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Details: Written by Jim Suhr, The Associated Press; Published: 18 June 2016

Family's lawyer says move amounts to a smear campaign

Details: Written by MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press; Published: 15 June 2016

This frame grab provided by Senate Television shows Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn. speaking on the floor of the Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, where he launched a filibuster demanding a vote on gun control measures. The move comes three days after people were killed in a mass shooting in Orlando. (Senate Television via AP)

Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said he would remain on the Senate floor to force a vote on gun legislation

Details: Written by Joan H. Allen, NNPA News Wire Contributor; Published: 15 June 2016

Normal and sickle shaped red blood cells

Sickle cell disease affects approximately 1 out of 365 Blacks in the United States

Details: Written by JEFFREY COLLINS and JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press; Published: 14 June 2016

In this June, 27, 2015, file photo, Bree Newsome of Charlotte, N.C., climbs a flagpole to remove the Confederate battle flag at a Confederate monument in front of the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. After nine black parishioners were slain at a Charleston church, South Carolina did what many thought would never happen: It moved the Confederate flag off Statehouse grounds. But for the most part, Charleston and other areas of the South remain unchanged. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith, File)

A year later, little has changed in Charleston, the city where tens of thousands of enslaved Africans first set foot in North America

Details: Written by SAM HANANEL AND TALI ARBEL, Associated Press; Published: 14 June 2016

In this May 14, 2014 file photo, an AT&T logo is seen on a store in Dedham, Mass. In a big win for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's "net neutrality" rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the government's rules that require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally

Details: Written by LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press; Published: 12 June 2016

VIDEO: Watch Obama on Jimmy Fallon and see Trevor Noah skewer Trump

Details: Written by OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press; Published: 12 June 2016

VIDEO:Stanford reports 26 rapes a year over last 3 years

Details: Written by The Associate Press; Published: 12 June 2016

VIDEO President Obama: watch his full statement

Details: Written by DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press; Published: 10 June 2016

In this photo taken May 18, 2016, Malia Obama uses her phone at the swing and play set on the south grounds of the White House outside of the Oval Office in Washington. President Barack Obama's daughter Malia was just 10 and longing for a promised puppy when her family moved into the White House. She's marked some of life's milestones in the past seven years, and another one comes Friday: graduation from high school. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

President Barack Obama marked a big milestone Friday: His daughter Malia graduated from high school

Details: Written by JENNA FRYER and BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press; Published: 10 June 2016

Akera Price-King, 9, carries a sign saluting Muhammad Ali on the street in front of Ali's boyhood home Friday, June 10, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. Ali's funeral procession is scheduled to pass by the house later in the day. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Muhammad Ali made his final journey through his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, Friday

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