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September 29, 2016

Obama welcomes relatives of 1936 African-American Olympians

Relatives of Jesse Owens and America's 17 other black athletes from the 1936 Olympics were welcomed to the White House on ...

September 29, 2016

In Charlotte, police shooting affects presidential politics

The killing of a black man by a Charlotte police officer, and the sometimes violent protests that followed, have intensified ...

September 28, 2016

Missouri fraternity suspended over reports of racial slurs

The University of Missouri temporarily suspended a fraternity on Wednesday over accusations of racial slurs directed toward ...

September 28, 2016

Friend: 'No hate' in Charlotte officer who shot black man

Before he became known as the police officer who fatally shot a black man, sparking days of protests in North Carolina's ...

September 27, 2016

The Latest: Man charged in Charlotte parking deck assault

The Latest on protests following the shooting of a man by a Charlotte police officer last week (all times local): 10 p.m.

September 27, 2016

Prosecutor: No federal charges in police killing in Memphis

A white Memphis police officer won't face federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of a 19-year-old black man, the ...

September 27, 2016

Court document: Black man killed by cop had threatened wife

The black man killed by Charlotte police had a restraining order filed against him a year ago when he threatened to kill his ...

September 26, 2016

People around the world react to first Trump-Clinton debate

Views from around the world on Monday's first U.S. presidential debate between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald ...

September 26, 2016

Debate Takeaways: Clinton gets under Trump's skin in debate

Donald Trump repeatedly clashed with Hillary Clinton during Monday's first presidential debate, interrupting her and ...

September 26, 2016

The Latest: Updates from the 1st presidential debate

The Latest on the first of three presidential debates between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump (all times ...

September 26, 2016

Arkansas lawmaker arrested after filming traffic stop

An Arkansas legislator who co-sponsored a law aimed in part at preventing authorities from prohibiting the filming of an ...

September 26, 2016

Feds accuse Silicon Valley firm of hiring bias

The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit accusing a fast-growing Silicon Valley software company of systematically ...

September 26, 2016

LePage's documents don't back up claims on blacks, Hispanics

Gov. Paul LePage on Monday released his informal documentation on drug arrests and they don't back up his claim that ...

September 26, 2016

Memorial to confront South's troubled history of lynchings

Southern states have long welcomed tourists retracing the footsteps of the late Martin Luther King Jr. and others who opposed ...

September 25, 2016

Clinton team hopes 'birther' flap will motivate black voters

Democrats wasted no time looking for political opportunity after Donald Trump falsely accused Hillary Clinton of starting the ...

September 24, 2016

Funeral held for unarmed man shot by Tulsa officer

Hundreds of mourners packed a church for a funeral honoring an unarmed black man who was fatally shot by a white Tulsa, ...

September 24, 2016

The Latest: Doubts follow release of police shooting video

The Latest on protests in Charlotte, North Carolina, over the fatal police shooting of a black man (all times local): ___ ...

September 24, 2016

Mercury players meet with Phoenix police; will keep kneeling

Mistie Bass, Kelsey Bone and their Mercury teammates met with Phoenix police a few weeks ago after practice. It was an ...

September 24, 2016

Black community sees Charlotte as glimmering, fake Oz

To much of the world, Charlotte is the Queen City — a gleaming downtown, state-of-the-art stadiums, sparkling new mass ...