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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 …

By LISA MARIE PANE Associated Press   DALLAS, Texas – In the aftermath of the deadly attack on Dallas officers, the city’s police chief issued …

BOSTON/PRNewswire – OneUnited Bank, the largest black owned bank in America and the first black internet bank, is launching the national #BankBlack Challenge, designed to …

STUART – The enormous algae outbreak that has coated swaths of Florida’s St. Lucie River with guacamole-like sludge is a man-made affliction, arising from political …

By DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press   PORT SALUT, Haiti – The first time Rosa Mina Joseph met Julio Cesar Posse he was hanging out in …

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press   NEW YORK – In an election year filled with debate over immigration, Adriano Espaillat hopes his personal story makes …

By ROGER CALDWELL   There are too many young Black men graduating from high school with no goals and visions after they receive their diploma. …

By JULIET LINDERMAN Associated Press   BALTIMORE – A Baltimore judge dealt the state yet another blow in the protracted and unsuccessful prosecution of six …

By DAPHNE TAYLOR   RIVERIA BEACH – The large banquet room at the Hurst Chapel A.M.E. church in Riviera Beach was filled to capacity as …