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NEW YORK — In a surprise move, Microsoft said Mon- day that it is buying professional networking service site LinkedIn for about $26.2 billion. It …

PHOTOS COURTESY OF FINANCIALJUNETEENTH.COM AND TEXASLEFTIST.COM On this day 150 years ago, more than the two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves …

PHOTO COURTESY OF SCIENCE.PURDUE.EDU   WEST PALM BEACH, Fla – It seems fathers are always left out of the equation. And that’s especially true for …

By JEFFREY COLLINS and JONATHAN DREW Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C.- The names of Confederate generals still adorn street signs in Charleston’s public housing projects, and …

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON – House Republican leaders have blocked a Democratic congressman from Mississippi from offering legislation to ban Confederate imagery from …

PHOTO COURTESY OF WESA.FM WASHINGTON – As news of the nightclub shooting in Orlando spread, Donald Trump revived the debate over what to call acts …

By the time average American children reach age 17, their eyes will have spent the equivalent of nearly six years looking at digital devices, according …

PHOTO COURTESY OF DADE COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE LINKS MIAMI— The Links, Incorporated is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations of …

PHOTO COURTESY OF LASVEGASBLACKIMAGE.COM MIAMI – To help end veteran homelessness, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of …

PHOTOS COURTESY OF CHANGE MAKERS ACADEMY Change Makers Academy, a community-driven youth empowerment platform that uses social issues as its catalyst, hosted its first “G’s …