Posts in category National & World

Dale V.C. Holness, Commissioner District 9 Broward County, is hosting the Florida International Trade and Cultural Expo (FITCE) this week at the Greater Fort Lauderdale …

Bethune Cookman University will award Gov. Rick Scott its highest honor when it bestows the Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune Leadership Award to Florida’s 45th governor …

By JESSE J. HOLLAND WASHINGTON — Black men and women joyously returned to the National Mall on Saturday for the 20th anniversary of the Million …

By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Responding to the outcry against Confederate symbols, the Florida Senate is moving ahead with plans to remove the Confederate …

By GARY FINEOUT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The political careers of several members of Congress – including a Republican seeking to become the next U.S. House …

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — A push to overhaul criminal sentencing is prompting the early release of thousands of federal drug prisoners, including some whom …

By MEG KINNARD AND JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) – As the worst of the floodwaters that roared through South Carolina washed out …

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Heavy rain returned to parts of South Carolina on Saturday as thousands continued digging out and cleaning up from last weekend’s deluge …

By SUDHIN THANAWALA   SAN FRANCISCO — A group of mostly black women filed a racial discrimination lawsuit last week after they were removed from …

WASHINGTON – The founder of the global News Corp. media empire, Rupert Murdoch, is suggesting that President Barack Obama isn’t a “real black president.” Murdoch …