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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was sentenced to 10 years in prison for bribery, money laundering and other corruption that …

ATLANTA (AP) – The former executive assistant to the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party has filed a federal lawsuit claiming race discrimination.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida is being forced to stagger payments to schools and health care providers because of limits with its 30-year old computer-based …

MIAMI — Public officials, ministers and the community came together to take a stand against violence at events in the Miami neighborhoods of Liberty City …

FORT LAUDERDALE — Commuters will soon be able to purchase fare tickets from their cell phones to ride buses in Broward County. That is one …

WASHINGTON — To hear President Barack Obama describe it, there’s a creeping case of cynicism setting in across the country, leading Americans to suspect that …

JACKSON, Miss. — After black voters helped Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran survive an intense Republican primary runoff against an insurgent conservative challenger, some civil rights …

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy has its first female four-star admiral. She is Michelle Janine Howard, promoted July 2 to the service’s highest rank. The …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The Caribbean Community (Caricom) has requested a meeting with European nations that engaged in the Atlantic slave trade to talk about …

HAMILTON, Bermuda (BLACK PR WIRE) — Bermuda's capital Hamilton will host the 40th annual Conference of Black Mayors. Mayors from cities, towns and villages from …