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72 percent of Americans in Poll Support Paid Family Leave

CHICAGO — Time off from work to care for a child or relative is codified in federal law. Now, an overwhelming majority of Americans 40 and older want that time away from the job to be paid. An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll released May 20 said 72 percent support paid family […]

Checkmate! Chess Expands Options for Children in Ferguson, Missouri

ST. LOUIS — Ten-year-old Tyson Stegall stared intently at the chess board as his opponent, grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez, pondered a move. The fourth-grader gave a little grimace, then a smile, when Ramirez finished him off with a checkmate. “He trapped me,” Tyson said. Tyson is among dozens of students from the Ferguson, Missouri, area who […]

Meet the First Black Valedictorian at the World’s First School of Dentistry

Established in 1840 as the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry is known as the first dental college in the world. This past week, the school again made history when it graduated the first black valedictorian in its 176-year existence. As graduation approached, Tera Poole knew she was among the top […]

Unused Convent Becomes Home for Senior Citizens

METUCHEN, N.J. — Walk the halls of the Senior Residence at St. Peter the Apostle and you can see remnants of the convent that once was. The modest-sized rooms hold only single beds. The round-topped design of some windows hints at the stained glass that once filled their frames. The former chapel transformed quite handily […]

Pet Peeves: Complaints About Fake Service Dogs on the Rise

HOMOSASSA, Fla. — Cassie gets plenty of stares as she walks down the aisles of Home Depot, taking an occasional sniff at some of the items on the shelves or standing still while people stroke her long black hair. Her handler, Lorraine Clark, maintains a firm grasp on Cassie’s leash. Sometimes she gently tugs it […]

Army Will Pay to Return Children’s Remains to Tribe

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The U.S. Army has promised to pay for moving and re-burying the remains of at least 10 Native American children who died more than a century ago at a government-run boarding school in Pennsylvania. The school’s mission was to strip the students of their traditions and replace them with European culture. […]

U.S. Hires Contractor to run ER at 3 Reservation Hospitals

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The emergency room at the only hospital on a Native American reservation in South Dakota could reopen after federal health officials hired a contractor on May 17 to provide emergency services at that and two other government-run hospitals. The Indian Health Service awarded a one-year contract to Arizona-based AB Staffing Solutions […]

White Women’s Life Expectancy Declines, CDC Finds

NEW YORK — Life expectancy for white women has fallen a little, according to a new government report. White women lost about five weeks from their predicted lifespan in 2014, compared to 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday. Life expectancy held steady for black women and white men, and increased for […]

Critics Question Medical School’s Invitation to Rachel Dolezal to Discuss Race

OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha residents have raised concerns about a visit from Rachel Dolezal, who resigned as president of an NAACP chapter in Washington last year after it was revealed that she was a white person posing as black. The Omaha World-Herald http://bit.ly/1XL3S4j reported that a decision by a University of Nebraska Medical Center professor, […]

Suicide Rate Rises for Middle-Aged Whites

NEW YORK — Middle-aged white people now account for a third of all suicides in the U.S., a new government report shows. Suicide is the nation’s 10th leading cause of death, and the overall rate rose 24 percent in 15 years, according to the report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ Suicides […]

Birth Rates Fall among Black and Hispanic Teens

NEW YORK — Birth rates are falling dramatically for black and Hispanic teenagers, but they continue to be much higher than the birth rate for white teens. The Hispanic teen birth rate fell by half over about eight years, and the black teen birth rate dropped nearly that much. But even with those declines, the […]

Mentally Ill Mother Who Pushed Swing for Hours Grieves for Son

WALDORF, Md. — Wrapped in a black coat, Romechia Simms walks through a cemetery in Southern Maryland on a cold March day, tiptoeing around headstones, making her way to the grave of her 3-year-old son. She’s still grieving for him, still trying to forgive herself for how Ji’Aire Donnell Lee died — on a swing […]

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