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PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP)— The U.S. government plans to build two prisons in the countryside in an effort to stem severe overcrowding, disease and violence in the …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Hours before a looming deadline for automatic federal budget cuts, the Pentagon sent a blunt warning to Florida Gov. Rick Scott …

TALLAHASSEE (AP) – Florida’s “stand your ground” law works and should not be overturned but the standards for neighborhood watch groups should be looked at …

ABEOKUTA, Nigeria (AP) – Former U.S. President Bill Clinton said Tuesday that Nigeria must do more to alleviate the extreme poverty across the nation’s predominantly …

HELENA, Mont. (AP) _ The chairwoman of Montana’s Yellowstone County Republican committee denied Monday that she posted a racist photo mocking President Barack Obama and …

WASHINGTON (AP) – After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word “Negro” to describe black Americans in surveys.

CHICAGO (AP) – Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday called on blacks nationwide to curb economic disparities by cutting back on excessive spending, …

HAVANA (AP) _ The man tapped as the likely heir-apparent to Raul Castro is largely unknown off the island, but his rise to the country’s …

Black History Month Special Mohamed Hamaludin mhamaludin@sfltimes.com MIAMI – Trailblazing U.S. District Judge Marcia G. Cooke will be honored as part of Black History Month …

The following is the text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address delivered Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress in Washington, …