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PHOTOS COURTESY OF DAVID MUIR,DAVIDIPHOTO   FORT LAUDERDALE — In celebration of Black History Month, South Florida’s legal community banded together for two events designed …

By ERIC TUCKERWASHINGTON — A Justice Department report says blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions …

By JAY REEVES Probate judges must again decide whether to issue wedding licenses to gay couples after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled the state’s ban on …

STOCKHOLM — Lost that charger again for your cellphone or tablet? Hate sorting heaps of wires to charge various devices? Swedish retailer IKEA might just have …

BATON ROUGE, La. — ExxonMobil has paid more than $4.6 million to nearly 2,900 motorists impacted by the company’s production of more than 5 million gallons …

By ERICA WERNER and DAVID ESPO WASHINGTON — In a major victory for President Barack Obama, the Republican-led House overcame last-minute opposition from GOP critics on Tuesday and moved …

By NEDRA PICKLER WASHINGTON — For President Barack Obama, it’s a week to invoke America’s civil rights struggles from past to present. The nation’s first black …

By DAVID McHUGH FRANKFURT, Germany — Small SUVs for families and powerful sports cars for the rich are the big things this year at the Geneva …

HONG KONG — Hong Kong police used pepper spray Sunday to break up scuffles between protesters demonstrating against mainland Chinese shoppers and villagers from a border …

PHOTO COURTESY OF afolabi sotunde/reuters By CHIKA ODUAH Associated Press YOLA, Nigeria — When Islamic extremists snatched more than 270 girls from the Chibok boarding …