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By GARY FINEOUT Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The fate of more than half of Florida’s 386 death row inmates has been thrown into limbo …

Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Las Vegas billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson is opening up his checkbook again to defeat a medical marijuana proposal. Campaign …

By DR. GREG GERDEMAN I have built my career, the last 20 years, on the study of how marijuana affects the brain, and am very …

By JESSICA SPENCER “Our Health Matters,” writes Kim McCray in last week’s Political Special Section. In her piece, which is actually a perfect display of …

By DANIEL C. HOUSTON Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma’s first black state senator, one of the state’s most prominent civil rights leaders, died at …

Nine people were left dead after a deranged shooter opened fire in a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina on June 17, 2015. PHOTO …

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A federal judge ruled Monday that prisoners can’t be counted for population or in drawing up boundaries of voting districts in Florida, …

Avis A. Jones-DeWeever, Ph.D. PHOTO COURTESY OF WMC SHESOURCE WASHINGTON – Black women’s groups said Wednesday they feel President Barack Obama jilted them by choosing …

While our country reels from the knowledge that elected officials poisoned the water supply of an entire city and covered it up when citizens complained, …

TALLAHASSEE – A federal judge is hearing a case challenging a north Florida county’s decision to include prisoners when they drew voting districts. Judge Mark …