More companies helping Millennials pay off student loans
NEW YORK – Employers are discovering that making it easier for workers to pay off their student loans helps to attract and keep a happy …
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‘Body bags’ haunt my vision at everglades conference
For decades my husband Frank has periodically mentioned the “cultural lag” theory that he first heard in college in the 1960s. It refers to what …
Donald Trump and his bigot-blanket tap into humanity’s worst
I wanted to make it through the election cycle without mentioning his name but it’s impossible. Donald Trump takes and makes headlines. It is said …
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 …
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 …