Girls get memorable trip to New York
MIAMI GARDENS — Several members of the Miami Gardens-based mentoring program, The Embrace Girls Foundation, recently visited New York City for a weekend adventure.
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Blacks seek new clout in once-white suburbs
WASHINGTON (AP) _ With more blacks moving from city to suburb, the National Urban League says it is worried states may improperly seek to stem …
Free bus shuttle service for Opa-locka residents
OPA-LOCKA — Opa-locka now has a bus shuttle service that takes residents around the city and its vicinity free of cost.
Black population in DC down to 50 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The nation’s capital is on the brink of losing its black majority for the first time in 60 years, according to Census …
‘Uncle Tom’ remark exposes pain in black community
AP National WriterJalen Rose grew up poor in Detroit, the son of a single mom and an NBA player he never met. He helped transform …
Shattered nation must wait at least until March 31 for election results
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitians wearied by long years of poverty, corruption and natural disasters are settling in for a wait to find out whom they have …
FBI joins probe of California cross burning
ARROYO GRANDE, California (AP) _ The FBI has joined a hate crime investigation after a cross was burned outside the home of a black family …
Ala. leaders apologize for handling of 1944 rape
ABBEVILLE, Ala. (AP) _ Nearly 70 years after she was raped by a gang of white men, Recy Taylor got an apology Monday from leaders …
OJ appeals verdict to full Nevada high court
LAS VEGAS (AP) _ O.J. Simpson is asking the full Nevada Supreme Court to consider his appeal of his conviction in a Las Vegas hotel …
Hit by earthquake, tsunami, Japan struggles to cope with nuclear crisis
(AP)-FUKUSHIMA, Japan —Emergency workers forced to retreat from a tsunami-stricken Japanese nuclear power plant when radiation levels soared were preparing to return after emissions dropped …