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Gay rights activists mark landmark 1965 demonstration

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Gay rights activists gathered in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the Fourth of July to mark the progress of...

California law decried after Black woman's`lynching' arrest

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) _ When Sacramento police arrested Black activist Maile Hampton over her role in a Black Lives Matter protest in January, they...

Some see differences between perceptions of Waco, Baltimore

WASHINGTON (AP) _ The prevailing images of protests in Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, over police killings of Black men were of police in riot...

No NYPD uniform, but big role for plainclothes cops

NEW YORK (AP) _ They could be riding with unsuspecting New Yorkers on the subway. Or behind the wheel in a car in midtown...

Israeli president says Ethiopian protest exposes 'wound'

JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israel's ceremonial president said Monday that an outbreak of violent protests by Ethiopian Jews has ``exposed an open, bleeding wound in...

Baltimore police give report on death to prosecutor

BALTIMORE (AP) — Police completed their investigation into the death of Freddie Gray a day earlier than planned Thursday and delivered it to the...

Obama criticizes Black deaths by police, but also rioters

 WASHINGTON (AP) — Urging Americans to "do some soul-searching," President Barack Obama expressed deep frustration Tuesday over recurring Black deaths at the hands of...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials in the U.S. and abroad

 Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: ___ April 22 Los Angeles Times on illegal possession of a gun being a "violent...

Thousands attend funeral for Freddie Gray in Baltimore

BALTIMORE (AP) — The six Baltimore police officers suspended after a man suffered serious spinal injuries while in custody should tell the public what...

South Carolina police officer charged with murder is fired

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A White South Carolina police officer who claimed he killed an unarmed Black man in self-defense has been fired,...

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