Confederate past: Uproar over changing park names
The statue of Confederate fighter Nathan Bedford Forrest astride a horse towers above the Memphis park bearing his name. It's a larger-than-life ...
Rubio to deliver State of Union GOP response
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio will give the Republican rebuttal to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, providing a direct ...
Berlusconi brother slammed for soccer player slur
Last week it was Silvio Berlusconi who got into hot water for praising Benito Mussolini. This week it's the former premier's younger brother who has ...
Republicans ramp up minority outreach
Republicans are ramping up their recruitment of minority candidates in an effort to combat the demographic trends that helped hand them stinging ...
School turnarounds prompt community backlash
The federal government's push for drastic reforms at chronically low achieving schools has led to takeovers by charter operators, overhauls of staff ...
Gay, Latino groups forge immigration alliance
As a gay Mexican immigrant living in the United States illegally, Alex Aldana acutely understands his double-minority status. Not only does he fear ...
Immigration bill splits GOP on national-local line
The immigration debate is threatening to split the Republican Party, pitting those who focus mainly on presidential elections against those who care ...
Alphabet dispute revives old injuries in Croatia
Can Vukovar also be Bykobap? Whether the name of the war-scarred town on the Danube is written in the Latin or Cyrillic alphabet is a sensitive ...
Angelou celebrates black history with Oprah, Keys
In the midst of talking black history with Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys, Maya Angelou breaks out singing a hymn a cappella. The acclaimed poet ...
Legendary NYC mayor Koch dies; Monday funeral set
In 1977, New York City was deep into its worst fiscal crisis ever. Riots erupted that summer during a blackout. And a fire in one of the most ...
Ed Koch, New York's feisty mayor, dies at 88
When Ed Koch was mayor, it seemed as if all of New York was being run by a deli counterman. Koch was funny, irritable, opinionated, often rude and ...
Arabs, Tuaregs in Mali face hostility amid war
Bawba Mint Baba Ahmed's dress-making teacher singled her out in front of the class, telling her: "You look like a rebel." Others threatened to slit ...
Republicans face a balancing act on immigration
Republicans face a delicate balancing act as they embrace an unprecedented shift in their views on immigration reform — and no one better exemplifies ...
Hispanics to soon surpass whites in California
Hispanics will become the largest ethnic group in the nation's most populous state early next year, the California Department of Finance said ...
Illegal immigration foes despair over GOP moves
Marty Lich is ready to bolt. It's been a couple of years since the self-described conservative considered herself a Republican, but she still often ...
AP Interview: Altidore says racism shames everyone
United States striker Jozy Altidore refuses to hold a grudge against fans who showered him with racist abuse during a match this week, saying: "We all ...
McCain: Immigration reform failure would cost GOP
In a warning to fellow Republicans, Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that failure to pass comprehensive immigration legislation could mean continued ...
Myanmar abolishes 25-year ban on public gatherings
Myanmar's nearly 2-year-old reformist government has abolished a ban on public gatherings of more than five people that was ordered in 1988 on the day ...
Texas woman's execution halted; DA won't appeal
The first woman scheduled to be executed in the U.S. since 2010 won a reprieve Tuesday, mere hours before she was scheduled to be taken to the Texas ...
Immigration overhaul? GOP, Dem senators vow action
Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer ...
Murdoch apologizes for Sunday Times cartoon
Media baron Rupert Murdoch has apologized for a Sunday Times cartoon depicting Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall using blood-red ...
Lawmakers see immigration overhaul this year
Republican and Democratic lawmakers were cautiously optimistic Sunday that a long-sought overhaul of the nation's immigration system that includes a ...
Holocaust victims mourned at Auschwitz and beyond
Holocaust survivors, politicians, religious leaders and others marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Sunday with solemn prayers and the ...
White House, senators launching immigration push
President Barack Obama will launch a campaign next week aimed at overhauling the nation's flawed immigration system and creating legal status for ...
Are Hollywood awards by gender out of touch?
Do Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway and Helen Mirren really need a category just for women — a singular kind of affirmative action — to snare one of ...
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