Posts in category National & World

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 …

Tracy Martin choked back tears as he addressed several hundred people gathered Saturday outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Federal Courthouse in downtown …

MIAMI – Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call by President Barack Obama for close examination and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the …

JACKSON, Miss. – James Lewis Carter “T-Model” Ford, a hard-living blues singer who taught himself to play guitar when he was 58 years old and …

MIAMI (AP) – Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama and even a 1960s-style sit-in at …

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 …