Florida could be hit by boycott
MIAMI – Florida could be hit with a statewide tourism boycott if Gov. Rick Scott and the Legislature remain intransigent despite persistent calls for repeal …
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Let Trayvon Martin’s death spark a national dialogue
The following is a slightly edited version of the text of President Barack Obama’s statement in the White House Briefing Room July 19 following the …
Longtime Tenn. lawmaker DeBerry, 68
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Rep. Lois DeBerry, one of the longest serving female lawmakers in the nation and a powerful influence in state politics, died …
Scott’s personal assets shielded from public
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Floridians had access to more information about Gov. Rick Scott’s substantial wealth when he was a candidate three years ago than …
Judge hears challenge to Jamaica’s anti-sodomy law
KINGSTON — A gay rights activist got his first court hearing on his effort to bring a constitutional challenge to Jamaica’s nearly 150-year-old colonial-era law …
‘Unjust verdict’ assailed
Tracy Martin choked back tears as he addressed several hundred people gathered Saturday outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Federal Courthouse in downtown …
Despite outcry, ‘stand’ repeal unlikely
MIAMI – Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call by President Barack Obama for close examination and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the …
Miss. blues guitarist, singer ‘T-Model’ Ford
JACKSON, Miss. – James Lewis Carter “T-Model” Ford, a hard-living blues singer who taught himself to play guitar when he was 58 years old and …
Lima: Where the pallbearers are black
LIMA, Peru – Elegant in tuxedos and white gloves, the six black pallbearers silently and gracefully remove the mahogany coffin bearing a Lima tire magnate …
Despite outcry, stand-ground law repeals unlikely
MIAMI (AP) – Despite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama and even a 1960s-style sit-in at …