By Jim Salter THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FERGUSON, Mo. _ The Ferguson City Council on Tuesday evening unanimously approved a resolution to part ways with City Manager […]
By David A. Lieb THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. _ A Missouri appeals court judge was appointed Monday to take over Ferguson’s municipal court and […]
By Jay Reeves THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SELMA, Ala. _ Thousands of people gathered in Selma, Alabama, on Saturday morning ahead of a speech by President Barack […]
By Dana Ferguson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. _ Protesters carrying signs reading “Black Lives Matter” gathered Saturday, hours after an officer fatally shot a 19-year-old […]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico _ Puerto Rico’s government is partnering with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to study erosion along the island’s northern and western […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica _ Authorities in Jamaica have charged a man with murder and arson following a fire that killed two teenagers and a young girl. The […]
By Blake Nicholson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BISMARCK, N.D. _ Four North Dakota missionaries caught up in escalating political tension between the U.S. and Venezuela are expected […]
By Tom Odula THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya _ Namibian President Hifikepunye Pohamba has won the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for African leadership, the first African leader […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica _ Jamaican police say four men have died in a two-vehicle crash in a northern section of the Caribbean country. The Jamaica Constabulary Force […]
By Bruce Smith THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. _ For almost 15 years, organizers have been working to create a $75 million African American Museum in […]
By Stacy A. Anderson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama is celebrating what he calls “the central role that African Americans have played in […]