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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) —LeRoy Walker, the first African American to lead the U.S. Olympic Committee and the first black man to coach an American Olympic …

Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A condemned killer’s trial was so tainted by the racially influenced decisions of prosecutors that he should be removed from …

Associated Press TALLAHASSEE —Democrats and a coalition that backed new anti-gerrymandering standards have urged a judge to summarily reject the Republican-led Legislature’s redistricting map for …

PUERTO RICO Girl accused of killing man SAN JUAN — Prosecutors filed a first-degree murder charge against a 17-year-old girl who allegedly killed a man …

WASHINGTON (AP) _ At least three more Secret Service officers implicated in a prostitution scandal in Colombia were expected to lose their jobs Friday, a …

Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Tuesday marked the anniversary of 40 years of solitary confinement for two former Black Panthers convicted of murdering …

Special to South Florida Times WEST PALM BEACH — Attendees at a forum on the killing of Trayvon Martin heard a call to keep the …

BAHAMAS Elections set for May 7 NASSAU — Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham has announced general elections for May 7.

NEW YORK (AP) _ The late Manning Marable won the Pulitzer Prize for history Monday, honored for a Malcolm X book he worked on for …

MIAMI (AP) _ The civil rights groups that turned outrage over Trayvon Martin’s death into action say their work is far from over now that …