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Study: racial graduation-rate gap grows for men's NCAA teams

A diversity report for graduation rates among potential NCAA Tournament teams found a larger gap between white and black ...

Democratic lawmakers call for racial data in virus testing

Democratic lawmakers are calling out an apparent lack of racial data that they say is needed to monitor and address ...

Man, 72, dies of injuries 3 months after Hanukkah stabbings

A man who was among the five people stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City has died three months after ...

Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader and MLK aide, dies at 98

The Rev. Joseph E. Lowery fought to end segregation, lived to see the election of the country’s first black president and ...

'Terrified' South Africa nears lockdown; cases almost 1,000

South Africa's president appeared in full military uniform for the first time since the end of apartheid and told troops to ...

Autism diagnosis more common in the US as racial gap closes

Autism has grown slightly more common in the U.S., but a gap in diagnosis of white and black kids has disappeared, according ...

Netflix's 'Self Made' tells of first female millionaire

Madam C.J. Walker may be one of America’s most successful “pull yourself up by your own bootstrap” stories, but many have ...

Justices toss decision in media mogul's discrimination case

The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling in favor of a black media mogul and comedian who’s suing cable ...

Civil rights activist and Emmett Till relative dies at 50

Airickca Gordon-Taylor, a relative of Emmett Till who spent her life educating others about the black teenage lynching ...

As virus grips nation, advocates move to halt evictions

On the day after the coronavirus outbreak was declared a global pandemic, Joe Ferguson was given a batch of court-ordered ...

Congressional Hispanic Caucus' campaign arm endorses Biden

Joe Biden has received the presidential endorsement of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’ campaign arm, signaling his growing ...

Trump dubs COVID-19 'Chinese virus' despite hate crime risks

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he doesn’t think calling COVID-19 the "Chinese virus" — or the "kung-flu," as one ...

Report: Surge in white nationalism ramps up violence threat

A recent surge in white nationalism in the U.S. has led to a growing threat of violence by factions that embrace bloodshed ...

5 primary takeaways: Joe Biden is Democrats' antidote

Joe Biden's surge toward the Democratic presidential nomination rolled on with a dominating victory in Florida, the largest ...

AP VoteCast: Biden cuts deep into the Sanders coalition

Joe Biden cut deep into Bernie Sanders' coalition of young, liberal and Latino voters, securing solid victories in Florida, ...

AP VoteCast: A look at voters in Florida, Illinois, Arizona

The Associated Press surveyed voters in the three states that held Democratic presidential contests on Tuesday. Here’s a ...

With 3 more victories, Biden pulls further away from Sanders

Joe Biden swept to victory in Florida, Illinois and Arizona on Tuesday, increasingly pulling away with a Democratic ...

5 questions heading into Tuesday's Democratic primaries

Four states had been scheduled to hold Democratic presidential primaries on Tuesday amid a global outbreak of the novel ...

Next primaries offer contrast between nation's past, future

Sharing the primary calendar Tuesday are two states that represent different pieces of America: Ohio, a largely white state ...

Democrats see a road map for November in Michigan results

Joe Biden's decisive victory in Michigan’s presidential primary offers what some Democrats hope will be the road map for ...