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Details: Written by JUAN ZAMORANO, JOSHUA GOODMAN, Associated Press; Published: 10 April 2016

Politicians offshore holdings exposed but not in US. Why?

Details: Written by IRINA TITOVA, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press; Published: 10 April 2016

VIDEO: Papers show $2 billion in deals to Russian president's friends

Details: Written by ULIE PACE, EMILY SWANSON, Associated Press; Published: 09 April 2016

The Republican frontrunner gets unfavorable ratings from 7 in 10

Details: Written by LISA LERER, Associated Press; Published: 09 April 2016

Protesters say welfare reform and Clinton crime bill hurt Black community

Details: Written by TAMI ABDOLLAH, Associated Press; Published: 09 April 2016

Oregon's Ron Wyden is member of committee looking at encryption ban

Details: Written by Leanna Commins, Howard University News Service; Published: 08 April 2016

Edward Wilson, one of several African American crew members on the USS Conestoga, was 19 years old when the ship disappeared

A found shipwreck off the coast of San Francisco solves the mystery of the lost ship the USS Conestoga

Details: Written by JILL COLVIN JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press; Published: 03 April 2016

With falling approval ratings Trump tells Fox News Sunday he'll win anyway

Details: Written by AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI, Associated Press; Published: 30 March 2016

This undated photo released by his sister Javille Burns shows Jamar Clark. Minneapolis Police Officers Mark Ringgenberg and Dustin Schwarze, involved in the November fatal shooting of Burns will not be charged, a Minnesota prosecutor said Wednesday, March 30, 2016. (Jamar Clark/Javille Burns via AP, File)

Two Minneapolis police officers involved in the November fatal shooting of Jamar Clark will not face charges

Details: Written by DENISE LAVOIE, AP Legal Affairs Writer; Published: 27 March 2016

Watch experts analyse his career and see what he says about himself

Details: Written by MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press; Published: 27 March 2016

Teens who made fun of Islamic State extremists jailed for 5 years

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