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Associated Press DECATUR, Ga. — Atlanta-area megachurch pastor Eddie Long took on trips four young men who claim he coerced them into sexual relationships but …

Associated Press Writer GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP)– Crystal Cathedral, the megachurch birthplace of the televangelist show Hour of Power, has filed for bankruptcy in Southern …

LONDON (AP) — Gregory Isaacs, the Jamaican reggae singer whose smooth style earned him the nickname “Cool Ruler,” has died. He was 59. Isaacs’ manager, …

PORT-OF-SPAIN —Trinidad and Tobago prosecutors dropped a murder charge Oct. 21 against the leader of an Islamic group that staged a bloody coup attempt 20 …

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia elected its first black mayor on Sunday, an immigrant from Africa known as the “Obama of Piran,” the town where …

ATLANTA (AP) _ Years before Rosa Parks fought for justice from her seat on a Montgomery bus, she fought for Recy Taylor. Parks was an …

CHICAGO (AP) — Albertina Walker’s singing once stopped the filming of a movie because so many actors were moved to tears by the “Queen of …

Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. — The tea party movement was born in anger over the recession and the Obama administration’s bailouts and built largely …

African American boys who are suspended at double and triple the rates of their white male peers. English language learners who, for years, remain in …

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ A Republican congressional candidate from Ohio, countering criticism from a House GOP leader, said he did nothing wrong by wearing a …