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B.B. King, who died at age 89, reigned in blues kingdom

    B.B. King, who died at age 89, reigned in blues kingdom

In photo above: B.B. King By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS — B.B. King believed anyone could play the blues, and that “as long as people have problems, the

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Duke University professor defends his views of blacks versus Asians

    Duke University professor defends his views of blacks versus Asians

In photo above: Duke University political science professor Jerry Hough. (Photo courtesy of Duke University) By JONATHAN DREW Associated Press RALEIGH — A Duke University professor criticized for an online

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Liberia Cautiously Marks End of Ebola

    Liberia Cautiously Marks End of Ebola

(Above: AP Photo by Abbas Dulleh- In this photo taken on Friday, May 8, 2015, Mercy Kennedy, left, sits with her caregiver Martu Weefor, right, after school at her home

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Reforming Baltimore police may need U.S. oversight

    Reforming Baltimore police may need U.S. oversight

(Above: Photo by Patrick Semansky/AP Photo) By BEN NUCKOLS and MICHAEL BIESECKER, Associated Press BALTIMORE — Months before a young black man died of the broken neck he suffered during what

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Hopes of peace before justice fall with riots

  Hopes of peace before justice fall with riots

(Above: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky- A man walks past a burning police vehicle, Monday, April 27, during unrest following the funeral

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Riots erupt after the funeral of Baltimore man who died in police custody

  Riots erupt after the funeral of Baltimore man who died in police custody

Demonstrators throw rocks at the police after the funeral of Freddie Gray on Monday, April 27, 2015, at New Shiloh

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After 5-month delay, Loretta Lynch becomes 1st black female attorney general

  After 5-month delay, Loretta Lynch becomes 1st black female attorney general

In photo: Loretta Lynch in Senate hearings. AP photo Lynch was confirmed in a Senate vote that was slightly wider

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Top U.S. court orders review of maps

  Top U.S. court orders review of  maps

By GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press RALEIGH —The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a North Carolina court ruling that

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Sharpton praises response to fatal SC police shooting

  Sharpton praises response to fatal SC police shooting

(Above: AP Photo/David Goldman- Angela Caraway, of Raleigh, N.C., looks up during a moment of prayer during a vigil at the

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Racism a lingering problem among collegiate millennials

  Racism a lingering problem among collegiate millennials

KIMBERLY HEFLING and JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md.— Kayla Tarrant loves the University of Maryland. But the campus tour

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