OKLA. SCHOOL CHANGES POLICY ON DREADLOCKS
This Sept. 8, 2013 photo shows Tiana Parker, 7, who was removed from the Deborah Brown Community School due to the school’s policy against her natural hairstyle, poses for a…
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BILLIE JEAN KING CELEBRATES 40TH AHEAD OF 70TH
By MELISSA MURPHY FILE – In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, tennis great Billie Jean King attends the premiere of a Netflix original series “Lilyhammer” at the Crosby Street…
TRIAL STARTS FOR KENYA DEPUTY PRESIDENT RUTO
By MIKE CORDER Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto, right, awaits the start of his trial in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Sept.…
FILIPINO REBELS HOLD HOSTAGES AS HUMAN SHIELDS
By BULLIT MARQUEZ Government troops take their positions as about 200 Muslim rebels, enraged by a broken peace deal with the Philippine government, held scores of hostages as human shields…
GREEK HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS TO STRIKE OVER JOB CUTS
By DEREK GATOPOULOS University administrative staff members chant slogans outside the Administrative Reform ministry in central Athens against austerity measures that threaten their jobs, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013. The…
ZIMMERMAN, WIFE SAY THE OTHER WAS AGGRESSOR
By KYLE HIGHTOWER and MIKE SCHNEIDER In this June 24, 2013 file photo, George Zimmerman, left, arrives in Seminole circuit court, with his wife Shellie, in Sanford, Fla. Shellie Zimmerman…
APNEWSBREAK: $250M GIFT TO KY. COLLEGE WITHDRAWN
By BRUCE SCHREINER FILE – In a Tuesday, July 30, 2013 file photo, Centre College President John A. Roush announces that the tiny liberal arts school in rural Kentucky has…
ALLENDE’S LEGACY STRONG 40 YEARS AFTER CHILE COUP
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO FILE – In this Sept. 11, 1973 file photo, smoke rises from La Moneda presidential palace after being bombed during a military coup led by Gen.…