Posts in category National & World

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 …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors of The Associated Press in what the news …

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of political activist Malcolm X, died in Mexico City after a bar fight, Mexican authorities said Friday. He …

NEW YORK (AP) — Richie Havens, the folk singer and guitarist who was the first performer at Woodstock, died Monday. He was 72.

MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, Md. (AP) – An uncle of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects on Friday said the brothers had brought shame to the family and …