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PITTSBURGH (AP) -A black teen who attended the city’s performing arts high school has filed a federal lawsuit saying three white Pittsburgh police officers wrongfully beat …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Hurricane Earl lashed the northeastern Caribbean on Monday as a still-growing Category 3 storm on a course that could …

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California’s attorney general sued “tax lady” Roni Deutch for more than $34 million on Monday, alleging that her law firm regularly violates …

Associated Press Writers MOGADISHU, Somalia — Men are forced to grow beards. Women can’t leave home without a male relative. Music, movies and watching sports …

Associated Press Writer TOLEDO, Ohio — As a child, Wanda Butts learned to stay away from the water. Her father had witnessed a drowning when …

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Longshot U.S. Senate candidate Alvin Greene was kicked out of a South Carolina restaurant after police say a woman accompanying him …

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama is a Christian who prays daily, a White House official said Thursday, trying to tamp down growing doubts about …

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) _ The first family is headed to the Florida Panhandle this weekend to tout the oil-free white beaches and sparkling …

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) _ One of the world’s largest diamond trading networks said Monday, Aug. 16 it will expel members who knowingly trade Zimbabwean stones …

The Associated Press Janice Hedin’s son was into model rockets, so she used that as a starting point for his home-school curriculum. Her daughter loved …