America’s last slave ship could offer a case for reparations
JAY REEVES
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama steamship owner Timothy Meaher financed the last slave vessel that brought African captives to the United...
Dallas police investigate death of witness in ex-cop’s trial
DALLAS (AP) — A man who was fatally shot has been identified as a key witness in the murder trial of a white Dallas...
Problematic relatives: A true American political tradition
ASHRAF KHALIL
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since America's early days, leading politicians have had to contend with awkward problems posed by their family members....
GM-UAW talks take turn for worse; settlement not near
TOM KRISHER
AP Auto Writer
DETROIT (AP) — Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have...
Comedian Rip Taylor dead at age 84
City News Service
BEVERLY HILLS (CNS) - Comedian Rip Taylor died on Sunday, Oct. 6 in Beverly Hills at the age of 84, his publicist...
US researchers on front line of battle against Chinese theft
ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI...
US unemployment rate hits a 50-year low even as hiring slows
CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in September, the lowest level in nearly five decades, even though...
Abortion, immigrants, LGBT rights top high court’s new term
MARK SHERMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion rights as well as protections for young immigrants and LGBT people top an election-year agenda for the...
4 homeless men beaten to death with pipe in New York City
VERENA DOBNIK and REBECCA GIBIAN
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through New York City's Chinatown...
Accused of abuse, priests move on to teach, counsel, prey
CLAUDIA LAUER and MEGHAN HOYER
Associated Press
Nearly 1,700 priests and other clergy members that the Roman Catholic Church considers credibly accused of child sexual...