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Associated Press NEW YORK – The disciplinary trial of a white New York Police Department officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager has ended, …

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON – In an opening salvo against “Obamacare,” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday night that appears aimed …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida health officials have started the rules-making process that will expand those eligible to receive medical marijuana. The Department of Health on …

By JOCELYNNOVECK AP National Writer WASHINGTON — If you wondered where many of Hollywood’s A-list celebrities had gone during President Donald Trump’s inauguration, you didn’t …

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Associated Press Obama the nation’s first black president, but it’s safe to say he has been America’s first hip-hop commander-in-chief. Obama …

BY JOAN LOWY Associated Press WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats on Tuesday offered a plan to spend $1 trillion on transportation and other infrastructure projects over …

The Trumps are welcomed to the White House by The Obamas on Inauguration Day. Image courtesy of eurweb.com. By JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — …

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi home of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers is being designated a national historic …

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA – As Americans celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights leaders and activists are trying to …

By ISMA’IL KUSHKUSH Associated Press JERUSALEM — In the shadow of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City lies the “African Quarter” – home to …