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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – When Samira Mbotizafy Frasch arrived in Tallahassee four years ago from France, she told her new friends about a glamorous past …

WASHINGTON — In one of the most significant steps of its kind taken by any Administration, President Barack Obama has unveiled a plan which he …

JACKSON, Mississippi — Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba, a human rights activist and nationally prominent attorney who was elected mayor of Mississippi’s capital last year, died …

JACKSONVILLE — Jurors in the trial of a white man charged with first- degree murder for shooting a 17-year-old black male in a dispute over …

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The planned hiring of a long-term executive director for the North Carolina Democratic Party has been delayed as both allies and …

CHICAGO (AP) – Barack Obama’s journey from community organizer to lawmaker to president was also a journey through several different Chicagos, from the city’s isolated …

WASHINGTON — Seeking to energize his sluggish second term, President Barack Obama vowed Tuesday night in his State of the Union address to sidestep Congress …

Five decades and $1 billion after an infamous racial episode made Little Rock, Ark., a national symbol of school segregation, the legal fight to ensure …

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) -A suspect was arrested early Saturday and charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a student outside a dormitory at South …

WASHINGTON — Faced with an empathy gap before the 2014 midterm elections, Republicans are trying to forge a new image as a party that helps …