Ocala’s Black History Mural invites exploration of local heritage LEADS YET FOR A POTENTIAL SUSPECT. BACK TO CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE FALLOUT CONTINUES AFTER 30 TO 40,000 RAILROAD TIES…
Read more Ocala’s Black History Mural invites exploration of local heritageBY MOSCOW AND KYIV. WELL, TODAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF KWANZAA. IT’S A CELEBRATION THAT HONORS AFRICAN AMERICAN HERITAGE. THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION HAS DEEP ROOTS HERE IN…
Read more Sacramento region celebrates Kwanzaa with unity and cultural festivitiesBettina Aptheker was a 20-year-old sophomore at UC Berkeley when she climbed on top of a police car, barefoot so she wouldn’t damage it, and helped start the…
Read more Commentary: McCarthyism in a MAGA hat? Trump’s campus deal sounds familiar to herWASHINGTON — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected — a promise he has predicated, in…
Read more Migrants not taking jobs from Black, Hispanic people, data showsNEW ORLEANS — A federal appellate court is reviewing a civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies to place polluting industries in…
Read more Federal court reviews civil rights lawsuit alleging environmental racism in a Louisiana parishAlready the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark. The 39th president, who remains under home…
Read more Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will formally apologize for slavery and its lingering effects on Black Americans in the state under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed…
Read more California to apologize for state’s legacy of racism against Black Americans under new lawVATICAN CITY (AP) — Fresh off a four-nation tour of Asia, where he saw record-setting crowds and vibrant church communities, Pope Francis travels to Belgium this week as…
Read more Belgium’s appalling abuse legacy clouds pope’s trip as survivors pen letter seeking reparationsToday is Monday, Sept. 23, the 267th day of 2024. There are 99 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 23, 1952, Sen. Richard M.…
Read more Today in History: September 23, Nixon’s ‘Checkers’ speechWASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday decried antisemitism hours after an explosive CNN report detailed how one of his allies running for North Carolina governor made…
Read more Trump vows to be ‘best friend’ to Jewish Americans, as allegations of ally’s antisemitism surfaceWASHINGTON — To many Democrats, Kamala Harris was everything Joe Biden was not in confronting Donald Trump on the debate stage: forceful, fleet of foot, relentless in going…
Read more To pumped-up Democrats, Harris was everything Biden was not in confronting Trump in debateSome selective colleges are reporting drops in the number of Black students in their incoming classes, the first admitted since a Supreme Court ruling struck down affirmative action…
Read more Freshman classes provide glimpse of affirmative action ruling’s impact on collegesCHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared Wednesday before the National Association of Black Journalists…
Read more Donald Trump falsely suggests Kamala Harris misled voters about her raceCHICAGO — President Joe Biden delivered his valedictory address to the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, saying, “I gave my best to you” and basking in a…
Read more Biden gets a rousing ovation as he endorses HarrisMEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the…
Read more Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping classOKLAHOMA CITY — The latest search for the remains of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims has ended with three more sets containing gunshot wounds, investigators said. The three…
Read more Latest search for 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victims ends with 3 more found with gunshot woundsCHICAGO — As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all. Presidential candidates have been made official…
Read more As political convention comes to Chicago, residents, leaders and activists vie for the spotlightLANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Donald Trump ally who faces felony charges of trying to illegally access and tamper with voting machines is seeking the Republican nomination for…
Read more Prominent 2020 election denier seeks GOP nod for Michigan Supreme Court raceLANSING, Mich. — A Donald Trump ally who faces felony charges of trying to illegally access and tamper with voting machines is seeking the Republican nomination for the…
Read more Prominent 2020 election denier seeks GOP nod for Michigan Supreme Court raceNEW ORLEANS (AP) — An agricultural company made the surprise decision Tuesday to cancel a project to build a massive grain terminal in a historic Black town in…
Read more What to know about the controversy over a cancelled grain terminal in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley
