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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 …

BOSTON (AP) — Tamerlan Tsarnaev, one of two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, was an ardent reader of jihadist websites …

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate has voted to urge President Barack Obama to pardon the first black heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, who was convicted …

COCOA BEACH, Florida (AP)- Al Neuharth changed the look of American newspapers when he founded USA Today, filling the newspaper with breezy, easy-to-comprehend articles, attention-grabbing …

PORT CANAVERAL — A police sergeant accused of taking targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range was fired Friday, the Associated Press reported.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ Relatives of four black girls killed when Ku Klux Klan members bombed an Alabama church are split over how to mark …

SANFORD (AP) — The parents of a teenager who was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer last year have settled a wrongful-death claim against …

JACKSONVILLE – Former Florida Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll said she had no idea law enforcement was investigating a veterans charity accused of running illegal slot …

HAVANA – A leading Cuban cultural official said Friday that he has been demoted nearly two weeks after he published an opinion piece in the …