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Details: Written by JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press; Published: 07 September 2015

Federal contractors will benefit including 30,000 workers who currently have no paid sick leave

Details: Written by Meg Kinnard, Associated Press; Published: 03 September 2015

The Latest: Prosecutor to seek death in church shooting

Details: Written by Juliet Linderman of The Associated Press; Published: 02 September 2015

Six officers facing jail time if convicted in Baltimore man’s death

Details: Written by The Associated Press; Published: 29 August 2015

Fight for a living wage for food service workers has gone global

Details: Written by REBECCA SANTANA, KEVIN MCGILL, Associated Press; Published: 29 August 2015

Prayers rise for 1800 dead and billions lost across Mississippi and Louisiana 10 years ago

Details: Written by Phillip Lucas, Associated Press; Published: 26 August 2015

In this Aug. 26, 2003 file photo, Amelia Boynton, Robinson appears at an American Civil Rights Education Services tour at the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site in Atlanta. Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who nearly died while helping lead the Selma march on “Bloody Sunday,” championed voting rights for blacks, and was the first black woman to run for Congress in Alabama, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015. She was 104. Boynton Robinson was hospitalized in July after having a major stroke and turned 104 on Aug. 18. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)

Amelia Boynton Robinson, a civil rights activist who helped lead the "Bloody Sunday" civil rights march in 1965, died early Wednesday

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Details: Written by SYLVIE CORBET, Associated Press; Published: 24 August 2015

President Francois Hollande says men gave 'a lesson in courage...

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Details: Written by Josh Lederman, Associated Press; Published: 22 August 2015

Democrats wait to see if Joe Biden will challenge Clinton, Sanders and other Democratic hopefuls

Details: Written by Tom Foreman Jr., Associated Press; Published: 22 August 2015

Jury hung in case of unarmed Jonathan Ferrell shot by Police Officer Randall Kerrick in 2013

Details: Written by Nadine Achoui-Lesage, Stephanie Siek, Associated Press; Published: 22 August 2015

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