Posts in category National & World

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Lexington’s ban on the flying of the Confederate flag on city light poles does not violate a heritage group’s right of …

With so much happening on the domestic and world stages, it would be no surprise to find that Americans generally did not pay much attention …

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama arrives in Africa this week, there will be one notable omission from his travel itinerary: Kenya, the birthplace of …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – As president of one of the world’s few associations for women miners, Simona Broomes travels regularly to gold and diamond …

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The desk is spotless and books neatly line the shelves in Nelson Mandela’s office at a Johannesburg-based foundation that carries his name, …

Focus on the details, and the cases seem very different. One was killed by virulent white racists, the other by a part-Hispanic neighborhood watchman who …

WASHINGTON (AP) – D.C. Councilmember Marion Barry has reported receiving thousands of dollars in gifts from two construction firms that do business with the city, …

PORT-OF-SPAIN – The Muslim cleric who led a small army that stormed Trinidad & Tobago’s Parliament in a blaze of gunfire is a free man. …

NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) – A law enforcement official says a Texas home has been searched and a resident interviewed as part of the investigation …

OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds gathered Friday to remember the grandson of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X as mourners said Malcolm Shabazz was well on …