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Want to go natural? Then don’t plan on joining the U.S. Army. Outrage has followed a new Army mandate that prohibits hairstyles commonly identified with African-American hairstyles, including Afros, locs and twists. Identified as “Army Regulation 670-1,” the rule calls for a ban of hairstyles done in “twists, dreadlocks, afros and braids more than a […]
Kwasi Enin, a senior at William Floyd High School in Shirley, New York, applied to all eight Ivy League Universities—Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Brown, University of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says 7.1 million Americans enrolled for health care coverage by Monday’s midnight deadline. He’s praising the achievement of overcoming lost weeks at the start of sign-ups last fall. Obama says the law has not fixed the health care system but it has made it a lot better. He says […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In every region of America, white and Asian children are far better positioned for success than black, Latino and American Indian children, according to a new report appealing for urgent action to bridge this racial gap. Titled “Race for Results,” the report is being released Tuesday by the Annie E. Casey […]
Plans to erect a chemical plant may end up destroying a Louisiana town, Mossville, founded by free slaves, Mother Jones reports. SEE ALSO: Can Weight-Loss Surgery…
There’s a big difference between friends on social media and those in real life. One California woman learned this lesson the hard way. Stacey Grant posted a note on Facebook telling friends that she and her family were away on vacation in Las Vegas. Hours later, a U-Haul was at her front door, with three […]
PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia is deploying a modified Boeing 737 to act as a flying air traffic controller over the Indian Ocean to prevent a mid-air collision among the large number of aircraft searching for the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that went missing over three weeks ago. According to an Australian government briefing note read […]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A Virginia couple is averaging more than $1 million a week in lottery winnings. The Virginia Lottery says Calvin and Zatera Spencer of Portsmouth claimed their latest prize last week — a $1 million in the scratch-off game $100 Million Cash Extravaganza. The streak started when the Spencers won $1 million […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Beating expectations, President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul was on track to sign up more than 7 million Americans for health insurance on deadline day Monday, government officials told The Associated Press. The 7 million target, thought to be out of reach by most experts, was in sight on a day that […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The body of a man found dead in a park of an apparent suicide Monday is believed to be that of a murder suspect who was the last person seen with a missing 8-year-old girl, police said. The body has been tentatively identified as that of Kahlil Tatum, 51, a janitor at […]
DARRINGTON, Wash. (AP) — Crews searching through the muck and devastation wrought by Washington’s deadly mudslide are finding more human remains on the east side of the slide, near the town of Darrington. Steve Harris, a division supervisor for the search effort, said Monday that search teams are learning more about the force of the […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Three white officers accused in a federal civil rights lawsuit of beating a black art student falsely arrested him but didn’t use excessive force, a jury found Monday, awarding him $119,000 in damages. The all-white jury of four men and four women reached a split verdict in 22-year-old Jordan Miles’ lawsuit against […]
