Posts in category National & World

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 …

LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be an international public health emergency that requires an …

By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. — Rioters looted and burned stores, vandalized vehicles and taunted riot police who tried to …

DETROIT— A suburban Detroit man who insisted he killed an unarmed woman on his porch in self-defense was convicted of second-degree murder Thursday after the …

WASHINGTON— U.S. fighters dropped bombs on Islamic militants in Iraq Friday, the Pentagon said, redeeming President Barack Obama’s promise of military force to counter the …

When the Magic City Housing Development Corporation in Birmingham, Ala., sponsored an essay contest earlier this year for youths in grades 6-8, the intention was …

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama welcomed the inaugural class of young African leaders to Washington Monday, drawing cheers as he …

Staff Report WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Sickle Cell Disease Association of America announced that two members of the U.S. House have introduced bipartisan legislation that …

By ERICA WERNER The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Even as they grapple with an immigration crisis at the Mexican border, White House officials are making …