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September 23, 2017

'Little Rock Nine' members mark school's 1957 desegregation

When she saw images unfold from a deadly white supremacist rally this summer in Virginia, Minnijean Brown Trickey immediately ...

September 22, 2017

New Mexico college bake sale charged prices based on race

A bake sale at the University of New Mexico set up by a nonprofit group to charge students based on race and ethnicity ended ...

September 21, 2017

Lawmaker condemns student video depicting police beheading

A university student's video depicting the beheading of a police officer drew a strongly worded rebuke from a Wisconsin state ...

September 21, 2017

South Carolina: Call for a monument to black Civil War hero

A call to honor a black Civil War hero with a monument at the South Carolina Statehouse grounds, onetime epicenter of a ...

September 21, 2017

New St. Louis mayor navigates racial strife after acquittal

After defeating several black candidates, the new white mayor of St. Louis is carefully navigating racial strife that ...

September 20, 2017

The Latest: White man facing murder charges on suicide watch

The Latest on the arrest of a 23-year-old white man accused of killing two black men in Baton Rouge (all times local): 4:30 p

September 20, 2017

Man's path from Eagle Scout to alleged killer baffles family

An Eagle Scout at age 18, Kenneth Gleason graduated with honors from one of Baton Rouge's most elite high schools and ...

September 20, 2017

White man arrested in slayings of 2 black men in Louisiana

A 23-year-old white man was arrested Tuesday and accused of cold-bloodedly killing two black men and shooting up a black ...

September 19, 2017

The Latest: Neighbor talks about her house being shot up

The Latest on the killings of two black men in Baton Rouge (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Authorities say a white man shot up ...

September 19, 2017

White man accused of killing 2 blacks had Hitler speech

A 23-year-old white man arrested Tuesday was accused of killing two black men and firing on a black family in a string of ...

September 19, 2017

Convicted church killer wants to fire Jewish, Indian lawyers

A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals ...

September 18, 2017

DuVernay, LL Cool J to receive Harvard W.E.B. Du Bois medals

"Selma" director Ava DuVernay and rapper LL Cool J are among the recipients of Harvard University's 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois ...

September 18, 2017

Politics, diverse winners, new voices top key Emmy moments

It was, not surprisingly, a night for politics, with everyone from host Stephen Colbert to Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda and Alec ...

September 18, 2017

White House, black college heads to meet amid strained ties

President Donald Trump on Monday named a lawyer and former NFL player as executive director of the White House Initiative on ...

September 18, 2017

The Latest: Dozens arrested after St. Louis vandalism

The Latest on protests over the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the killing of a black suspect (all ...

September 18, 2017

The Latest: A bar _ for engraving _ is hit at Emmys ball

The Latest on the Emmy Awards, presented Sunday in Los Angeles at the Microsoft Theater (all times local): 9:50 p.m. The main ...

September 18, 2017

'Veep' and 'The Handmaid's Tale' win top Emmy Award prizes

The dystopian vision of "The Handmaid's Tale," the deeply cynical Washington comedy "Veep" and the ever-topical "Saturday ...

September 18, 2017

2 Louisiana slayings likely racially motivated, police say

The slayings of two black men in Baton Rouge last week were likely racially motivated, police said Sunday, and a suspect — ...

September 17, 2017

The Latest: Some public transportation halted after violence

The Latest on protests over the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the killing of a black suspect (all ...