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FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2019 file photo, Rep. Alcee Hastings, D-Fla., speaks during a House Rules Committee hearing on the impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hastings, the longtime Congressman from Florida has died after a two-year fight with pancreatic cancer. The Palm Beach County Democrat died Tuesday, April 6, 2021, according to his chief of staff, Lale M. Morrison. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
US Rep. Alcee Hastings dies at 84; was impeached as judge

By Matt Sedensky And Terry Spencer Apr. 06, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Mar. 11, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Thursday, March 11, the 70th day of 2021. There are 295 days left in the year. Today’s...

Roseland Community Hospital RN Rhonda Jones, prepares bed linens, towels and a hospital gown Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, for a new patient at the South Side of Chicago hospital. Jones has treated many patients with severe COVID-19, a relative died from it, and her mother and a nephew were infected and recovered, but she is still holding out getting the vaccine. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Black hospital faces vaccine mistrust from unlikely source

By Lindsey Tanner Feb. 12, 2021 10:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2021 file photo, Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks before receiving the Pfizer's BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. Jackson has been released to a Chicago physical therapy center following gallbladder surgery and medical observation, a spokesman said Sunday, Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Jesse Jackson released for therapy post gallbladder surgery

By Sophia Tareen Feb. 07, 2021 10:37 AM EST

Rev. Jesse Jackson, bumps elbows with Kizzmekia Corbett, an immunologist with the Vaccine Research Center at the National Institute of Health Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, after receiving Pfizer's BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Chicago schools stick to a partial reopening Monday

Jan. 08, 2021 04:54 PM EST

The Rev. Al Sharpton listens during an interview at his office, Thursday, July 30, 2020, in New York. For more than three decades, Sharpton, 65, has been an advocate for Black American families seeking justice in the wake of violence that highlight systemic racism. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Decades later, Sharpton still insists: No justice, no peace

By Aaron Morrison Aug. 26, 2020 10:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 24, 2020, file photo, Antonio Mingo, right, holds his fists in the air as demonstrators protest in front of a police line on a section of 16th Street that's been renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, in Washington. Thousands of Black activists from across the U.S. will hold the 2020 Black National Convention on Aug. 28, 2020, via livestream to produce a new political agenda that builds on the protests that followed George Floyd’s death. Organizers of the gathering shared their plans with The Associated Press on Wednesday, July 1, ahead of an official announcement. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Movement for Black Lives plans virtual national convention

By Aaron Morrison Jul. 01, 2020 01:16 PM EDT

Todd Arrington, site manager for the James A. Garfield National Historic Site, talks about how Garfield would speak to the public from the front porch, Wednesday, June 3, 2020, in Cleveland. In the nation's early decades, campaigning for oneself simply wasn't done. It was seen as rude and uncivil. But three Ohio-born presidents, beginning with James Garfield in 1880, found a clever way to sidestep tradition. They stumped from their front porches. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
A model for 2020? Candidates once let voters come to them

By Julie Carr Smyth Jun. 18, 2020 03:43 PM EDT

Daud Mumin speaks during an interview in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The 18-year-old college student, who turned 19 later in the month, says he has experienced racism and that he and other youth in the United States are tired of waiting for justice and are ready to take it back themselves. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Voices of protest, crying for change, ring across US, beyond

By Claire Galofaro Jun. 17, 2020 08:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 29, 2019, file photo, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., embraces the Rev. Jesse Jackson after being introduced during the Rainbow PUSH Coalition International Convention at Apostolic Faith Church in Chicago. Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, is under mounting pressure to pick a black woman in the wake of recent outrage over racial injustice and police brutality. But some black leaders say Warren's progressive politics, economic populism and specific policy proposals addressing everything from maternal mortality to the coronavirus could put her in a strong position. (Kevin Tanaka/Chicago Sun-Times via AP, File)
Warren's outreach to black voters could help VP standing

By Will Weissert Jun. 16, 2020 12:15 AM EDT

Katie Williams, right, poses for a photo with her son Benjamin, 18 months, and husband Kyle near the White House, Saturday, June 6, 2020, in Washington, as people gather before scheduled protests over the death of George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The Latest: Flash bang, pepper spray disperses Seattle crowd

By The Associated Press Jun. 06, 2020 02:04 AM EDT

A man holds a flag upside down in front of the State Capitol during a peaceful protest Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Nashville, Tenn., over the death of George Floyd, who died May 25 after being restrained by police in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
`Get your knee off our necks!': Floyd mourned in Minneapolis

By Aaron Morrison And Tim Sullivan Jun. 04, 2020 03:43 AM EDT

The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, center right, is surrounded by faith leaders as they stand in prayer after he spoke to send a message of solidarity and demand justice in the death of George Floyd, at Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Thursday, May 28, 2020 in Minneapolis. (Elizabeth Flores/Star Tribune via AP)
US faith leaders lead congregations through tumultuous time

By Elana Schor May. 30, 2020 07:19 PM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

May. 20, 2020 03:40 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian shares mixed as virus worries counter recovery hopes TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mixed today...

In this Monday, May 11, 2020, photo, the road leading to The Fitz Tunica Casino & Hotel is closed in Tunica, Miss. A county in the heart of the historically impoverished Mississippi Delta has been dealt a serious economic blow by the new coronavirus. Gambling halls and associated businesses in Tunica County have been shuttered for two months. That means thousands of people along the Blues Highway south of Memphis, Tennessee, are out of work. (AP Photo/Adrian Sainz)
'Twilight Zone:' Casino closings hurt Mississippi county

By Adrian Sainz And Jay Reeves May. 20, 2020 01:22 AM EDT

People wait for a distribution of masks and food from the Rev. Al Sharpton in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, after a new state mandate was issued requiring residents to wear face coverings in public due to COVID-19, Saturday, April 18, 2020. "Inner-city residents must follow this mandate to ensure public health and safety," said Sharpton. The latest Associated Press analysis of available data shows that nearly one-third of those who have died from the coronavirus are African American, even though blacks are only about 14% of the population. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
Racial toll of virus grows even starker as more data emerges

By Kat Stafford, Meghan Hoyer And Aaron Morrison Apr. 18, 2020 12:20 AM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

Apr. 08, 2020 03:35 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian shares mostly lower, Japan gains on upbeat data TOKYO (AP) — Japan's benchmark advanced but...