By Jeffrey Collins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. _ A group of black parents and civil rights activists presented a petition Thursday calling for officials to […]

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso _ Burkina Faso’s high court has released final election results, declaring Roch Marc Christian Kabore the president of the West African nation. constitutional […]

By Hippolyte Marboua THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGUI, Central African Republic _ A Muslim rebel leader in Central African Republic proclaimed an autonomous state in the country’s […]

NEW YORK _ A Dominican Republic diplomat has asked a judge to toss out charges against him in a United Nations bribery scandal, saying he’s entitled […]

By David McFadden THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ A late December presidential runoff in Haiti is expected to be held as scheduled regardless of the […]

By Duggie Joseph THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent _ The governing party in the tiny eastern Caribbean islands of St. Vincent and the Grenadines won […]

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada _ Police in the small Caribbean island of Grenada say they have found a vehicle that may have been involved in the disappearance […]

WASHINGTON _ America is seeing a new side of Michelle Obama, this time as rap artist. The first lady and “Saturday Night Live” actor Jay Pharoah […]

By Michael Tarm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO _ Protesters who have been calling for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s resignation also have another target: a much-criticized, quasi-independent […]

By Don Babwin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel apologized for the 2014 shooting of a black teenager Wednesday during a special City Council meeting […]

JOHANNESBURG _ South Africa’s president has fired the country’s finance minister who served less than two years. On Wednesday, President Jacob Zuma said Nhlanhla Nene will […]

By Lisa Lerer THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WATERLOO, Iowa _ Hillary Clinton accused Republicans of undermining American efforts to fight Islamic terrorism, saying Wednesday that the “hateful” […]