Trinidad and Tobago faces downturn as energy prices collapse
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – During the good times, earnings from natural gas and oil exports made the tiny Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago one of …
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Martin Luther King had complicated legacy on nation’s gun violence
Martin Luther King Jr. was surrounded by guns, even though he didn’t like them. At times, armed foot soldiers protected the Baptist preacher and his …
Governor Snyder: Clinton is politicizing Flint, Michigan’s corrosive water crisis
FLINT, Mich. – Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder responded Monday to criticism from presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during the Democratic debates for his handling of Flint’s …
Illinois, other states debate laws for monitoring release of police videos
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The yearlong delay before the release of a video showing a white Chicago police officer fatally shooting a black teenager has Illinois …
Memoir recalls MLK, family and the movement
In a new memoir, My Time with the Kings: A Reporter’s Recollections of Martin, Coretta and the Civil Rights Movement, retired Associated Press reporter Kathryn …
Change from Dixie to Barack Obama highway elicits threats
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. – Riviera Beach mayor, Bishop Thomas Masters, never knew it would come to this. Several weeks ago, the city proclaimed a huge …
Tributes to David Bowie pour in after he succumbs to cancer
LONDON (AP) – Tributes have poured in for singer David Bowie, who died Sunday aged 69. Bowie was married to supermodel, Iman, for nearly 24 …
Zo’s second annual Winter Groove offers something for everyone
Alonzo Mourning’s contributions to South Florida extend far beyond his hall of fame caliber play on the basketball court as a member of the Miami …
Ricky Aikens wants to transform his community
PALM BEACH – Mention of Dunbar Village in West Palm Beach usually brings to mind the heinous 2007 gang rape and forced incest between a …
I touched a snake and I liked it
In my attempts to fulfill the needs of my clients, the practice grows in mysterious ways. One of my newer clients has 5 pets: two …