Fake signer at Mandela event accused in mob attack
JOHANNESBURG (AP) – Just when it seemed the scandal over the bogus sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial had run its course, a cousin …
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Once-condemned doctor turns to helping Haitians
NORTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) _ It may be hard to remember now, but there was a time when a mysterious autoimmune disease baffled doctors and …
Teacher disciplined for ‘Santa is white’ remark
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ A New Mexico high school teacher has been disciplined after a parent says the man told his black son that Santa …
White mayor, black wife: NYC shatters an image
Another milestone is passing in America’s racial journey: The next mayor of New York City is a white man with a black wife. Even in …
Belafonte, Young at odds with sons of MLK
NEW YORK – Long sharing the common goal of protecting the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King III, the bond between the family of …
Health care reform: ‘We’re not repealing it as long as I’m president’’
WASHINGTON — Seeking to regroup from his health care law’s disastrous rollout, President Barack Obama on Tuesday insisted that the sweeping overhaul is working and …
Andrew Young at odds with MLK’s children
NEW YORK (AP) – Long sharing the common goal of protecting the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King, the bond between the family of …
Haitians Deported After Elderly Couple’s Murder
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Another 100 people have either been deported to Haiti or left on their own accord from neighboring Dominican Republic after an elderly Dominican …
Republicans see rollout problems as big 2014 opportunity
WASHINGTON — In his West Virginia district, the TV ads attacking Democratic Rep. Nick Rahall over the calamitous startup of President Barack Obama’s health care …
Haitians fear deportation after court ruled citizenship not automatic by birth
PORT-AU-PRINCE – Wilver Cuevas Betances was born in the Dominican Republic and never left until he ran into some soldiers at a bus station in …