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The Supreme Court appeared divided Wednesday over whether a Connecticut city’s decision to scrap a promotion exam for firefighters because...

What happens when you combine product design virtuosity, high-powered market research techniques and copious customer data? Too often, the result...

As a senator, Barack Obama led the charge last year to pass a bill allowing black farmers to seek new...

The owners of ground zero, locked in a new round of heated talks with a private developer about how and...

The GOP’s struggle over its future and the party’s fitful steps to attract minorities are on full display in the...

Frank Ricci, a firefighter from New Haven, Conn., spent months listening to study tapes as he drove to work and...

Federal prosecutors on Thursday announced a settlement with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson over allegations that a nonprofit founded by the...

For 73 years before his killing by a white police officer, Bernard Monroe led a life in this little town...

First lady Michelle Obama is a role model for many people, including her mother. “Michelle has always been Michelle. And...