling equipment for a …

  Just as Loretta Lynch is making history by becoming the first black woman to serve as the nation’s Attorney General, Miami-Dade County is poised …

Macon, GA — After 15 years of planning and construction, the Tubman Museum will officially open to the public on May 16. Founded in 1981, …

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, …