Posts in category National & World

By DEREK KINNER Associated Press JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A homeless man living in his truck helped police solve the fatal shooting of a black teenager …

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Oprah Winfrey and performer-activist Harry Belafonte were among those honored at Harvard University on Tuesday at its annual celebration of African …

By PAUL SCHOTT Greenwich Time GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — Census records do not know for sure, but they put Peter John Lee between the ages …

The state of Florida accounts for 181,437 or 9.4 percent of the nation’s black-owned businesses, making it the third highest state behind New York and …

TAMPA (AP) — Tampa Bay area law enforcement agencies are taking a hard look at the makeup of their forces in the wake of last …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The North Carolina NAACP and its “Moral Monday” legislative protest movement is going door-to-door with its message.

By SAM HANANEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) —It’s not easy to prevent the Supreme Court from deciding an issue once the justices have agreed to …

DENVER (AP) — Some police watchdogs are questioning a plan to outfit about 800 Denver officers with body cameras. The Denver Post (http://dpo.st/1AmZuvr) reported Sunday …

By JEFF HARRINGTON Tampa Bay Times CLEWISTON, Fla. (AP) — Beyond the relentless fields of sugar cane stalks, past the sign heralding Clewiston as “America’s …

By JESSE WASHINGTON Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. — The choir sang, the preachers shouted and the casket stayed closed. The body was taken to the …