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WASHINGTON (AP) — A former hip-hop journalist who became a White House intern in her 30s was named on Thursday as the new White House social secretary. Deesha Dyer, a Philadelphia native, will oversee planning for everything from the annual Easter Egg Roll attended by tens of thousands of people to opulent state dinners for […]

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Amid a federal and state probe into the violent death of a Black Chicago teen who was shot 16 times by an officer last fall,…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who want to eat right and stay fit like Michelle Obama can now find how and where to get ‘moving’ in their own neighborhoods. The first lady has launched an interactive online map to encourage people to join their local “Let’s Move” programs. Mrs. Obama announced the chart Wednesday as school […]

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DETROIT (AP) — An imprisoned hit man has signed a chilling affidavit taking responsibility for four murders at a Detroit drug house in a renewed effort to free a young man who pleaded guilty to the same killings at age 15, attorneys said Wednesday. Davontae Sanford was just 14, illiterate and blind in one eye […]

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Former Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick is slated to join Bain Capital, the Boston investment giant, where he will develop a new line of business…

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The family of a former student at a Madison, Wisconsin parochial high school has filed a lawsuit against the school and its two top administrators…

He may announce his bid to run for president in 2016. He may not. But whatever Ben Carson’s political aspirations are, we’ll all know when…

Never put all your eggs in one basket. Never count your chickens before they hatch. And never celebrate too early. You may regret it. And…

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A Michigan eighth grader who was taunted with racial slurs on a school bus says he’s afraid to return to school, where the bulliers have…

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BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was executed Tuesday night for killing a man in a fit of rage over child support payments 16 years ago. Andre Cole, 52, became the third convicted killer put to death this year in Missouri. His fate was sealed after the U.S. Supreme Court turned down several […]

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CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A statement from the last man to talk to Walter Scott, more details about the arrest of the officer charged and action by South Carolina lawmakers are the latest developments in the case of a black man shot and killed by a white North Charleston Police officer. The April 4 slaying […]

On Tuesday, the father of Barway Collins was charged with second-degree murder after a body found floating Saturday in the Mississippi River was identified as the…