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By MARK SHERMAN   WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether jurors’ claims of racially charged comments by another juror can overcome …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WTOP.COM By EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZ SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Deivis Ventura is still just a candidate for the Dominican Republic’s Chamber of Deputies, but …

PHOTO COURTESY OF FLUXARCHITECTURE.COM By STEPHEN WADE RIO DE JANEIRO – A spokesman for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics says he’s “confident” the sprawling corruption …

PHOTO COURTESY OF LISTENUPYALL.COM JACKSON, Miss. The first case of Zika virus has been reported in Mississippi. The Mississippi State Department of Health said Thursday …

PHOTO COURTESY OF EQUILIBRIOINFORMATIVO.COM TAMPA, Fla. – A proposal to drop the state’s signature sea mammal from the endangered species list may come down to science versus public …

PHOTO COURTESY OF GOAL.COM Luis Gil scored in the fifth minute, and the United States held on for a 1-1 tie against Colombia at Barranquilla …

PHOTO COURTESY OF INHABITAT.COM By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON – It’s been two years since problems began with the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, and nearly six months …

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN HAVANA – Fidel Castro responded Monday to President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba with a long, bristling letter recounting the history …

PHOTO COURTESY OF COPS2POINT0.COM NEW YORK – Pandora, which is facing increasing competition from Apple Music, Spotify and other music streaming services, said CEO Brian McAndrews has left …

PHOTO COURTESY OF DEMOCRATS.VETERANS.HOUSE.GOV By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With this year’s elections just months away, attorneys for U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown tried on Friday to …