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ATLANTA (AP) - Communities across the nation celebrated the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday with acts of service, prayer services and parades. But with the November presidential election as a backdrop, some events took on an overtly political turn. In King's hometown of Atlanta, several speakers at the 56th annual commemorative service at the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King served as pastor, touched on the divisive partisan

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Three members of the family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be recognized as honorary Buccaneers team captains when Tampa Bay hosts the Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC wild-card matchup Monday night. Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters King, and Yolanda Renee King will attend the game as special guests and participate in the pregame coin toss at Raymond James Stadium. It will be

NC NEWLINE - The October announcement that the U.S. Department of Energy had selected seven regional hub projects for billions in federal money to spur the production of clean hydrogen was met with considerable fanfare from the fledgling industry, seen as crucial to helping decarbonize the American economy. [caption id="attachment_5853" align="alignnone" width="1024"]  WESSELING, GERMANY - JULY 02: A general view during the inauguration of a green-tech "REFHYNE" hydrogen production plant at

[caption id="attachment_5861" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Photo by Ketut Subiyanto[/caption] NC Newsline - A federal program built to improve nutrition for new mothers and kids is growing for the first time in over a decade, thanks to changes made during the pandemic. Since its pilot program began in 1974, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children - better known as WIC - has provided food, nutrition support and education

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Another round of setting homeowner insurance policy rates in North Carolina has begun with the industry seeking a 42.2% average statewide premium increase that would begin in the summer. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies, notified the state Insurance Department last week of its rate-filing request, the department said in a statement that also announced a public comment period on the proposal through

NEW YORK (AP) - A new online application designed to make applying for federal student aid easier went live this week, but not everyone has been able to access it. That's led to worry and frustration for students like Simea Turner of Arlington, Texas, who will be a college freshman in the fall. Turner has been trying to access the application known as the FAFSA since Sunday, but she hasn't been able

AP News - Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with the political rise of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. perhaps the most influential of the many men who have led the congregation. Powell, pastor from 1937 to 1972, served in Congress for

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man was convicted Thursday on federal hate crime charges after a jury found he attacked his Hispanic neighbor and shouted racial slurs at a Black driver in separate confrontations about a year apart. In October 2021, Marian Hudak, 52, yelled insults at his Hispanic neighbor before tackling and punching the man, federal prosecutors said in a news release Thursday announcing the conviction. They

WASHINGTON - The union representing U.S. Capitol Police is warning that the federal law enforcement agency doesn't have enough manpower to address threats to members of Congress and is criticizing the Architect of the Capitol for not implementing some of the changes proposed following the Jan. 6, 2021 attack. "We've never seen a threat environment like this," union Chairman Gus Papathanasiou said in a written statement. "Given the profound divisions in this

WASHINGTON - A deal on changes to immigration policy remained elusive on Tuesday for top U.S. Senate negotiators. Those leading the talks - Sens. James Lankford, Republican of Oklahoma, Chris Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut and Kyrsten Sinema, independent of Arizona - have worked for weeks to strike a deal between the White House and Senate Republicans on immigration policy changes at the U.S. Southern border. Congress was on a break