Posts in category National & World

By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK – In a key advance for the study of depression, a comprehensive scan of human DNA has …

By DIEU NALIO CHERY Associated Press PLAINE-DU-NORD, Haiti – A village in northern Haiti is transformed over two days each July into the spiritual center …

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK Associated Press Washington, DC – A coalition of more than 60 organizations affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement called for …

By KELLI KENNEDY and JOSH REPLOGLE The Associated Press MIAMI — In a highly unusual travel warning, health officials advised pregnant women to avoid a …

By MICHELLE HOLLINGER MHollinger@Sfltimes.com   MIAMI – Perhaps it was the accumulated grief from losing black person after black person to the hands of white …

By MICHAEL H. COTTMAN Urban News Service   ATLANTA, Ga. – Gaynelle Henderson is the second-generation owner of Henderson Tours, a trailblazer among African Americans …

By JENNIFER KAY Associated Press   CORAL GABLES, Fla – It’s tempting to call cachaca a Brazilian rum and think of the caipirinha as another …

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press   The star power heated up in Philadelphia for the raucous first day of the Democratic National Convention with Triumph …

By JULIE WATSON Associated Press   SAN DIEGO – Back-to-back attacks on police in Texas and Louisiana by former military men have touched a nerve …

The Associated Press   Before Baton Rouge police officer Montrell Jackson was one of three police officers killed in an ambush by Gavin Long on …