Demonstrators throw rocks at the police after the funeral of Freddie Gray on Monday, April 27, 2015, at New Shiloh Baptist Church in Baltimore. Gray died from spinal injuries about
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KIMBERLY HEFLING and JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md.— Kayla Tarrant loves the University of Maryland. But the campus tour

(Above: AP Photo by Susan Walsh- Loretta Lynch) WASHINGTON (NNPA) – In recent weeks, Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New

JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite high-profile concern over issues underscored by the racial unrest in Ferguson,

Associated Press Both of North Carolina’s U.S. senators are opposing the confirmation of Greensboro native Loretta Lynch for attorney general,

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