U.S. falls short at World Cup
SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — They captured the hearts of America, from coast to coast, big towns and small, all the way to the White House. …
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Bobby Womack, R&B singer, 70
Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack's …
Publisher of black papers in Virginia, 71
Jack J. Green, founder and publisher of two longstanding community newspapers in Virginia, died Thursday, June 26. He succumbed to chronic lung-related illness. He was …
Washington Redskins case forces review of what’s a slur
Something is happening just beneath the fight over the name of a certain Washington, D.C., pro football team: America is working through the process of …
Special forces going to Iraq
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. teams of special forces going into Iraq after a three-year gap will face an aggressive insurgency, a splintering military and a …
Preserving Gullah and Geechee culture enters new phase
JOHNS ISLAND, S.C. — After almost 15 years, the effort to preserve the culture of slave descendants along the coast of the Southeast is entering …
Slave Dwelling Project is getting $25,000 federal grant
A project that seeks to preserve slave dwellings has received a $25,000 grant from the federal government, to be administered by the South Carolina State …
Chinese investing in $740 M resort, housing project
KINGSTON, Jamaica — The new government of Antigua & Barbuda has signed an agreement with Chinese investors to build a major resort and residential development …
Iraq at risk again: A primer on how we got here so fast
WASHINGTON — It’s crumbling so quickly. Just two and a half years after American troops came home, Iraq is back in crisis. And chaos in …
Review: Eastwood’s ‘Jersey Boys’ catchy but uneven
You don’t have to be middle-aged, or even an adult, to know songs like Sherry, Big Girls Don’t Cry, and Walk Like a Man. Sure, …