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Details: Written by Karl Ritter, Associated Press; Published: 24 September 2014

Pakistani human rights activist Asma Jahangir, Basil Fernando of the Asian Human Rights Commission and U.S. environmentalist Bill McKibben shared cash award of 1.5 million kroner

Details: Written by David Crary, AP National Writer; Published: 24 September 2014

More than one in five women and one in eight men will experience serious intimate partner violence in their lifetimes

Details: Written by Mohammed Daraghmeh, Karin Laub, Associated Press; Published: 22 September 2014

The recent conflict in Gaza has resulted in more than 2,100 Palestinians killed and more than 18,000 homes destroyed or severely damaged

Details: Written by Ken Thomas, Associated Press; Published: 22 September 2014

Policy issues like raising the minimum wage, equal pay and affordable childcare could take center stage

Details: Written by Jazelle Hunt, NNPA Washington Correspondent; Published: 22 September 2014

Public school teachers are 82 percent White as our students of color become the majority

Details: Written by Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent; Published: 22 September 2014

The poverty rate for Blacks was 27.2 percent compared to a 9.6 percent poverty rate for Whites in 2013

Details: Written by Matthew Daly, Associated Press; Published: 22 September 2014

Former clinic director says the Veterans Administration is minimizing the scandal and protecting the guilty

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Details: Written by Jim Salter, Associated Press; Published: 19 September 2014

If the panel does not indict Officer Michael Brown audiotapes will be released

Details: Written by Eric Tucker, Associated Press; Published: 18 September 2014

Holder says researchers will look at five still-to-be-decided cities

Details: Written by Josh Boak, AP Economics Writer; Published: 18 September 2014

Because consumer spending fuels about 70 percent of the economy, weak pay growth typically slows economic growth

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