Legislators in nearly every state this year proposed measures stemming from the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old who had scuffled […]

DAKAR, Senegal(AP) _ Amnesty International says Muslims in the western part of Central African Republic are being forced to hide their religion or convert to Christianity […]

By Farai Mutsaka THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARARE, Zimbabwe _ Zimbabwe intends to seek the extradition of an American dentist who killed a lion that was lured […]

By Amy Forliti THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS _ U.S. District Judge Michael Davis had seen this in his courtroom before _ a young Somali-American who hadn’t […]

By Kate Brumback THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA _ Surveillance cameras caught images of two white males laying Confederate battle flags on the ground near the Rev. […]

GOLETA, Calif. _ Beachgoers were warned to avoid tar balls on Thursday along the Santa Barbara shoreline as the Coast Guard sought the source of a […]

By Lisa Cornwell And Dan Sewell THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CINCINNATI _ Some of the sharpest criticism of a police officer after the latest slaying of an […]

By Christopher Torchia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG _ It is, for some well-heeled foreign visitors, the ultimate African experience: the thrill of hunting a lion, one […]

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.(AP) _ The latest information on the Minnesota hunter and guides in Zimbabwe who killed a protected lion during a hunt in the African nation […]

By Evens Sanon And David McFadden THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ A U.S. citizen who founded a Haiti orphanage for boys returned to the Caribbean […]

WASHINGTON(AP) _ The Dominican Republic has rejected an offer by the Organization of American States to organize talks with Haiti on resolving a tense dispute over […]

By Julie Pace And Elias Meseret THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia _ Could President Barack Obama win a third term in office? He’s convinced that […]