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Key questions heading into South Carolina Democratic primary
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina primary is certain to be a fork in the road for Democrats’ 2020 presidential nominating contest. But there’s no reliable map showing where voters’ choices might lead once the state's voters — the first 2020 contest where black voters...
Landmarks tell story of Miami’s rich black cultural history
MIAMI (AP) — “Moonlight” helped cast a national glow on Miami’s Liberty City neighborhood when it won the Oscar as the best film of 2016. Filmmaker Barry Jenkins and playwright/actor Tarell Alvin McCraney grew up in Liberty City and made it a focal point of “Moonlight.”...
Restaurants in LA's Koreatown reel amid coronavirus rumor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a Koreatown restaurant known for its beef bone broth soup, the lunchtime crowd Friday was half its normal size. The reason was a virulent rumor about a customer with coronavirus. Han Bat Shul Lung Tang was one of five restaurants that lost business after being named in posts on a...
Biden looks for first 2020 victory in South Carolina primary
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Democrats' 2020 nominating fight turned to South Carolina on Saturday for the first-in-the-South primary, with Joe Biden confident that his popularity with black voters will seal him a victory and help blunt some of front-runner Bernie Sanders' momentum. The primary stands as the...
Racial progress not as simple as black and white
VALDOSTA, Ga. (AP) — Roy Copeland knew he was dressed “shabbily” but he didn’t expect a group of people to avoid him. He was strolling downtown, not unusual for the African American attorney on a weekend, when he encountered a group of white people walking toward him. “They see...
'Bernie or brokered': Democratic race at critical crossroads
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Democrats' 2020 primary season enters a critical four-day stretch that will help determine whether the party rallies behind Bernie Sanders or embraces a longer and uglier slog that could carry on until the national convention. This marks a dangerous moment for a political party...
Utah Legislature passes bill to tighten license plate rules
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in Utah have passed a tighter ban on personalized license plates that have disparaging words or messages after a plate spelling out ‘deport them' sparked debate on social media. The Friday vote at the Utah Senate sends to Republican Gov. Gary Herbert the bill that...
Students stage sit-in outside University of Oklahoma offices
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dozens of University of Oklahoma students staged a sit-in that continued Friday outside OU's administrative offices following two instances of professors using racial slurs in the classroom. However, OU Interim President Joseph Harroz Jr. has rejected the demands of the school's Black...
Activism cuts into the political might of S.C. black church
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Before delivering his Sunday sermon this week, Rev. Joseph Darby took a moment to address the elephant in the room: the upcoming South Carolina Democratic primary. Just because a candidate “ran strong in two of the whitest states in America, that doesn’t mean they’re...
Man charged with killing black men set for mental evaluation
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Two Louisiana doctors will examine a man accused of fatally shooting two black men and determine whether he is mentally competent to stand trial. State District Judge Beau Higginbotham also ordered the doctors to determine whether Kenneth Gleason, 25, was sane during the suspected...
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