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Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa — A weeklong trip to Africa with their mother has offered a rare look at Malia and Sasha Obama, …

Associated Press GABORONE, Botswana — Visiting Africa on a goodwill mission, First Lady Michelle Obama defended her husband Friday against criticism that he isn’t paying …

JOHANNESBURG — A healthy-looking Nelson Mandela met with Michelle Obama and her daughters on Tuesday, an unexpected encounter between the First Lady and the former …

LOS ANGELES — Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 27 years in prison for a …

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ Former Black Panther Party leader Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, whose murder conviction was overturned after he spent 27 years in prison for …

(Associated Press) KINGSTON — U.S. diplomats have expressed concern that an Islamic cleric convicted of whipping up racial hatred among Muslim converts in Britain might …

ATLANTA (AP) _ The youngest daughter of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is leaving an Atlanta megachurch where the pastor has been embroiled …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) _ A $2.5 million civil judgment and the prison sentence of its founder has left a western Kentucky-based Ku Klux Klan group …

Associated Press ATLANTA — First lady Michelle Obama was welcomed with thunderous cheers and told the 550 graduating from Spelman College, an historically black women’s …

FORT MYERS, FLa. (AP) _ A high school senior faces multiple charges after he was found on campus with weapons inside his car.