NYC program draws praise, questions
NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg's announcement last week of a $127 million project to help young black and Latino men was met with praise, but also some criticism over its funding. More »
Famine: 'Hundreds of thousands of kids could die'
DADAAB, Kenya - Hundreds of thousands of Somali children could die in East Africa's famine unless more help arrives, a top U.S. official warned Monday in the starkest death toll prediction yet. To highlight the crisis, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden visited a refugee camp filled with hungry Somalis. More »
Haiti lawmakers reject 2nd pick for PM
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitian lawmakers rejected President Michel Martelly's second pick for prime minister last week, delivering a major blow to the new leader as he struggles to get a government in place almost three months after taking office. More »
Dems, GOP cite '65 voting law in remapping debates
RICHMOND, Va. - When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law in 1965, it was an antidote to Jim Crow-era efforts to suppress the black vote in Southern states still fighting bloody battles over racial equality. More »
