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Alfred Richardson and Madison Davis were the first Black legislators in Athens, Ga., elected in 1868. The backlash against them still reverberates today. America turns 250 on Saturday. We don't feel a ...

America turns 250 on Saturday. We don't feel a day over 249. NPR has been celebrating the anniversary with a series called America In Pursuit, stories of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Albuquerque will pay $6.5 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit after APD shot and killed Jesus Crosby while he held nail clippers. Police shot Crosby outside APD headquarters ...