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By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI – County commissioners in immigrant-rich Miami-Dade voted Friday to uphold their Cuban-born mayor’s order to cooperate with federal …

BY LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday he believes U.S. forces will be in Iraq and …

BY CATHERINE LUCEY Associated Press PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump has tapped Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security …

Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Kremlin said Monday that the Russian government does not know anything about a Ukraine peace plan crafted by an opposition …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Members of the Congressional Black Caucus expressed bafflement and dismay Thursday after President Donald Trump asked a black reporter to set up …

By ISHEKA N. HARRISON iharrison@sfltimes.com The Trump Administration has invited the leaders of the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) to join them on …

By JESSE J. HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON – After failing to prevent Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ confirmation, civil rights groups are now shifting their attention …

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON – Ken Loach’s gritty drama “I, Daniel Blake” was named best U.K. picture on Sunday at the British Academy …

BY JULIE PACE, ERIC TUCKER AND JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was told in late January that his top national security …

By TERRY JONES The Advocate BATON ROUGE, La. – Debbie Martin has spent the past six months slogging through overgrown wooded areas near sugar cane …