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Read Dick Gregory’s old jokes and you’ll see why they still resonate decades later

August 23, 2017 at 5:01 p.m.

The images that have graced Dick Gregory's obituaries show the comic-turned-activist with a long white beard and a weathered face, educating crowds about the killing of Trayvon Martin or police...

Richard Stephens erected this sign after ...

Colorado man 鈥� and his huge yard sign 鈥� takes on his HOA over milk jugs, planters

August 24, 2017 at 12:04 p.m.

Richard Stephens takes great pride in his front yard and says he'd like nothing more than to remove the giant, HOA-bashing sign that has dominated it for days.

Former President of the United States, ...

Both Bush presidents just spoke out on Charlottesville — and sound nothing like Trump

August 17, 2017 at 10:31 a.m.

Trump's predecessors have joined a growing throng of politicians who have denounced the hatred that was on public display.

A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee is removed from Lee Circle in New Orleans on May 19.Lee's was the last of four monuments to Confederate-era figures to be removed under a 2015 New Orleans City Council vote on a proposal by Mayor Mitch Landrieu.

In the wake of Charlottesville protests, a Kentucky mayor wants to remove Confederate statues

August 18, 2017 at 10:34 a.m.

Lexington, Kentucky, Mayor Jim Gray doesn't have to watch footage of the violent protests in Charlottesville over the weekend to know how divisive Confederate monuments can be.

Employees of Google walk down a hallway at the internet company's new office space inside historic Chelsea Market June 23, 2008 in New York City.

A Google engineer writes that women may be genetically unsuited for tech jobs

August 6, 2017 at 12:31 p.m.

In a screed that rocketed around Silicon Valley this weekend, a software engineer at Google blasted the company's efforts to increase the number of minorities and women in its ranks...

Grisly killing stemmed from a dispute involving Chicago professor and hairdresser, police say

August 5, 2017 at 11:52 p.m.

Police officers responding to a maintenance man's 911 call on Thursday found blood on the bedroom door and Trenton Cornell-Duranleau's body on the bed.

2 babies die in separate hot car incidents in Phoenix.

Two babies die in hot cars in Phoenix, hours apart

July 30, 2017 at 4:22 p.m.

Every year in the Phoenix area, fire officials say, roughly 10 parents come to the stomach-clenching conclusion that they've made a fatal mistake and left a small child in a...

"Eva", a more than two meters long boa constrictor, protects some of its thirty-one offsprings, three days after birth on June 4, 2008 at the National Biodiversity Institute (INBIO) park in Santo Domingo de Heredia, some 30 km north of San Jose. According to INBIO biologists, this are the first boas to be born in captivity inside their complex. AFP PHOTO/Yuri Cortez (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Ohio woman rescued after boa constrictor wraps around her face

July 29, 2017 at 12:30 p.m.

An Ohio woman called 911 in a panic Thursday afternoon with ample reason: A 5 1/2-foot long boa constrictor she had rescued a day earlier had wrapped itself around her...

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Diet drinks are associated with weight gain, new research suggests

July 18, 2017 at 1:13 p.m.

Over the past decade, Americans have soured on artificial sweeteners.

Ron Ross' parachute opens after a 40 second freefall April 1, 2017.

Police thought a Florida skydiver died in an accident — until they saw his final message to his wife

July 15, 2017 at 9:43 p.m.

Police have not disclosed the full details of Capotorto Vitantonio's final video message to his wife, but they said one part of the experienced sky diver's cryptic recording sent her...

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