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WASHINGTON— In an impassioned appeal for support both at home and abroad, President Barack Obama said Wednesday the credibility of the international community and Congress …

LAKELAND – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says it sent undercover deputies to a minority rights group’s meeting because it had received information that the …

WASHINGTON – Rep. John Lewis remembers the moment well: More than 250,000 people marching toward the Lincoln Memorial, rallying for jobs and justice, as he …

WASHINGTON (AP) – They came to honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream, a tapestry of humanity with all shades of skin and from all walks …

WASHINGTON — Standing at ground zero on the civil rights movement’s battlefield of justice, President Barack Obama challenged new generations Wednesday to seize the cause …

NEW YORK — Over nearly two decades, Jeff Bezos built Amazon.com from a scrappy online bookseller into an e-commerce empire, shook up the print publishing …

Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title fight, Emile Griffith was introduced one more time …

LAGOS (AP) — Many Nigerians are enraged, wondering how a senator notorious for marrying a 14-year-old girl can use Shariah law as an excuse to …

The following is a slightly edited version of the text of President Barack Obama’s statement in the White House Briefing Room July 19 following the …

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry, one of the longest serving female lawmakers in the nation and a powerful influence in state politics, died …