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Congressional leaders in Washington, D.C., on June 24 commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act by posthumously bestowing the Congressional Gold Medal upon …

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has approved a tentative $40 million settlement with the five men wrongly convicted in the …

KINGSTON — The managing director of the International Monetary Fund on Friday praised Jamaica’s political leadership for making key economic reforms during the first year …

HAVANA — They were forgotten masters of a long-ago sound, their faces deeply lined and their hands spotted with age. Then, suddenly, at an age …

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — They captured the hearts of America, from coast to coast, big towns and small, all the way to the White House. …

Bobby Womack, a colorful and highly influential R&B singer-songwriter who influenced artists from the Rolling Stones to Damon Albarn, has died. He was 70. Womack's …

Jack J. Green, founder and publisher of two longstanding community newspapers in Virginia, died Thursday, June 26. He succumbed to chronic lung-related illness. He was …

Twenty contestants competed for crowns as ambassadors of The Miss Jamaica Florida Pageant, now celebrating its 25th anniversary.  The Silver Jubilee Coronation took place on …

STATE Tests eliminated Gov. Rick Scott  has come to his senses. He signed bills that eliminate the need for the unemployed to file for benefits …

FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dr. Scott Smith never had designs on building a hospital but when he realized how difficult it was for him …